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8511-barstow-mall2.jpg Off the freeway after a couple of miles, I know I've landed in central Barstow when I pass a liquor storeThumbnailsI ride through Barstow's motel district on my way to the old-school Route 66 Motel where I'll stay again tonightOff the freeway after a couple of miles, I know I've landed in central Barstow when I pass a liquor storeThumbnailsI ride through Barstow's motel district on my way to the old-school Route 66 Motel where I'll stay again tonightOff the freeway after a couple of miles, I know I've landed in central Barstow when I pass a liquor storeThumbnailsI ride through Barstow's motel district on my way to the old-school Route 66 Motel where I'll stay again tonightOff the freeway after a couple of miles, I know I've landed in central Barstow when I pass a liquor storeThumbnailsI ride through Barstow's motel district on my way to the old-school Route 66 Motel where I'll stay again tonightOff the freeway after a couple of miles, I know I've landed in central Barstow when I pass a liquor storeThumbnailsI ride through Barstow's motel district on my way to the old-school Route 66 Motel where I'll stay again tonight

Before it died, this mall probably sucked traffic from the shops that lined nearby historic Route 66. Once bombastic, this mall now seems quaint and historic compared to the ugly Walmart with endless parking lot just down the road.