Navajo Travel Plaza (Autos) — Attraction in Gallup

9/22/2018 was my first road trip and Traveling from California to New Mexico was longer then I expected, being iv never been out of California I wanted to stop almost everywhere and my husband happily did so And when we stopped in Gallup, New Mexico we pulled in to NAVAJO TRAVEL PLAZA when we entered there doors I knew this wasn't your ordinary everyday store! Well not one iv ever seen before anyways, first thing we encountered was beautiful warm welcomings, I then realized that I'm not only in a store but in place of beauty and religion, they have beautiful authentic hand painted sand paintings that are displayed with love And respect, the prices vary but with the customer in mind leaving you the customer very satisfied, they have a variety of amazing authentic handcrafted pottery displayed in various places inside the store prices vary aswell, they have multiple different types of Amazing Navajo art throughout the amazing store aswell as T-shirt and many different types of awesome survivers from postcards to route 66 little signs and so much more, they have the best vanilla soft serve ice cream iv ever tasted in my life, they have a variety of beverages,candy,chip,ect. They have massive fireworks im guessing almost every kind of legal firework and everything is inexpensive again keeping there customers in mind and that kind of company/business is the best kind!! The best part of my visit to NAVAJO TRAVEL PLAZA is the knowledge I learned from the lady whom I wish I would have asked for her name took the time to teach me about her heritage and religion of the art from her love ones and ancestors leaving me to want to learn more and that was the best part of my whole trip, I'm writing my review as we are on our way home back to California, One things for Shure if your passing thru GALLUP, NEW MEXICO I recommend you stop by NAVAJO TRAVEL PLAZA youll be happy you...

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I agree that masks should be user discretion, and coming from an infection control background, I tend to be a little anti mask because it just doesn’t line up with common sense, BUT, I’m also a conservative that also believes in capitalism and a business owners right to make their own rules in their own establishment. The Native American community was hit hard by Covid and I greatly appreciate their distrust in what the “Government experts” convey as science and facts considering the historical relationship between the US government and the indigenous people of North America. I will say their stuff to me is museum quality and worth the price. The lady at the counter is very knowledgeable and loaded with information about each piece and the history and culture of their people. It’s worth the visit, and hopefully you can catch them at a slow time because the woman there is a wealth of knowledge and extremely...

We stopped next door at Loves. While I was waiting, I decided to cross the parking lot and visit this Travel Plaza. I put two feet inside the store and was addressed from across the room by a sales person, who was assisting someone else. She interrupted her sale to advise me that my travel attire was missing something she thought was important. Her tone was unwelcoming and the manner in which she broke off her sales discussion to address me was inappropriate to her customer. I turned around and walked out, before I even had a chance to look around, deciding that if she could be so inattentive to an actual customer, I wouldn't want to shop there anyway. She actually thanked me for leaving. In my experience, no one thanks anyone for leaving their store without a sale or at least looking around. I would advise...