Tellman Knudson, the Internet tycoon who plans to run barefoot on Route 66 and across the country next month for charity, has run into a thicket of questions from the attorney general's office in his home state of Vermont. According to a well-researched article in the Times Argus of Montpelier, Vt., the problems for Knudson … Continue reading Route 66 runner under scrutiny
Category: Road trips
In the footsteps of the Joads
Chris McGreal of The Guardian newspaper in London is retracing the Route 66 path of the Joad family from John Steinbeck's seminal novel, "The Grapes of Wrath." Day Two of his journey includes a lot of material from Adrian, Texas, and the ghost town of Glenrio on the Texas-New Mexico border. Be sure to check … Continue reading In the footsteps of the Joads
Red rock country
Here's a nice video that popped up a few hours ago. This is Route 66 from about Laguna, N.M. You can even see Owl Rock near the beginning. The music is part of the soundtrack from the "Cars" movie.
Woman soon will travel part of Route 66 on horseback
Megan Carter soon will begin her Buffalo Moon Expedition -- riding on horseback from southeastern Oklahoma to Chicago partly on Route 66. Carter's journey begins Sept. 1, but she reckons she won't be on the Mother Road until later in the month. She figures she'll be averaging about 10 miles a day. Carter's blog is … Continue reading Woman soon will travel part of Route 66 on horseback
DiSalvatores losing? Fuhgeddaboudit
The DiSalvatore family from New York , which repeatedly staved off elimination, earned the grand prize of $100,000 and other goodies during the season's final episode Monday of NBC's reality series, "The Great American Road Trip." The Coote family from Illinois had won most of the challenges during the show's run, but stumbled in the … Continue reading DiSalvatores losing? Fuhgeddaboudit
Free road or toll road?
KOTV in Tulsa and KWTV in Oklahoma City conducted an interesting experiment. With the toll roads in Oklahoma costing an average of 16 percent more in recent weeks (via a Toll Authority price hike), reporters from those TV stations decided to drive to each other's city -- one on the toll road, the other on … Continue reading Free road or toll road?
Chicago chicken trip
The Chicagoland area is blessed with not one, but two, great fried-chicken restaurants on Route 66. WLS-TV took a trip down the Mother Road to check out these places -- Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket in Willowbrook and White Fence Farm in Romeoville. Both places are more than 50 years old. And they're less than 10 … Continue reading Chicago chicken trip
Return to Route 66 — Part 7
Jim Luning has posted Part 7 of a video series of his and Tim Steil's trip on Route 66 earlier this summer -- on the 10th anniversary of their first trip to research their "Route 66" book. This video focuses more on Steil and how he's changed since that first journey.
“Road Trip” recap
I'd hoped by now to have watched Monday night's episode of "The Great American Road Trip." However, Firefox won't allow the episodes to be viewed, my IE browser is balking at loading anything, and I was at the McCartney show last night. However, this post from Reality TV Magazine does a good job at recapping … Continue reading “Road Trip” recap
Bike ride on Route 66 in Illinois ready to roll
The Bloomington Pantagraph has some details about an upcoming bicycle ride on Route 66 from the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge to the Art Institute of downtown Chicago from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3. The ride will pass feature overnight stops in Carlinville, Springfield, Bloomington, Dwight and Joliet. "The purpose of the ride is to … Continue reading Bike ride on Route 66 in Illinois ready to roll