I still chuckle when I think about that evening in the taxi. Best Faded Tourist Trap A faded yellow concrete snake pit outside Moriarty, N.M. Snake pits once attracted tourists who wended their way along Route 66 through the great Southwest. A wire cage-like top is a reminder of how they kept the critters in. Biggest Disappointment Not seeing Mount McKinley. The 20,320-foot mountain in Alaska's Denali National Park was nowhere to be seen on my visit in August.
Clouds shroud the Great One most of the time.
It's not a sight soon forgotten. Calif. Thousands of pieces of chewed bubble gum are plastered on the wall in an alleyway near Mother's Tavern. Locals say the yucky wall probably got started when the town became nonsmoking. Patrons went outside for a smoke and stuck their gum on the wall. Kitchiest Hotel The Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo.