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Peter Corbett

@ontheroadarizona.bsky.social

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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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Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 19h

No Kings at Scottsdale & Camelback roads in Arizona. Partying for democracy. Double the crowd from June.

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Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings in Scottsdale, Arizona. At least double the crowd size from June protests

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Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 3d

North Rim of Grand Canyon as the quaking aspens turn golden.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 5d

On Indigenous Peoples Day, we honor those artists who have long enriched our culture. This sprawling Navajo rug was created in the 1930s by Julia Joe and her daughter Lillie for the Hubbell Trading Post in Winslow, Arizona. It's on display at the Affeldt Mion Museum at La Posada Hotel in Winslow.

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Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 8d

Point Imperial, one of two overlooks open until Nov. 30 at the North Rim of Grand Canyon

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 8d

US89A near Marble Canyon in Arizona and Vermilion Cliffs.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 9d

Golden aspens at the North Rim of Grand Canyon on the road to Point Imperial. Pristine forests are side by side with burn areas.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 10d

ARIZ💗NA -- Some love for the Grand Canyon State along US 89A at House Rock Valley Road. This is west of Marble Canyon and near Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 12d

Lees Ferry at dawn

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 12d

Hunter Moon at Lees Ferry Arizona.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 12d

Fossil Creek in central Arizona near Camp Verde.

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Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 14d

The tarnished lone arrow at the Twin Arrows Trading Post ruins east of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 15d

Ruins of a wildlife zoo on Route 66 at Two Guns, Arizona.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 17d

Bowlero bowling alley in Phoenix. This midcentury Googie architecture dates back to the late 1950s. It was original called the 300 Bowl.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 20d

It looks and feels like autumn here in Flagstaff.

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Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 21d

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.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 22d

A beautiful desert rain storm today in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 27d

Happy first day of Autumn. This from a few years back at Hart Prairie near Flagstaff, Arizona.

Peter Corbett @ontheroadarizona.bsky.social · 27d

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.