historic route 99

I knew once I saw Eliot’s Cadillac Ranch shot I had to go back to an image I shot for one of my previous turns (I ended up using a different subject). Along Historic US Route 99 that runs from the Mexican border to Canada, there’s the Pink Motel and a diner called Cadillac Jacks along the old route – San Fernando Road in Sun Valley. Route 99 was the central highway like Route 66, but was the main north/south route from 1926 – 1972 until it was replaced by Interstate 5. Today, Cadillac Jacks was being used for a film and it was engulfed with grip trucks and people. And it rained most of the day. Unlike Route 66, Route 99 is not as popular and much more difficult to find.