A supercharger for Telsa electric cars has been added to one of the parking lots of the historic La Posada hotel on Route 66 in Winslow, Ariz., according to the Casa Grande Dispatch. The newspaper also said La Posada will add chargers for other electric cars, including Nissan, Toyota, Honda and GM. Hotel co-owner Allan … Continue reading Tesla supercharger added to La Posada grounds
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.
NewLife Homes wants to renovate another Route 66 motel
NewLife Homes, which brought new life (no pun intended) to two historic Route 66 motels in Albuquerque, wants to add a third the Duke City to its portfolio. According to Albuquerque Business First: Executive DirectorJohn Bloomfield said he’s exploring the acquisition of the Deluxe Inn & Suites at 12901 Central Ave. NE between Juan Tabo and … Continue reading NewLife Homes wants to renovate another Route 66 motel
Man will ride a bicycle in a pink bra on Route 66
Starting in the spring, I hear about innumerable people attempting some sort of long-distance stunt on Route 66 to raise money -- or awareness -- for some cause. Because there are so many, they're not mentioned here unless the stunt is quite unusual. Dusty Showers has come up with such a stunt. Showers, president and … Continue reading Man will ride a bicycle in a pink bra on Route 66
Go down memory lane to the Rock Cafe
This video about the Rock Cafe in Stroud, Okla., by Jack Frank's Tulsa Films is 10 years old, but a lot has happened since then. The Rock Cafe was nearly destroyed by fire a few years later (and rebuilt), and owner Dawn Welch's little girl, Alexis, is now college age. And the restaurant started to … Continue reading Go down memory lane to the Rock Cafe
Albuquerque wants ideas for El Vado Motel
The City of Albuquerque has floated ideas on what to do with the historic but long-shuttered El Vado Motel on Route 66. Now it's wanting to hear ideas from the public -- and developers -- as well. According to Albuquerque Business First, the city on Friday released a request for proposals for the 1937 motel. … Continue reading Albuquerque wants ideas for El Vado Motel
The amazing story of Joe Bauman
Famed sportswriter Joe Posnanski a few days ago wrote about Joe Bauman, who set a professional baseball record of 72 home runs in a season in 1954. That record stood until Barry Bonds hit 73 in 2001. The hot, dry air of the region and smallish ballparks of the Longhorn League undoubtedly helped Bauman set … Continue reading The amazing story of Joe Bauman
Route 66’s lifeguard
The Bloomington Pantagraph recently published a profile about longtime Illinois state trooper Chester Henry, who patrolled Route 66 and Interstate 55 in the Pontiac area for more than 25 years and wrote an estimated 50,000 speeding tickets. Henry, now 84, has been retired for about 30 years. He still drives his old beat from time … Continue reading Route 66’s lifeguard
Photographer will open exhibit in Kirkwood gallery
Missouri-based photographer Mark Appling Fisher will open his "Route 66 and Beyond" exhibit at the Ober Anderson Gallery in Kirkwood, Mo., on Friday. According to a news release from the gallery about his photos: Among them are hand colored, infrared film images of from unusual sites along the old Route 66, including a pink elephant … Continue reading Photographer will open exhibit in Kirkwood gallery
“Automatic”
This new video by Miranda Lambert came over my feed. I suspect a few Route 66ers will relate to its message -- not that I agree with everything in it: https://youtu.be/2ksWKOy665o I also am one of the few who learned to drive in a manual-transmission grain truck. The glimpse in the video of an Airstream … Continue reading “Automatic”
Suspected drunken driver crashes into Summit Inn
A suspected car thief who allegedly was drunk crashed a minivan into Route 66's iconic Summit Inn restaurant on the summit of Cajon Pass in Southern California, according to several media outlets. According to the Press-Enterprise, Jayson Ernest Johnson, 37, of Riverside, Calif., was arrested Thursday on suspicion of being drunk in public, stealing a vehicle, … Continue reading Suspected drunken driver crashes into Summit Inn