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| Above, the Wagon Wheel Motel and Restarant in 2009. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
It had been about May 2009 when I last drove through Oxnard. At that time, I stopped at the Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant the famous kitschy landmark off the 101 freeway. It was closed and in a state of disrepair. I blogged about it back then.
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| Above, the Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant during much better days. |
Efforts were made to save the Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant and the nearby Wagon Wheel Bowling Alley, but those efforts failed.
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| Above, another view of the Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The bowling alley was demolished last year and the motel and restaurant were demolished in 2011, two years after I stopped by.
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| Above, the familiar sign to Ventura County residents. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
On Thursday, I noticed that the Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant were gone (I didn't follow the story over the legal battles to save it) while en route to the Ventura Beach RV Resort.
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| Above, the Wagon Wheel Motel rooms. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
However, thank goodness I still have the photos of the former Oxnard landmark.
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