Buffeted by a poor economy and other economic factors, Terry Wrinkle pulled the plug on his resurrected Wrink's Market off old Route 66 in Lebanon, Mo., and closed it in mid-June. Wrinkle reopened Wrink's Market in June 2007 after his father and the store's longtime owner, Glenn "Wrink" Wrinkle, died in 2005 at age 82. … Continue reading Wrink’s Market closes
Author: Ron Warnick
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More from the Steil-Luning Route 66 trip
Here's another fresh video from Tim Steil and Jim Luning's "Route 66 -- Ten Years Later" trip last month.
Toolin’ tumbleweed
Look who's now doing the driving in the latest installment of "Route 66: A Road Trip through the Bible." This segment covers the second book of Chronicles.
Details of Will Rogers event released
On Friday afternoon, Jim Conkle of the Route 66 Alliance released the long-awaited details about the 2009 Will Rogers Awards banquet that will be Sept. 12 in Flagstaff, Ariz., as part of the annual Flagstaff Route 66 Days that week. The banquet will be from 7 to about 9:30 p.m. in the main ballroom of … Continue reading Details of Will Rogers event released
Baseball and Route 66
Linda Campbell, a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, offered interesting thoughts from her family's trips over the years to see America by visiting baseball parks, large and small. My family takes baseball road trips to towns that would never have made our radar screen were it not for a love of baking on the … Continue reading Baseball and Route 66
Hello from Sweden
Here is Charlotte Strandberg and a band that that really starts cooking on Bobby Troup's most famous song after the first third or so. Nicely done.
Roadies on the radio
Oklahoma Route 66 historian Jim Ross passes along word that an interview by KOSU, a National Public Radio affiliate, about Route 66 will air at 7:04 a.m. and 10:17 a.m. today. Laurel Kane, co-owner of Afton Station, also was interviewed, but she wasn't sure whether her comments made the final cut. The frequency will be … Continue reading Roadies on the radio
More of a drizzle than a storm
Kim Schneider, a travel writer for Michigan Live, poses this question about NBC-TV's dud of a reality series on Route 66, "The Great American Road Trip": Has the show done more to keep people off the road than on it? Short answer from me: I doubt it. First off, ratings for "Road Trip" have been … Continue reading More of a drizzle than a storm
Au natural
Urban Tulsa posted a fascinating article about Oaklake Trails Naturist Park near Depew, Okla., off Route 66. Simply put, it is a 400-acre resort for nudists. At Oaklake, everyone is nude or nearly nude. Women and men wearing nothing but hats and sunglasses splash in the pool. A young woman sits outside her cabin in … Continue reading Au natural
Motorcycle trip raising money for fallen firefighters
A group of firefighters is riding motorcycles on Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., to raise money for a foundation that benefits the families of firefighters who died in the line of duty, reports KSDK-TV in St. Louis. The trip concludes Aug. 5. The group was in St. Louis on Tuesday. From the … Continue reading Motorcycle trip raising money for fallen firefighters