Route 66 blog roundup

Alina Chau of Ice Cream Monster Toon Cafe is an animator. She recently took a train trip and posted sketches from the Route 66 towns of Williams, Ariz., and Los Angeles. It's worth surfing the rest of her site for her sketches, too. Kipling West of The Seven Deadly Sinners lives in Canada, but sometimes … Continue reading Route 66 blog roundup

A taste of Buffalo out west

The next time you're hankering for Buffalo wings, go to the Monte Vista Fire Station in Albuquerque. Yes, Albuquerque. According to Duke City Fix, a native New Yorker raves about the wings there: The New Yorker (who has eaten many times at the primordial source of Buffalo wings: the Anchor Bar), likes that the Fire … Continue reading A taste of Buffalo out west

More SUV than the driver can handle

The combination of a traffic accident and the weight of ice and snow caused the collapse of the Carthage Route 66 Antique Mall at 1221 Oak St. in Carthage, Mo., earlier this week. The Joplin (Mo.) Globe reported: The incident began when a car ran into the building and one of the supporting trusses on … Continue reading More SUV than the driver can handle

Christmas season on 66

Old Route 66, heading west from Carthage, Mo., to Carterville, Mo., on Dec. 1. (Photo courtesy of Route 66 TV Online.)