On a recent trip to America Polko and Mrs Polko found ourselves in the middle of nowhere but at the centre of everywhere. We were on a drive from California to Phoenix, Arizona.
At the Desert Centre Store and Cafe (Interstate 10/highway 60) to be exact..
The road in was long and very atmospheric as we drove through a desert storm..
Then an oasis appeared..
With little sign of life..
But the most amazing retro fuel pumps I've ever seen on my US travels..
Here Mrs Polko tries to hijack the picture with her chicken bag (which strangely seems to pop up wherever we are in the world)..
The road continued, for 160 miles until Wickenburg (a strange sleepy place surrounded by nothing but trailer park towns, but that's a different story for a different day)..
The Desert Center Cafe is in fact responsible for feeding the workers that built the great Californian Desert Aquaduct, bringing water to parts of the west coast that would have been bypassed otherwise. Also, during the Second World War 1 million+ US troops were trained in this area by General Patton.
As the information board says..
OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY
7 DAYS A WEEK
SINCE 1922
WE NEVER CLOSE
More? Here's a link then - Desert Center Wapedia entry
The Google Map satellite image is spectacular - stick the address (Highway 60 Desert Center, CA 92239) into Google Maps here
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