This structure, a virtual homage to the memory of US Route 66, is literally covered with symbols and numbers saluting its location on the “Mother Road.” In the hey-day of Route 66 it served as a motel, and is now part of a complex of crumbling buildings surrounding a popular Seligman drive-in. I compose this image as series of layers, starting with the fender and bed of a rusting pick up truck in the right foreground. (Naturally, it’s full of tumbleweed.) There is a bike somewhere in that truck as well. The diagonal thrust of the truck bed leads us the second layer – another bike, followed by a third layer detailing the amazingly decorated façade of the building itself. It is covered with tires, hubcaps, and discs spelling out the name of the historic road. As throw-ins, there are two huge “66’s” and a Coca Cola sign on the wall as well, which glows and bulges in the warmth of the summer sun. A final layer is tucked away within the windows and doors – no space is left unadorned with tributes.