The Route 66 truck stop known as Twin Arrows outside of Flagstaff, Ariz., is abandoned and has been deteriorating for years. One of the two giant arrows stuck into the ground has shed its plywood tail. Garbage is littered all over the site.
The Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff reports that because the Valentine diner on site has historical value, some small hope remains that the site can be resurrected. The curios shop, however, has been too modified to qualify for a historical designation.
The article at least contains the memories of those who live near Twin Arrows and those who once ran it.
For now, that’s all Twin Arrows has.
The sad thing is that a half-dozen volunteers could restore the arrows, clean up the site, and probably make significant improvements to the diner in a single afternoon if somebody could just figure out who owns it and get them to say yes to a preservation project that wouldn’t cost them anything.
Note to Flagstaff festival organizers: Here’s your project. Get on it.