According to an article last week in the Elk City and Sayre newspapers in Oklahoma, Harley and Annabelle Russell of the Sandhills Curiosity Shop in Erick, Okla., entertained 57 members of the International Regional Magazine Association earlier this month. The group was in Oklahoma City for the gathering, but drove a few hours west to … Continue reading Magazine publishers get the Harley & Annabelle Experience
Category: Attractions
A ‘Hero’ in Amboy
I heard a few days ago that the video for Enrique Iglesias' hit song "Hero" was shot in the Route 66 settlement of Amboy, Calif. Sure enough, it is. Check it out: Roy's is featured prominently, as is a church in town. And I was thinking the stone ruins were at Cadiz Summit, on Route … Continue reading A ‘Hero’ in Amboy
Tout the route
We've noticed that more cities are taking advantage of the Internet and YouTube in particular in an effort to draw visitors and tourists. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., is one of them. It has posted a nicely produced three-minute video that briefly explains the history of Route 66 and Rancho Cucamonga's current links to it. The embedding … Continue reading Tout the route
More videos from Dwayne, Part 3
Here's a few more videos from Dwayne of New Zealand. Most of the footage here is in Oklahoma. It's interesting to watch his companion get a bit freaked out by a severe thunderstorm in the western part of the state. It's routine stuff for locals, but foreigners and non-natives tend to become frightened by them. … Continue reading More videos from Dwayne, Part 3
Compact guide to 66 in western Arizona
The Arizona Republic today published a compact guide to the portion of historic Route 66 that veers miles away from Interstate 40 from Seligman to Kingman. There's a lot more than that, but the article is good for starters.
More videos from Dwayne, Part 2
More YouTubes from Dwayne of New Zealand. Here's one from western New Mexico, with images of Gallup's neon: Arizona sights, including Flagstaff, Holbrook, Williams, Oatman, the Black Mountains and the Painted Desert: On to California and the isolation of the Mojave Desert and the congestion of Los Angeles. Warning: There is brief nudity at the … Continue reading More videos from Dwayne, Part 2
More videos from Dwayne
Dwayne of New Zealand has posted a bunch of new videos from his recent Route 66 trip. Some Mother Road sights from Illinois, although I don't think the apocalyptic soundtrack of "Gimme Shelter" fits: More from Illinois and Missouri, including a lot of footage of Rich Henry and his pet rabbit Montana at Henry's Rabbit … Continue reading More videos from Dwayne
POPS up videos
POPS on Route 66 in Arcadia, Okla., has posted several videos, many of which appear to have been produced by OklaTravelNews. This one has interesting comments by Route 66 writer Michael Wallis and POPS architect Rand Elliott: Here's a video from when the 66-foot-tall pop bottle was erected: Here's a video of a reporter for … Continue reading POPS up videos
Induction day
The Pontiac (Ill.) Daily Leader was there Wednesday when Betty Estes was inducted into the Illinois Seniors Hall of Fame. She's been a major Route 66 booster in the Pontiac region. Asked what she was most proud of in her work with the city of Pontiac, Estes said it would have to be the Route … Continue reading Induction day
Mother Road display at rest area
The Funks Grove rest area on Interstate 55 in Illinois, near Bloomington, has a nice little Route 66 display area. Here's a video of what it looks like: The rest area was named the best in Illinois a year ago.