Someone is organizing a 100-mile footrace (that's not a typo, folks) from Arcadia, Okla., to Sapulpa, Okla., in November 2006 to mark the 80th anniversary of Route 66. If you feel like you can trudge nearly four marathons in one shot, here's where you can sign up for the Mother Road 100. It starts at … Continue reading For serious runners only

Route 66 artist Jerry McClanahan has an art exhibit at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla. The college installed a "gallery cam" you can access from the Internet. The idea, I suppose, is so folks can view Jerry's artwork if they're unable to travel to central Oklahoma.Unfortunately, the camera doesn't work well. First of … Continue reading It seemed like a good idea at the time

I took this off the Oklahoma Route 66 Association site and added info and links where applicable:The Roger Miller Festival will be Oct. 22 in Erick, Okla. While you're there, go see the Roger Miller Museum to honor the "King of the Road" and visit the Sandhills Curiosity Shop for music and goofy comedy. The … Continue reading Upcoming Route 66 events

Tulsa author Michael Wallis, author of the best-sellling "Route 66: The Mother Road," is about to begin production on the "American Road" television series. There will be 13 half-hour episodes about scenic highways, including Route 66. It will be shot by Pro Video Productions of Duluth, Minn. It will air on PBS.If any of you … Continue reading Michael Wallis to star in “American Roads” TV show

It looks like there's a theatre in Seattle that's putting on a production of "The Grapes of Wrath," based on the John Steinbeck novel of impoverished Okies trying to find a better life, any life, down Route 66 to California. A review of the production is here. The interesting part is that the play's ending … Continue reading “The Grapes of Wrath” onstage

The Western swing group just finished playing in Oklahoma City. The last two journal entries are here and here.

Kenn Kemper wanted to get in better shape and spread God's word. So he bicycled across Route 66. Here is the story about him.

Here's Cow Bop's journal entry from their show at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame on Thursday. Sounds like the group and Chuck Cissel had a blast making music together.

We mentioned previously about the Western swing band Cow Bop and its Route 66 Challenge. The group is going to be at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in Tulsa at 7 p.m. Thursday. I won't be there because of a conflict, but here's hoping a good Tulsa contingent will greet them there.

It sounds like Grants, N.M., has a hit with this event.