The publicity machine is gearing up for the Route 66 Trail-Breaking along the Route 66 bicycle trail in Illinois on June 2. Here's a story from the Edwardsville Intelligencer about the event. Edwardsville is one of the six gathering points along the route. Here's another one from the Pontiac Daily Leader. Pontiac also is a … Continue reading Pedal power
Category: Events
37 Miles of Smiles
That's that the organizer is calling the garage sale along Route 66 in Logan County, Ill., reports the Lincoln Courier. The event will be on June 9-10. Just look for the "Route 66 Garage Sale" signs along various alignments of the route. The towns participating are Atlanta, Lawndale, Lincoln, Broadwell and Elkhart. Vendors spaces are … Continue reading 37 Miles of Smiles
Red Carpet treatment
Matt A. drove down Route 66 in Illinois during the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor weekend. Here's his blog about it, with plenty of photos.
A sneak peek of the Route 66 Interpretive Center
The new Route 66 Interpretive Center in the old Armory building in Chandler, Okla., doesn't open to the public until 11 a.m. Saturday, and I'll be out of town because of a prior engagement. However, Howard Dickman, chairman of the Old Armory Restorers group, showed me around the building a couple of days ago. The … Continue reading A sneak peek of the Route 66 Interpretive Center
Trail blazing
The Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat has a story about the "trail-breaking" on June 2 of the new Route 66 Trail from Chicago to St. Louis that was fashioned specifically for bicyclists. Six towns along the Mother Road are hosts for segments of the trail. The segments range from 17 to 50 miles, although riders can go … Continue reading Trail blazing
Dust Bowl aria
"The Grapes of Wrath" was an acclaimed novel by John Steinbeck. Then it became an acclaimed movie, starring a young Henry Fonda. It later became an acclaimed, Tony-winning play on Broadway. Now, "The Grapes of Wrath" as an opera? It's appears so. The Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City reports that the story of … Continue reading Dust Bowl aria
Today is Mother’s Day …
... have you been nice to your Mother Road lately? Meanwhile, the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune had this item in its Moments of Motherhood: 1926: U.S. Route 66, stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles, is formally opened. While novelist John Steinbeck would call it the "Mother Road" in his 1939 "The Grapes of Wrath," actress wannabes … Continue reading Today is Mother’s Day …
Ummm … wrong
I found this news item tonight from the Inland Press-Enterprise about the San Bernardino County Fair, which is right off Route 66 in Victorville, Calif. But the article goes awry here: Serafini boasts that it is the last remaining county fair on the historic transcontinental highway [my emphasis]. Its closest contender is a fair in … Continue reading Ummm … wrong
El Reno Burger Day a big success
The El Reno Tribune reports that attendance at the 19th annual El Reno Burger Day in El Reno, Okla., was at least its second-biggest ever, with 25,000 roaming the festival area on Saturday. Look out for next year, though: “Next year is the 20th anniversary, so we are going to do that even bigger,” she … Continue reading El Reno Burger Day a big success
Fun Run breaks record
So much for the high cost of gasoline. According to the Kingman Daily Miner, the Arizona Route 66 Association's annual Fun Run boasted 815 entrants, beating last year's record of 800. That's a lot of classic cars in one place. 🙂