Talk about life's strange coincidences: Emily, aka Red Fork Hippie Chick, and I were capping a road trip Sunday with bread pudding at the Rock Cafe in Stroud, Okla., when Robby Love, aka the Roller Rapper, in a big RV stopped by during his Route 66 tour. Love stopped in Sand Springs, Okla., the night … Continue reading Roller Rapper at the Rock
Author: Ron Warnick
I'm the editor and publisher of Route 66 News, a clearinghouse of events, information, and entertainment pertaining to historic U.S. 66, the Mother Road.
“Cars” display draws a big crowd
The Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph reported a huge throng of people came to U.S. Cellular Coliseum to see the last stop Saturday of the 50-city tour of life-size characters from the Disney-Pixar "Cars" movie. Organizers were expecting 5,000 people over a six-hour span. But they surpassed it within the first hour. Bloomington’s reaction is typical of … Continue reading “Cars” display draws a big crowd
Roller Rapper visits kids at Missouri hospital
Robby Love, aka the Roller Rapper, stopped at St. John's Hospital at Springfield, Mo., to visit sick kids there during his Route 66 tour, reports the Springfield News-Leader. Enter Robby Love wearing a blue sleeveless tank top, faded jeans and black roller skates. He did a fancy spin and knelt beside the 9-year-old's bed. Aside … Continue reading Roller Rapper visits kids at Missouri hospital
Grants ready for Fire & Ice Rally
The sixth annual Route 66 Fire & Ice Bike Rally is this weekend in Grants, N.M. The Cibola County Beacon has a story about it. The city expects 25,000 people for the event.
“Done!” says the Pain Walker
Dennis Kinch completed his 2,400-mile walk of Route 66 on Friday at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, according to his hometown paper, the Attleboro (Mass.) Sun Chronicle. The article also had details on Kinch's future plans: Kinch said he plans to spend a few weeks recuperating in California prior to a planned bus … Continue reading “Done!” says the Pain Walker
A postcard from the road
Marta of Portugal is a self-described "postcard fanatic." If she gets a postcard in the mail, she'll post it on her Postcards of the World blog. Her Thursday post shows a postcard of the Blue Whale, off Route 66 in Catoosa, Okla. If you mail her a postcard, she'll mail you one if you leave … Continue reading A postcard from the road
Moriarty restaurant is resurrected
Harold Smith of the Mountain View Telegraph appears to have found an old favorite that was believed to have been defunct along Route 66 in Moriarty, N.M., which is east of Albuquerque. It's Aunt YeYa's Food, in the Moriarty Flea Market on Route 66 on the east end of town. There was another Aunt YeYa's … Continue reading Moriarty restaurant is resurrected
A closer look at Springfield, Ill.
The New York Times travel section has an excellent article about tourism opportunities in Springfield, Ill., including the many Abraham Lincoln sites and places to get your kicks on ol' 66. I lived near Springfield for much of my life, and Times writer Ann N. Morrison found places that were so obscure that even I … Continue reading A closer look at Springfield, Ill.
Spread your wings at Route 66 aviation museums
The Tuttle (Okla.) Times has an article about aviation museums that are on or near Route 66 in OKlahoma. There are probably more than you think. It includes Thomas P. Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford, the Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma City, the Omniplex (which is building a manned space flight … Continue reading Spread your wings at Route 66 aviation museums
Pub opening on Route 66 of Albuquerque
Yeah, I can hear the reactions to that headline. "A bar is opening? So what?" But as Chantal of Duke City Fix wrote earlier, this is different, with higher stakes for Albuquerque and Central Avenue, aka Route 66. O'Niell's Irish Pub is located on the east side of the Nob Hill district, which is distinctly … Continue reading Pub opening on Route 66 of Albuquerque