We recently went to a historic mural and monument reveal at Roy’s Motel and Cafe on Route 66 in Amboy in honor of Amboy owner and Juan Pollo creator, Albert Okura, who passed away last year. | The Desert Way with Jaylyn and John
When Roy’s Hotel is not ground zero for multiple thriller film shoots or welcoming the throngs of dusty tourists getting their fair share of the Route 66 experience, the quiet of Amboy settles in all around. The solitude is so profound it’s almost deafening. The peace of the ghost town with its long-abandoned St. Raymond Church and nearby pioneer graveyard consumes you. It invites you to explore and renew. Give yourself time to absorb this little time capsule of a town.| The Desert Way with Jaylyn and John
Update: We are saddened to learn of Albert Okura’s passing in January 2023. Our thoughts and prayers for his family, employees and many friends. Albert will be greatly missed. Albert was owner of Juan Pollo restaurant chain, the founder of the original McDonald’s Museum in San Bernardino, author and owner of the town of Amboy. His family promised the legacy of Albert will go on and Amboy will continue.| The Desert Way with Jaylyn and John
For a few days in 1959, the cast of “Journey to the Center of the Earth” assembled near Amboy where the cinder cone was called upon to display its cinematic versatility.| Press Enterprise