Blue Swallow Motel

We came through Tucumcari in daylight, still pushing to make Albuquerque that night. I have not seen this much neon anywhere else on the road — the Palomino, the abandoned Tucumcari Inn with its sign still intact — and the Blue Swallow is the one we stopped at and walked around. It gave me straight Cars vibes just standing in the lot. The one thing I would change about that day is timing it for dark, when all of it comes on.