06/24/2026
A stop. Amboy California resides on an alignment of Route 66 running through the Mojave desert, a town by passed by I40 and left to deteriorate into another of the hundreds of disappearing California ghost towns. However, in 2005 Albert Okura felt it was his destiny to buy what was left of the town and restore it as much as possible to its 1950s peak style. This was a stop I felt we had to make on our recent Route 66 journey, and a perfect California morning set up this iconic scene as much as anything else we saw in our 18 days along the route. This one shot made that morning worthwhile.