Route 66 artist Bob Waldmire is painting a mural at the Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame and Museum in Pontiac. For a report and a photo of his ongoing work, check out this report from the Bloomington Pantagraph.
Category: People
A Road Scholar
Aart Hoogenboom is a big advocate of road trips. He started a tradition in 1968 of heading west during the summer with his family and has been doing it ever since. A number of those trips have been on Route 66, reports the New Times of Danbury, Conn. "You don't even have to travel across … Continue reading A Road Scholar
A trip down Gasoline Alley
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an excellent article about Bob Mullen and his humongous collection of filling-station memorabilia, dubbed Gasoline Alley, near Cuba, Mo. Although he is not sure when his interest in gasoline advertising began, Mullen says it may be related to his childhood spent on a nearby farm, which had a view of … Continue reading A trip down Gasoline Alley
A note of thanks
If the material on Route 66 News seems a bit sparse or somewhat disorganized in recent days, there's a good reason. I was out of town the entire weekend, and any use I had of a computer was sporadic. Projects that would have required more of my time were shoved to the back burner. The … Continue reading A note of thanks
A close encounter with Bonnie & Clyde
Columnist Hank Billings of the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader passed on the tale of a reader's chance meeting with outlaws Bonnie & Clyde on Route 66. It's a good story.
On the trail of another fat man walking
The Desert Dispatch of Barstow, Calif., caught up with Gary Long, who's another obese man who's walking Route 66 to lose weight. On his first walking leg, he went from St. Louis to New York City. He lost about 80 pounds, and is down to 300. He's now walking from Los Angeles to St. Louis. … Continue reading On the trail of another fat man walking
Bloggers on Route 66 roundup
I've suddenly found a few bloggers traveling on the Mother Road or musing about it. Trapped in an RV for 51 Days! takes in the sights of Winslow, Ariz. Bearnard B. Behr on Route 66 was in Winslow, too. On the Road with Tom & Thea took a liking to Tucumcari's Buckaroo Motel. Naomi of … Continue reading Bloggers on Route 66 roundup
Another fat man is walking Route 66
Taking a page from Steve Vaught and his thefatmanwalking.com site, Gary Long is trying to lose weight by walking across the country and is documenting his quest with afatmansjourney.com. Long once weighed about 380 pounds and lost about 80 pounds walking from St. Louis to New York City. Now he's in Southern California, preparing to … Continue reading Another fat man is walking Route 66
Owner of White Fence Farm dies
This will sadden a lot of fried-chicken eaters in the Chicagoland area -- Doris Mae Hastert, owner of White Fence Farm on Route 66 in Lemont and a longtime greeter at the restaurant's front door, died at age 93 on Monday. White Fence Farm has been an area institution for about 50 years. It seats … Continue reading Owner of White Fence Farm dies
“Let’s get a corn dog”
Charles Storch of the Chicago Tribune caves in to his cravings for a corn dog and ends up writing an exemplary article about the Cozy Dog Drive-In on Route 66 in Springfield, Ill. Not only does he touch on the Birthplace of the Corn Dog's past, present and likely future, but he also talks to … Continue reading “Let’s get a corn dog”