Add another one to the long list of "Cars" movie product tie-ins: Tide.com is offering a free "Cars" beach towel with any combination of six Procter & Gamble fabric and home-care products.
Day: May 20, 2006
New look
If you saw some weird things happening to Route 66 News in the past hour or so, I apologize. I tried to revamp the site and add a customized header late last night, but wasn't able to finish before the Sandman visited. I finished it this morning, and suffered all the technical trials and errors … Continue reading New look
A trip on U.S. 54
During a trip home in January to see the old homestead in Illinois, I decided to drive most of my way back to Tulsa on U.S. 54 and see what old motels, old neon and roadside kitsch I could find. U.S. 54 is about 1,200 miles. Its western terminus is at El Paso, Texas, and … Continue reading A trip on U.S. 54
Route 66 property for sale
Listings have been moved to this page here.
ALS drive on Route 66 gains attention
The Springfield (Ill.) Journal-Register published a story about John "J.J." Bouma Jr.'s fundraiser and awareness-raiser of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- aka Lou Gehrig's Disease -- by driving Route 66 in a Corvette. The reporter took more of a local angle by interviewing a local farmer who has the disease, but it sounds like Bouma's campaign … Continue reading ALS drive on Route 66 gains attention
New York Times tells about creation of “Cars”
Phil Patton of the New York Times interviewed a number of people about the production of the upcoming Pixar film, "Cars," including Michael Wallis, who gave out a few details about the two Route 66 tours on which he led the Pixar crew. A tour guide and author of "Route 66: The Mother Road," among … Continue reading New York Times tells about creation of “Cars”