JENNY KIMBALL OVERSEES a Santa Fe treasure that has accommodated guests for more than a century. The architectural blend of Pueblo and Spanish designs with Moorish influences was fashionable with railroad passengers when the hotel was a Harvey House. It has been a hot spot for Route 66 enthusiasts since the highway opened in 1926 near the hotel’s front door.
OUR GUESTS today can still see a lot of the same things that they would have seen when they came down Route 66 in the ’20s. I look out my window and see the [Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi], the Plaza, and the Palace of the Governors, and they have not changed.
FOR ME, Route 66 evokes wonderful memories of staying in motels and having car trips on family vacations. I grew up in Texas, and we did a lot of family trips. My parents would pile my brother and sister and me into the station wagon and drive to Florida, Colorado, and Santa Fe.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING for experiences. On Route 66, what better experience than being in your car and able to control your destiny.