When Amanda Tucker was 16, she and her mother visited Santa Fe and stayed at the Western-themed Silver Saddle Motel. Located on Cerrillos Road and part of the original Route 66 before the highway’s 1937 realignment bypassed the City Different, the property had been around since the 1950s.
The memory stuck with her for more than 25 years. “I love the idea of this classic motel,” says Tucker, who bought the property with her
