Take An RV Mini Trip To Seligman, Arizona

Above, the Roadkill Cafe in Seligman, Arizona. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The first time I had been in Seligman, Arizona was in 1984 when two friends and I took a trip into the Southwest. The day before, we visited Grand Canyon Caverns.

In 2017, my roommate Jessica and I stopped at the famous Roadkill Cafe in Seligman for breakfast while on the way home from Grand Canyon National Park. Don't let the cafe's name scare you. They actually have good food.

Above, we parked the RV next to the Roadkill Cafe at this western town mock-up. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Then, I stayed at the KOA Kampground in Seligman in 2018 when I moved to New Mexico from California. It was an overnight stop after driving from Victorville, California (where I stayed overnight after moving out of Tarzana).

RV Travel has posted an article on things to see and do in Seligman.

They begin it with:

A couple of weeks ago we took an RV mini vacation to Seligman, Arizona, on the longest remaining stretch of Route 66. Although it is sometimes heralded as the “birthplace of historic Route 66”, it is really one of the longest intact stretches of the original Route 66. It stretches from Seligman, AZ, to Kingman, AZ, about 74 miles.

Springfield, Missouri, is actually the birthplace of Route 66. In 1920, the federal government began construction of a national highway system there. About 85 percent of Route 66 is intact, but in bits and pieces across the country.

Nonetheless, Seligman’s claim to fame is Route 66, and the main street reflects that with old-time cafes, motels, and an abundance of gift shops. Tour buses frequently stop there on their way to the Grand Canyon, and we heard several different languages being spoken around town.

To read more (and see lots of photos), go here.