NBC's "The Great American Road Trip" has slowly transitioned itself from a highway journey to more of a competitive drama. Because the show is supposed to take place on Route 66, this might be bad news. But because "Road Trip's" producers have made so many boneheaded decisions and often skipped large sections of the road, … Continue reading From road trip to road drama
Category: Road trips
Wearing of the Greene
I'm trying to track down and post more clips of Vimeo videos. Click here to see the 26-minute Episode 1 of "Route 66 -- The Marathon Tour" from Greene HD Productions. The 14-part series is airing each Saturday on the American Life Network. You can also acquire "Route 66 -- The Marathon Tour DVD Set" … Continue reading Wearing of the Greene
Notes from the road
Some stray news items ... The Tulsa World has a recent update on Emory Duick, the senior citizen who is traveling Route 66 by foot. He's already worn out two sneakers, and he still has 1,400 miles to go. The New Mexico firefighters who were traveling Route 66 by motorcycle to raise funds for families … Continue reading Notes from the road
“Great American Road Trip” — Week 5
The fifth week of NBC's reality series "The Great American Road Trip" was fairly unremarkable, except for its producers snubbing Route 66 even more than usual. The families spent a lot of time in Sedona, Ariz., Slide Rock State Park and the Grand Canyon -- all of which aren't on the Mother Road. The only … Continue reading “Great American Road Trip” — Week 5
Family road trip
Author Malena Lott took another friend and their children on Route 66 from Edmond to Claremore in Oklahoma. Here's a video about where they stopped: And here's Lott's blog post about her adventures on the Mother Road.
Site documents “Route 66” scenes
Rick Dailey and other fans are attempting to document the scenes where the original "Route 66" television show was shot, The Sentinel of Cumberland County, Pa., reports. The site, ohio66.com, originally was created to tell where "Route 66," starring George Maharis and Martin Milner during the early 1960s, was shot near Cleveland. But since, then … Continue reading Site documents “Route 66” scenes
More from the Steil-Luning Route 66 trip
Here's another fresh video from Tim Steil and Jim Luning's "Route 66 -- Ten Years Later" trip last month.
Baseball and Route 66
Linda Campbell, a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, offered interesting thoughts from her family's trips over the years to see America by visiting baseball parks, large and small. My family takes baseball road trips to towns that would never have made our radar screen were it not for a love of baking on the … Continue reading Baseball and Route 66
More of a drizzle than a storm
Kim Schneider, a travel writer for Michigan Live, poses this question about NBC-TV's dud of a reality series on Route 66, "The Great American Road Trip": Has the show done more to keep people off the road than on it? Short answer from me: I doubt it. First off, ratings for "Road Trip" have been … Continue reading More of a drizzle than a storm
Motorcycle trip raising money for fallen firefighters
A group of firefighters is riding motorcycles on Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., to raise money for a foundation that benefits the families of firefighters who died in the line of duty, reports KSDK-TV in St. Louis. The trip concludes Aug. 5. The group was in St. Louis on Tuesday. From the … Continue reading Motorcycle trip raising money for fallen firefighters