This e-mail today from Kip Welborn of the Route 66 Association of Missouri gives additional details about the group's annual motor tour on Sept. 7-9: The Tour will commence in Miami, OK, and end in Sullivan, MO. This year's theme is "Take Me Out To Our Highway." The tour will celebrate not only Route 66, … Continue reading Here are details on Missouri 66 tour
Day: April 4, 2007
Antiques kicks on 66
Gail Pennington of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tells of her best picks of antique stores and restaurants from St. Louis to Springfield, Ill., along the Mother Road.
God bless the little man
Alan Jackson is a Georgia boy, so I have doubts whether he's driven Route 66. However, his hit song "Little Man" tells what happened to small-town America and small businesses on the Mother Road and elsewhere in the wake of interstate bypasses and big-box corporations.
Jaguar drivers to cruise Route 66
A group of 70 antique Jaguar owners from Holland will cruise the Mother Road starting May 9 from Chicago, according to DC Velocity. The Jaguar Daimler Club of Holland is having its vehicles shipped across the ocean. The 12-day Route 66 cruise helps commemorate the group's 30th anniversary.
“The Lost Room” released on DVD
"The Lost Room" was a three-part mini-series that was aired by the Sci-Fi channel in December. Taking place in a mysterious motel off Route 66 in New Mexico, the series gained considerable word-of-mouth praise and award nominations. Now "The Lost Room" is available on DVD. Randy Miller III reviews it for DVD Talk, and he … Continue reading “The Lost Room” released on DVD
Construction begins on Glenrio Welcome Center
The Quay County Sun, based in Tucumcari, N.M., reports that construction has begun on the $7.4 million Glenrio Welcome Center on Interstate 40 near the Texas-New Mexico border. At a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, March 21, state transportation and tourism officials unveiled plans for a hacienda-style center which will include a theater, wireless Internet service, … Continue reading Construction begins on Glenrio Welcome Center
Red Oak II reopens this summer
Partly buried in this Carthage (Mo.) Press article about a Japanese television crew filming Route 66 sights is intriguing news about the languishing Red Oak II complex northeast of town. The visit to Red Oak II comes at an exciting time as renovation work nears completion on the Black Hen Restaurant, which will reopen this … Continue reading Red Oak II reopens this summer