The Route 66 town of Needles, Calif., hopes that its future includes more railroad tourists after its historic Harvey House, El Garces, is restored by a team that refurbished another Harvey House in Winslow, Ariz., reports the Reuters wire service. A number of towns like Needles, which based much of its business on Route 66 … Continue reading Needles hopes for more rail tourism
Day: June 4, 2007
Norwegian motorcycle tour highlights
Trond Moberg regularly guides motorcycle tours down Route 66 for his fellow Norwegians. Here is a 29-minute video of highlights of his 2003 tour.
McKinley Bridge set to reopen this fall
Route 66 travelers going through the St. Louis area received good news over the weekend: The long-closed McKinley Bridge is set to reopen to traffic on Sept. 25, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The bridge, built in 1910 to link St. Louis to Venice, Ill., was closed in 2001 when it became too dangerously … Continue reading McKinley Bridge set to reopen this fall
Driving Route 66 in a moped
Roland Gueffroy currently is driving Route 66 in an unorthodox way -- in a refurbished Swiss postal moped. According to his Web site: Why take a original Swiss postal moped on Route 66? I have been asked this question, albeit in various forms, many times. It’s to be expected that this kind of tour is … Continue reading Driving Route 66 in a moped