A new trailer for Operation Route 66, which will raise funds in May 2012 for U.S. veterans of the Middle East wars, was posted a few hours ago: https://vimeo.com/33673314 More about this charity road trip can be found here. I'm nearly 100 percent certain the narrator is "Route 66: The Mother Road" author Michael Wallis. It … Continue reading New Operation Route 66 trailer
Day: December 14, 2011
Pontiac’s impressive tourism surge
Today's story in the Pontiac Daily Leader gave many details about a tourism summit Monday in the Route 66 town of Pontiac, Ill., and how local officials and businesses will handle travelers in the future. It'd been previously reported that Pontiac was seeing a 30 percent increase in tourists in 2011. But City Administrator Bob … Continue reading Pontiac’s impressive tourism surge
Tribute to Bob Waldmire
This video popped up in my YouTube feed today, and it hit me like a ton of bricks, especially the last 30 seconds or so. https://youtu.be/IwY5GmoXUYE In case you're new to the site, here's more about Bob Waldmire. We're fast approaching the second anniversary of Waldmire's death from abdominal cancer on Dec. 16, 2009. The … Continue reading Tribute to Bob Waldmire