CLOSING OF KAYENTA TRADING POST

It was cold, wet, snowy day. The snow wasn't sticking, but it was still coming down. It was February 14, 2008, when I took this picture of Kayenta Trading Post. What a welcoming and friendly sight. I loved see the hustle and the bustle of downtown Kayenta.

 Here is a sign, that pointed the way to an old friend. I remember taking friends to the Trading Post once and they were surprised to see this part of town. They really liked having to go down the hill to get to the KTP.

 In this picture, you can see all the cars lined up, this was a familiar sight at KTP, I miss seeing days like this. When I use to walk home from school when I was a Student in the Kayenta Unified School Disctrict, I would always see KTP in the Morning, Afternoon (High School - Open Campus), After school, of in the late evening.

 I walked this veranda thousands of times as a life long resident of Kayenta. I remember there use to be wooden benches, windows along this wall. I remember getting harassed by drunks, older drunks trying to start fights with me. I despise alcohol!

 This picture reads "BIG SALE! at the Kayenta Trading Post - After 75 years of serving Kayenta as a grocery store the Kayenta Trading Post is closing it's doors and reopening as a new auto parts store. To thank all our loyal customers beginning Thursday February 14 we are selling off all our inventory at a huge discount of 20% off (excluding Radio Shack) Radio Shack will be moving to a new location. Do get ready for a new look new great products and a big grand opening. Thank You Ronnie and Melissa."

Reading this for the first time, was like a "Dear John Letter" my heart just dropped. 75 Years!

 This was poster sign was visible as you walked into the store. It yellow and obvious, since I was a loyal customer, I would immediately notice any changes made to the store. I'm sure then customers noticed this sign immediately too.

 A picture of aisle two. Automotive, cleaning tools, house products.

 Aisle three, house cleaning products, diapers, paper towels and so on.

Aisle 4, canned food, pasta, i'm starting to forget what was in this aisle. :(

 Aisle 5,

 The produce section, in the back part of Aisle 7, bread, chips, meats.

 Aisle 7, This store was supper efficient. I loved the layout, I would walk in and grab what i needed, I shopped gracefully, this place was like my pantry, at that time I knew where everything was. I could have worked there.

 Aisle 6, I came here for Oil and Flour. Miss those days.

 Radio Shack, I used to come to this place to get parts for my electrical experiments. I could also rent a movie here.

 Car stereos, amps, speakers, Ipods, dvd players. It was convenient, when your DVD player broke you could roll into this place and buy one.

 The wall of refrigerators, frozen fish sticks, corndogs, vegetables, to sodas, to juice, to cheese, to luncheon meat, this wall was amazing!

 Ah the famous, and revered rotisserie chicken of KTP, I still believe it's the best around, far better than Bashas' rotisserie chicken. Needless to say I bought the last two rotisserie chickens from KTP. When I had a hankering for Rotisserie Chicken, I would walk into the store, hit aisle 7, grab bread, the chicken, chips and walk along the wall of refrigerators grab cold sodas walk to the cashier, pay walk out the door in less than 2 minutes. I can't do that in Bashas'. WHY?!!!! 

 The meat department, small but great prices, fresh meat.

 A display of beauty. I can't help but stare. I am captivated!

 Personal hygiene, hair care, skin care and OTC medication.

 The aisle of temptation, like the sirens of old, they call to you visually, grab me. Darn impulse buys. Hahaha!

 This what the check out would look like when it was busy, but I didn't mind. I loved this place, i loved the atmosphere, I loved this place.

 I would always run into people I knew at this store. It was great!

 I took this picture to remember how stores had to monitor Hair Spray products. I was naive I have to admit , but my mind was not involved in such things. I was educated by an employee at the KTP as to why they kept tight watch over the hair products. She said "Some people buy it, mix something to flavor it, and then drink it." I was like "What?!" She said, "I know!"

Here is the last picture of Kayenta Trading Post, now it's NAPA auto parts.

I've only been to NAPA like 12 times since it opened. If it was the Kayenta Trading Post I would have been stopping by there every few days. Hmmm.