Darlene Bitter provided interesting information on the Route 66 yahoogroup about preparations that Roy’s in Amboy, Calif., and owner Albert Okura is making for a weekend motorcycle event:
The Laughlin River Run is this weekend and the place is gearing up in anticipation of the motorcyclists coming through.
Albert is working on a museum in a section of the cafe that will feature (former owner) Bessie Burris’ art work. Albert salvaged some of the lighting fixtures from the Amboy school next door and put them in the museum.
A filming crew had just finished packing up their equipment and hauled it out last Tuesday or Wednesday. The movie will not be released until next year in Europe. There is a rolled vehicle with “movie blood” on the interior parked near the motel lobby.
The motel lobby has been “fixed up” for the movie. They used some of the original chairs left behind in the motel rooms and put some classic style wall paper on the walls.
The store has been moved into the cafe area. Albert had some Texaco style gas pumps made up with the Roy’s cafe sign as the logo. […]
The cafe is not in operation yet, but it has been converted into the store area. There are postcards, bottled beverages, t-shirts, hats and other ‘trinkets’. There is a wonderful collection of photos in the cafe
area. Try planning on at least an hour to check out the photos and the town.
And here’s one of the trinkets Roy’s will be selling this weekend:
(Photo courtesy of Darlene Bitter)