The Rock Cafe on old Route 66 in Stroud, Okla., is now featured as a recommended restaurant on Jane and Michael Stern's wonderful Roadfood.com site. Here is an excerpt from the Sterns' review of Dawn Welch's venerable restaurant: Among Dawn's menu innovations are a fabulous chicken fried steak she makes out of a pork cutlet … Continue reading Rock Cafe is featured on Roadfood site
Category: People
Buck Owens, R.I.P.
The death of former country music star Buck Owens was announced a few minutes ago. As far as I know, Buck Owens has no direct connection to Route 66, other than being born in Texas and raised in several other Mother Road states (Arizona, California). But he was such a dominant country artist in the … Continue reading Buck Owens, R.I.P.
Pain Walker’s wheelbarrow stolen
The Cibola County Beacon reports that Dennis Kinch, the man who's walking west on Route 66 for the National Pain Foundation, discovered that his specially designed wheelbarrow and harness had been stolen as it sat outside his motel room in Grants, N.M. A photo of Kinch with his old custom wheelbarrow is above. A company … Continue reading Pain Walker’s wheelbarrow stolen
Fat Man muses on motivation
Steve Vaught, who's walking across America as part of his quest to lose weight, has posted his latest journal entry (scroll down to the March 22 entry) on his site.
A final salute to Riley B. Thompson
Steve Williams of The Daily Press in Victorville, Calif., writes an editorial on the passing of Riley B. Thompson, former owner of Riley B's and a couple other taverns on Route 66 in Victorville. Riley B's was probably the most famous place in San Bernardino County, known worldwide. Here's why. It played host as the … Continue reading A final salute to Riley B. Thompson
Rick and Jane part the waters — for a while
Rick and Jane McKinney, the evangelist couple who are walking much of Route 66 during their Walk to Reclaim America, tell the intriguing story of how rainstorms kept missing them as they strolled across the Texas Panhandle one day.
A real character of the road dies
I hadn't heard of Riley B. Thompson, who died at age 82 on Saturday. But I'm sure some of the old-timers of Route 66 in Southern California have. Check out the obituary in the Daily Press. After serving in the Marine Corps, Thompson moved to the High Desert in 1950 and worked providing vehicles and … Continue reading A real character of the road dies
Rick and Jane see the Big Cross
Rick and Jane McKinney, the evangelist couple that's walking much of Route 66 in their Walk to Reclaim America, made it to the big cross in Groom, Texas, on St. Patrick's Day. They have walked 1,200 miles. At least they missed the wildfires in the Panhandle a few days earlier.
Fat Man fixes his foot problem
Steve Vaught of thefatmanwalking.com finally figured out what was causing the pain in his feet: bad shoes. You can read about this on his online journal (scroll down to the March 16 entry).
Irishman to ride Route 66 for charity again
Paul De Courcy of Waterford, Ireland, drove Route 66 in a motorcycle as part of the Charity Motorcycle Challenge in 2004. Now he's been asked to do it again for the Temple Street Children's Hospital, according to the Waterford News & Star. He said yes. “Back in 2004, I applied to do it and was … Continue reading Irishman to ride Route 66 for charity again