Here's an interesting news release today from Best Western, the hotel chain: PHOENIX--Today Best Western International announced that it is partnering with veteran travel journalist Amy Graff to give vacationers a bird’s-eye view into Gen-X travel, via a blog and regular columns hosted on bestwestern.com. Amy, 34, will serve as the company’s new leisure travel … Continue reading Route 66 on $250 a day?
Month: June 2008
Pedestrian bridge at Avery Plaza is open
The pedestrian bridge at Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza in Tulsa is open, reports KJRH-TV. The bridge goes over Southwest Boulevard, which is one of the original alignments of Route 66. It is very close to the original 11th Street Bridge, on the east bank of the Arkansas River. Here's what the pedestria bridge looked like … Continue reading Pedestrian bridge at Avery Plaza is open
Illinois Motor Tour and Hall of Fame preview
The Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph has a preview about the 19th annual Route 66 Association of Illinois Motor Tour. It runs over the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge in north St. Louis on Saturday morning, overnights in Lincoln, and ends Sunday in Wilmington. Scotty's Route 66 Bar & Grill in Hamel is holding registration for the … Continue reading Illinois Motor Tour and Hall of Fame preview
‘Mural City’ adds another decoration to its walls
The Route 66 town of Cuba, Mo., is known as Mural City because of its many murals that pay tribute to the people and events of its past. It's not exactly a mural, but a sculpture at Route 66 and Missouri Highway 19 creates much of the same effect. It's a 15-foot-long, 320-pound sculpture, created … Continue reading ‘Mural City’ adds another decoration to its walls
Rock Cafe starts a blog
It'll be a while before the Rock Cafe reopens after a fire gutted it last month. But owner Dawn Welch has already started a blog. It's only two days old, and it already has a half-dozen posts. Many of the entries (and photos) deal with the ongoing cleanup after the fire. But there's also this … Continue reading Rock Cafe starts a blog
Big rockin’ band
I've always liked this version of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" (with a brief nod to Nelson Riddle's arrangement) by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. And now it's on YouTube.