Note: This post covers July 11
On Tuesday, we packed up our campsite at Jacob Lake to head out. I knew we had some driving to do, which called for (of course), road food. Normally I’m a salt and crunch kind of girl, but not when my campsite is right across the road from the Jacob Lake Inn and its bakery :-).
The Jacob Lake Inn sits at the intersection of Routes 89 and 67. Route 67 is the only paved road into the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s open for only about five months of the year – during the winter it’s impassable to motor vehicles. (Note: I’ve been before, so we didn’t visit the North Rim this time). The Jacob Lake Inn was started in the early 1920’s by a married couple who began selling gasoline to the travelers visiting the Grand Canyon by automobile. Per their web site, they would sell the gas from a 50 gallon barrel in the back of a truck.
Today’s Jacob Lake Inn is another one of those must-see stops when traveling in Northern Arizona. It’s one of the only places for miles where you can fill the gas tank, get a meal, stay overnight, buy a piece of art, and of course, make a potty.
I didn’t need to do any of those things, but I instead made a beeline for the pastry counter.
It’s right inside the front door, so “beeline” probably is a misnomer. We left with four cookies and a muffin – all for one human person.
Our next stop will be near water – which for a desert girl and two desert dogs is quite a treat.
I think four cookies and a muffin shows great restraint!!! You could easily have done a dozen (or two). Love the pix.
I would have had to have more “for the road”