Michael Campanelli's well-traveled collection of more than 150 photographs from Route 66 has made its way to the Mother Road city of Kingman, Ariz., according to the Kingman Daily Miner. The exhibit will be at the Mohave Museum of History and Arts through June 10.
Category: Photographs
Cyber-driving
This Associated Press article touts a bunch of Web sites for people who want to take a virtual road trip down Route 66 and other historic highways if they can't do the real thing. Many of these sites have already been linked here, but a few interesting finds turned up: StateEnds.com has a group of … Continue reading Cyber-driving
Canyon views
This is basically a slide show with classical music in the background (it sounds familiar, but I can't place the composer). But the images aren't ordinary. Oh my. This is why many people love the Southwest. The YouTube poster described this clip as such: From Nevada Red Rock Canyon to Zion, Bryce, North Rim, Glen, … Continue reading Canyon views
Sunset at John’s Modern Cabins
Redforkhippie has composed a thoughtful photo essay about the deteriorating ruins of John's Modern Cabins along old Route 66 west of Rolla, Mo.
Route 66 on ice
The Lope took a bunch of striking photographs after the terrible ice storm that struck the Route 66 town of Joplin, Mo., and other cities in eastern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri. He calls the post "Beautiful Disaster," which seems appropriate. The photo shown here is one that Ace shot, and even better ones are at … Continue reading Route 66 on ice
The Lope makes a move
One of our favorite Internet road-trip sites, The Lope, has to a new URL that uses a Blogspot template but no longer is publishing to Blogspot. The Lope writes: I did place posts at the old blogspot URL to redirect people to the individual new URLs, so any URLs you posted for the specific posts … Continue reading The Lope makes a move
Photo exhibit features Route 66
Fordham University in New York is hosting a two-person photography exhibition, "In the City and the Mother Road: Route 66," by Doug Muir and Michael Putnam through Feb. 10. The exhibit juxtaposes urban settings with rural scenes from middle America. The Route 66 photography is by Putnam. According to a news release by the university: … Continue reading Photo exhibit features Route 66
Snow of the century
Albuquerque and much of the northern half of New Mexico experienced record snowfall with the latest winter storm. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque reported that 11.3 inches of snow fell in one day Friday, breaking the old one-day record of 9.3 inches, set in 1958, according to the Albuquerque Journal. According to latest data … Continue reading Snow of the century
Route 66 blog roundup for Dec. 20
The Land of Enchantment envisions a future Albuquerque that's more walkable. Not that it's bad in that regard; it considers Downtown, Nob Hill and Old Town the most walkable areas in the Duke City. I concur. Artist David Wilder displays his "High Desert Texaco" watercolor painting, which he says was inspired by many trips on … Continue reading Route 66 blog roundup for Dec. 20
Raising the Pops bottle
Jim Ross sent us some photos he shot Monday of the raising of the 66-foot-tall giant pop bottle and drinking straw that will stand near the Pops convenience store and diner along Route 66 in Arcadia, Okla. Pops is the brainchild of Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon. Ross wrote: Here are some shots of the … Continue reading Raising the Pops bottle