Winslow, AZ

We spent our down day checking out things around Winslow. A great part of the day was actually spent driving since Winslow was twenty miles east of the campground and from ether we drove another sixty miles north to visit the Hopi Cultural Center. The cultural center museum was informative and held many photographs of Hopi life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. There are also many samples of weaving, basket making and pottery. Of interest was learning that Hopi potters did not shape bowls on a wheel, but used the coil method to build up the bowl shape. Long ropes of clay were made and then wound on top of one another to shape the bowl. If the bowl was meant to be painted a thin scraper was used to smooth the sides of the bowl, otherwise bowls used for cooking were just smoothed by hand with perhaps some personalizing design pressed into the lip. Sorry, no photos since it was quite dark in the museum.

Back in Winslow we had a great late lunch at the Brown Mug Cafe. They specialize in Mexican food, but have other things on the menu.

After lunch we visited the “Standing on the Corner Park”. It is something of a Mecca for Eagles fans.