KC Keefer, the guy behind the ongoing Genuine Route 66 Life video series, produced a new clip about "Roamin' Rich" Dinkela. The interview occurred at the closed MacArthur Bridge in St. Louis. https://youtu.be/6nKAsjC2kJg For a seven-minute clip, it nicely encompasses Dinkela's approach and his many activities on the Mother Road. You can follow Dinkela at … Continue reading A chat with Rich Dinkela
Category: Road trips
Skateboarding photographer takes a trip on Route 66
Matt Alberts, a skateboarder with a 19th-century camera, takes a trip on Route 66 with a few pals and a 1973 Airstream trailer. They find abandoned swimming pools -- including one I recognize as being at Two Guns, Arizona -- and drainage ditches to do their work. They also produced this short film (warning: the … Continue reading Skateboarding photographer takes a trip on Route 66
Arizona publishes travel guide for electric vehicle drivers
The Arizona Office of Tourism launched an Electric Vehicle Travel Guide that includes tours on Route 66, according to a story on HybridCars.com. AOT’s Electric Vehicle Travel Guide is said to be tailored specifically for all-electric vehicle travelers and filled with valuable, downloadable travel information. The AOT said the guide provides multiple suggested itineraries that combine statewide destinations … Continue reading Arizona publishes travel guide for electric vehicle drivers
Second-grader takes a cruise of Route 66 in Kansas
But the girl in Galena, Kansas, wasn't doing it for mischievous reasons. KOAM-TV in Pittsburg, Kansas, has the story: KOAM TV 7
A section of old road in western Oklahoma
This is fun. Hunter Bachrach posted this video of driving on an older section of Route 66 in western Oklahoma. This likely is the section east of Erick, that used to be part of a four-lane highway. I suspect a local periodically takes a Brush Hog or snowplow to it. Every so often, it becomes … Continue reading A section of old road in western Oklahoma
The road ahead … and behind
I'm closely following National Geographic writer Andrew Evans' trip on Route 66. If you aren't following his Twitter account and his real-time posts from the Mother Road, you should. By my reckoning, he's fired off more than 200 tweets -- most of them with photographs -- and he hasn't even made to the midpoint of his journey. During … Continue reading The road ahead … and behind
Santa Fe may ban motor vehicles in its Plaza
Santa Fe, N.M., may curb motor vehicles in its downtown Plaza area, according to an op-ed piece written by former city councilor Frank Montano in the Albuquerque Journal. The 1926-37 alignment of Route 66, aka the Santa Fe Loop, runs about a block south of the Plaza. However, El Camino Real -- a road older than Route 66 -- … Continue reading Santa Fe may ban motor vehicles in its Plaza
Cow Bop embarking on another summer Route 66 tour
Western swing and jazz band Cow Bop, along with several other guest artists and bands, will go on another Route 66 tour this summer, according to a news release from Cow Bop guitarist Bruce Forman. This time, the World's First Linear Music Festival on July 25 to Aug. 9 will be sponsored by Rifftime, a … Continue reading Cow Bop embarking on another summer Route 66 tour
“Route 66” available on Hulu today
The first season of the critically acclaimed 1960s drama "Route 66" and part of the second season are free to watch today to the Hulu online platform. Shout! Factory, which acquired the rights to the series in late 2011, pledged to make the television show available for streaming online, in addition to releasing all four … Continue reading “Route 66” available on Hulu today
Fundraiser launched for proposed Route 66 television series
Steve Brown, host of PBS-TV's "The Real Desert, with Steve Brown" and longtime Route 66 enthusiast Jim Conkle in recent days launched an IndieGoGo fundraising campaign for a 13-part documentary about Route 66 for the network. Here's the video for the campaign: https://youtu.be/m7VGfD-DwtI Brown and Conkle hope to raise $66,000 by June 6. The price … Continue reading Fundraiser launched for proposed Route 66 television series