Some blokes from England are touring the Mother Road on Harley Davidson motorcycles and blogging their experiences at Vultures tour Route 66. They've made it to Tulsa so far. This tidbit on the Rolla-to-Tulsa entry cracked me up: The land is so green; even more so than Ireland! Yeah, well, everything tends to green up … Continue reading Look out for the Vultures
Category: Road trips
Mower Man near the end of his ride
Matt Land, who was driving on much of Route 66 with a propane-powered lawn mower built by his employer, Dixie Chopper, is supposed to finish his 2,000-mile trek from Indiana to California this morning, reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal. He was hoping to meet with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the guv has already made it know … Continue reading Mower Man near the end of his ride
Fun Run breaks record
So much for the high cost of gasoline. According to the Kingman Daily Miner, the Arizona Route 66 Association's annual Fun Run boasted 815 entrants, beating last year's record of 800. That's a lot of classic cars in one place. 🙂
Behind the wheel
Members of the Joliet Region Model A Restorers' Club participated in the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor weekend from Joliet to Pontiac. The one who shot this video was driving a 1931 Ford Model A pickup. Great-looking vehicle, but, as you'll see in the footage, the payload isn't much.
Red Carpet Corridor coverage
The Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph has filed the first report about the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor weekend, which takes places along 90 miles of the Mother Road from Joliet to Towanda. As expected, the reporter talked to people who were nostalgic about Route 66. I sure wish those people would quit talking about that … Continue reading Red Carpet Corridor coverage
Norah Jones film reportedly filmed on Route 66
"My Blueberry Nights" is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16 as the cinema debut of sublime singer Norah Jones. It also stars Natalie Portman, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law. However, roadies will find the film by Chinese director Wong Kar Wai notable because of this report from Jazz … Continue reading Norah Jones film reportedly filmed on Route 66
Catching the VW bug
It's a complicated story -- which the Orange County Register can tell more completely -- but it's about Dave Torstenson's fascination with vintage Volkwagen minibuses, the generous VW community, and an improbable quest to drive a ramshackle 1972 minibus from Tulsa to Los Angeles while being filmed by a documentary crew. Route 66 connections? There … Continue reading Catching the VW bug
Loping along the Land of Lincoln
A group of road cruisers from Cincinnati, called CinZroadsters, drove Route 66 from Chicago to St. Louis a few days ago. Here is a video of highlights from the trip: The organizers apparently are doing the rest of the Mother Road on June 9-24. Details are here.
Arizona kicks
Mike Di Paola of Bloomberg News drives down Route 66 in Arizona, focusing on the vintage 150-mile stretch of the Mother Road in the western third of the state and the town of Seligman. Check it out.
Mower Man makes it to Rolla
Matt Land, sales manager for Dixie Choppers lawn mowers in Indiana, stopped for a bite to eat during his quest to drive a propane-powered lawn mower across the country. Money quote from the Rolla Daily News: “I’ve been eating a lot of bugs and raindrops, and I know what it’s like to be a hood … Continue reading Mower Man makes it to Rolla