Arizona OtBP #3 by junge1

Photography • Rural/Countryscapes • posted on Mar 19, 2017

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This abandoned motel is located about 150 m north of the general store/restaurant on Harquahala Rd. in Harquahala Valley. On the end wall there is painted and still faintly visible 'motel' and' Laundry'. That made me wonder what kind of motel it was. Today no motel advertises a laundromat, they may have facilities to wash clothes, but they wouldn't paint it on the outside wall. I was wondering why the motel was built at this location, when it was built, and when it was abandoned. There weren't any state routes near this location, and the current freeway is about 7 miles to the north, and there are no things worth seeing in this valley. This picture was taken on 25 February 2017, Sig...

Comments (15)

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Faemike55

1:47PM | Sun, 19 March 2017

interesting capture and narrative

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T.Rex

2:17PM | Sun, 19 March 2017

I'm wondering the same thing as you - why? Nice with the photo, but what were you doing there? Out for a photo session? Be it what it may, a nice documentation of this odd place. :-)

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junge1

2:50PM | Sun, 19 March 2017

@T.Rex! I worked for 22 years for the AZ Department of Water Resources. For the AMAs (Active Management Areas), for the Adjudication Division, for Dam Safety, and for Hydrology. All of it entailed field work and statewide travel, and I miss that. On a daily basis I don't travel much anymore, except go to California or New Mexico, or go to an airshow, or once or twice a year on a trip to a country I hadn't been to before. So occasionally I drive around areas I had worked at one time or another and relax and observe. On this particular day I just wanted to see what happened in Harquahala Valley!

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alida

2:59PM | Sun, 19 March 2017

psycho?

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LivingPixels

3:31PM | Sun, 19 March 2017

An interesting shot very well done!!

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ontar1

6:52PM | Sun, 19 March 2017

Great capture!

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photosynthesis

9:00PM | Sun, 19 March 2017

Love the way those palm trees are lined up right next to the motel. Maybe it was used to house the aliens that always seem to land in the deserts of the southwest...

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