A few of you roadies probably know that David Knudson, executive director of the National Historic Route 66 Federation, and his wife Mary Lou are based in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., in the mountains above Los Angeles. Hearing about the grave conditions caused by wildfires in Southern California, including Lake Arrowhead, I called David on Tuesday … Continue reading Waiting out the wildfires
Day: October 24, 2007
More videos from Dwayne, Part 2
More YouTubes from Dwayne of New Zealand. Here's one from western New Mexico, with images of Gallup's neon: Arizona sights, including Flagstaff, Holbrook, Williams, Oatman, the Black Mountains and the Painted Desert: On to California and the isolation of the Mojave Desert and the congestion of Los Angeles. Warning: There is brief nudity at the … Continue reading More videos from Dwayne, Part 2
More videos from Dwayne
Dwayne of New Zealand has posted a bunch of new videos from his recent Route 66 trip. Some Mother Road sights from Illinois, although I don't think the apocalyptic soundtrack of "Gimme Shelter" fits: More from Illinois and Missouri, including a lot of footage of Rich Henry and his pet rabbit Montana at Henry's Rabbit … Continue reading More videos from Dwayne
POPS up videos
POPS on Route 66 in Arcadia, Okla., has posted several videos, many of which appear to have been produced by OklaTravelNews. This one has interesting comments by Route 66 writer Michael Wallis and POPS architect Rand Elliott: Here's a video from when the 66-foot-tall pop bottle was erected: Here's a video of a reporter for … Continue reading POPS up videos