Ace Jackalope of The Lope blog pays his first visit to the restored Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Rialto, Calif. As usual, he took a lot of photographs. Ace was impressed with the work the Patels did on the once-seedy property.
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.
Blue Swallow Motel’s new owners revealed
The new proprieters of the famed Blue Swallow Motel on Route 66 in Tucumcari, N.M., will be Bill Kinder and Terri Johnson. They are a retired couple from Florida. The ownership change occur in early March, according to the Quay County Sun. “We’ve been thinking about buying a motel for about 10 years,
Confession time for Fat Man
Steve Vaught of thefatmanwalking.com, who is off the road for a few weeks to be under the wing of a personal trainer, talks about the depression from which he suffers and the medication he quit taking in Texas and Oklahoma. He's trying to get to the root of the problem of his obesity. Scroll down … Continue reading Confession time for Fat Man
New “Cars” trailer
Edmunds' Inside Line says it has an exclusive look at a new trailer for "Cars," the Route 66-themed movie coming in June from Pixar Animation Studios.
Frederick’s Music Lounge closes
I heard some news tonight that saddened me. Frederick's Music Lounge, a great old dive bar at 4454 Chippewa (Route 66) in St. Louis, closed last Saturday. Frederick's was a family-owned bar for many years. One report in December from the Riverfront Times said the place had been put up for sale. Fred Boettcher Jr., … Continue reading Frederick’s Music Lounge closes
More Rick and Jane adventures
Rick and Jane McKinney have posted their latest journal entry on their Walk to Reclaim America site. They have an interesting encounter with a security guard on old Route 66 in eastern Arizona -- yet another example that the true purpose of their walk is to touch people. (Note: The journal entry says Feb. 12, … Continue reading More Rick and Jane adventures
Views from the Petrified Forest
Patsy Terrell of the Patsy's Ponderings blog traveled on Route 66 in August. She's going to make periodic postings of photographs. The first batch of photos is here, of the Petrified Forest National Park.
“Cars” clips ignite blogger’s interest
Ryan Olson at RTO Media has made a very good dissection of what he saw from the two Pixar "Cars" clips at WonderCon in San Francisco. He's enthusiastic about seeing the Route 66-themed film because of the amount of detail Pixar animators put into their creations. I haven't seen those film clips, but I've seen … Continue reading “Cars” clips ignite blogger’s interest
Bigfoot getting his kicks on Route 66?
This isn't a story from the Weekly World News, but today's Peoria Journal-Star. Tom Biscardi, founder of Searching for Bigfoot Inc., is convinced that the area around the Route 66 town of Funks Grove, Ill., which is just off Route 66, can support not one, but two of the mysterious creatures. The report says Biscardi … Continue reading Bigfoot getting his kicks on Route 66?
Fat Man continues to shed pounds
Steve Vaught of thefatmanwalking, who's taken a several-week hiatus from walking across America, gave a brief update on his home page about his efforts with Eric the Trainer to lose weight. Things have been going great for the past week and I am really proud to report that I have made a lot of progress … Continue reading Fat Man continues to shed pounds