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I ride through Barstow's motel district on my way to the old-school Route 66 Motel where I'll stay again tonight

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8513-barstow.jpg I remember passing the dead Barstow Mall at the beginning of this trip; I'm still intrigued by itThumbnailsI have a delicious supper at Rosita's on Barstow's Main StreetI remember passing the dead Barstow Mall at the beginning of this trip; I'm still intrigued by itThumbnailsI have a delicious supper at Rosita's on Barstow's Main StreetI remember passing the dead Barstow Mall at the beginning of this trip; I'm still intrigued by itThumbnailsI have a delicious supper at Rosita's on Barstow's Main StreetI remember passing the dead Barstow Mall at the beginning of this trip; I'm still intrigued by itThumbnailsI have a delicious supper at Rosita's on Barstow's Main StreetI remember passing the dead Barstow Mall at the beginning of this trip; I'm still intrigued by itThumbnailsI have a delicious supper at Rosita's on Barstow's Main Street

A few blocks of Route 66 in Barstow have bike lanes. Not quite wide enough, but I think they do help here (in some places, stingy bike lanes are actually worse than none at all).