Standin’ on the corner of Winslow, Arizona…

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Our next stop was Winslow, via the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert – remnants of 225 million years ago when Arizona was a swamp. Minerals in the water seeped through fallen trees and turned them to stone as well as giving the landscape its distinctive colours.

The Tepees
Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest
Painted Desert

There’s not much to Winslow – it’s a place that’s managed to build a tourist reputation out of a brief mention in a song! In Take it easy the Eagles sing about “standin’ on the corner of Winslow, Arizona” and the town has immortalised this with a mural and a statue. These take about ten seconds to look at – however, the real reason we stayed there was to experience La Posada, one of the Southwest’s historic railroad hotels, and its wonderful restaurant, the Turquoise Room. After a couple of weeks of Navajo fry bread, this was a culinary highlight. The year we were there, 2009, it was rated as one of the top three restaurants in the U.S. in the Conde Naste Gold List. Yum!

La Posada
La Posada
Standin’ on the Corner Park
Standin’ on the Corner Park
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  1. I probably will have to go here eventually because Take it Easy is one of my favourite Eagles songs. Who is the statue meant to be though? A random hitchhiker? It doesn’t quite look like either Glenn Frey or Jackson Browne who I believe co-wrote the song. Beautiful scenery nonetheless!

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  2. The painted desert is so beautiful but there is no way I could get my husband to Winslow. He really, really hates the Eagles. Glad to hear that the food lived up to it’s reputation.

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    • It was The Posada that drew us – and I do think it’s clever how the town has made something out of very little! But definitely somewhere to drop in if you’re passing that way rather than a major destination.

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  3. OK-too funny how this town tries to be a main attraction. I always wanted to see the Petrified Forest. The pictures here are so neat. It looks like salt. Would you say the meal is one of the best?

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