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From the archives:

For decades this sign waved travelers, mostly from Texas on US 87, into the El Kapp Motel -- complete with swimming pool, picnic area and probably vibrating beds. Today travelers stop for the homogenized amenities of the Holiday Inn and Comfort Suites off the impersonal Interstate 25 and seldom explore the off-roads for the unique if kitschy character of America's older times.

El Kapp Motel
200 Clayton Road (US 87)
Raton, New Mexico
May 2004