On Saturday, I decided to go to a festival right on Route 66 in downtown Bristow, Okla. At first glance, it looked like many small-town festivals in Oklahoma. I saw a store offering cowboy hats. I saw a Cowboys booth -- the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, that is. I saw a barbecue stand among the … Continue reading Not just any festival
Day: May 10, 2009
Animal farm
If you participated in last weekend's Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor event, you probably saw several outdoor sculptures of animals -- including a giraffe -- near Chenoa. The Pontiac Daily Leader tracked down the creator of those sculptures -- Kathryn Capley, who is an area artist who has pieces of her metalwork all over … Continue reading Animal farm
A road trip on Judges
Here's a new chapter of "Route 66: A Road Trip through the Bible." This week's episode comes from the book of Judges. I'm not sure what's more bizarre: the muscle-man body suit, or Samson's shaky Arnold Schwarzenegger accent.