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Peter Corbett

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Arizona adventurer, storyteller, freelance journalist, ex-AZ Republic. Interests: History, the West, canyons, Route 66, neon, saloons, road trips. OnTheRoadArizona blog

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Lees Ferry at dawn

07.10.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hunter Moon at Lees Ferry Arizona.

07.10.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fossil Creek in central Arizona near Camp Verde.

06.10.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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The tarnished lone arrow at the Twin Arrows Trading Post ruins east of Flagstaff, Arizona.

05.10.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruins of a wildlife zoo on Route 66 at Two Guns, Arizona.

03.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bowlero bowling alley in Phoenix. This midcentury Googie architecture dates back to the late 1950s. It was original called the 300 Bowl.

02.10.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It looks and feels like autumn here in Flagstaff.

29.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The weathered Roaring 20s sign in Grants, New Mexico, is all that's left of this nightclub, which has a complicated history. Reports say it dates back to the 1960s in Albuquerque and then the sign and business was moved to Grants. The building is gone. Only the sign remains.

28.09.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A beautiful desert rain storm today in Scottsdale, Arizona.

26.09.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy first day of Autumn. This from a few years back at Hart Prairie near Flagstaff, Arizona.

22.09.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Camp Verde's Top Shelf Liquor store with its drive-thru window in Arizona's Verde Valley. Thirty states allow drive-thru liquor, according to an industry source.

21.09.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking back a few years to a giant saguaro along the San Pedro River Road north of Benson, Arizona.

18.09.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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18.09.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing, a roadside stop on U.S. 93 in Arizona, is fading into obscurity.

18.09.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sundown on Pecan Lane in Camp Verde, Arizona.

16.09.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apple light.

13.09.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Imagine your home is this vintage house in Pine, Arizona.

11.09.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Temple Bar Marina on Lake Mead near the Arizona-Nevada border. A drought-related decline in lake levels forced the marina to extend its dock.

09.09.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the 1918 General Springs Cabin in the Coconino National Forest near Strawberry, Arizona. It's named for Gen. George Crook, the Indian Fighter, who has a nearby springs named for him.

09.09.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cotton clouds over Arizona’s Mogollon Rim and its Ponderosa pines.

08.09.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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My son Austin about half done with the Mogollon Monster 100 mile ultra marathon near Payson, Arizona.

08.09.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My son Austin with the Mogollon Monster. Austin is running the Mogollon Monster 100-mile ultra trail run on Saturday and Sunday, ending in Pine, Arizona

06.09.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pappy & Harriet's at Pioneertown near Joshua Tree.

05.09.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petroglyphs near Wolfe Ranch in Arches National Park at Moab, Utah. The Utes acquired horses after 1600, which indicates this rock art was created some time after that, according to NPS.

04.09.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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VDub

02.09.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The late Juan Delgadillos legacy to Seligman -- Show Cap ice cream stand on Route 66 in Northern Arizona.

02.09.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s a message for the little dictator during a protest this morning at the office of do nothing GOP Congressman David Schweikert.

01.09.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Historic New Windsor Hotel in downtown Phoenix.

31.08.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

27.08.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A feral burro on old Route 66 in Oatman, Arizona, where they roam among visitors.

27.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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