If you're itching to buy American Indian jewelry or crafts and won't be able to soon travel Route 66 to the desert Southwest to buy them, you ought to look at getting them by mail order from the Southwest Indian Foundation. This article by the Associated Press lays out the reasons why: When Margie Lee's … Continue reading Craft sales help Indian families
Day: December 25, 2008
WorldHum lists the 40 greatest travel songs
The editors of WorldHum, the online site of the Travel Channel, decided to take on the formidable task of naming the greatest travel songs of all time. We gave them broad voting criteria: If it’s a song about travel or inspires travel or just a song that they must listen to while they travel, it’s … Continue reading WorldHum lists the 40 greatest travel songs
Taking 66 in a ’66
The Post-Crescent in Wrightstown, Wis., has a story about the Butz family, who took a three-week journey on old Route 66 in a 1966 Chevrolet Impala. Here's a photo collection from the family's trip. The FAQs with the main story are informative for Mother Road novices, too.
The mother of sucker traps
Car and Driver magazine columnist Patrick Bedard got a longtime gas-station owner on Route 66 in Williams, Ariz., to come clean about repair scams his crew foisted on travelers for decades. The fellow's name is Roy Killinsworth, 78, who started with a Tidewater Oil Co. station in the early 1960s and eventually had a Chevron. … Continue reading The mother of sucker traps