A woman from Los Angeles wants to ride her double-high bicycle (like the one seen above) down Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica later in the summer, with the help of a national magazine. Melissa Rougeaux yesterday applied for a $10,000 Adventure Grant from Outside magazine. The magazine explained: In celebration of our 35th … Continue reading High rider
Category: Road trips
Hagerty Insurance’s journey on Route 66
Hagerty, an insurer of classic cars, recently completed a 2,100-mile journey on Route 66 from Arizona in a couple of rickety rides. Here's the company's slide show and commentary about the journey: https://youtu.be/k3sT_wrZm9s Despite many breakdowns, it seems the Hagerty folks had a good time. An index of Hagerty's reports from the Mother Road can … Continue reading Hagerty Insurance’s journey on Route 66
The British are coming! The British are coming!
https://youtu.be/D-qqBPQjXT0 Anecdotal evidence suggested it. Now, the Scottish Daily Record, a major newspaper based in Glasgow, Scotland, says "Billy Connolly's Route 66" television series last fall has led to an upsurge of Britons who will be traveling the Mother Road this year. The newspaper reported: Travel specialists say bookings have shot up by 30 per cent … Continue reading The British are coming! The British are coming!
Signs along the road
A French blogger who apparently loves Route 66 created this video about signs that you'll see along America's Mother Road: https://youtu.be/x_Qi8rSGycE
Experimental motorcycle tested on Route 66
XCOR Aerospace recently field-tested an experimental motorcycle on Route 66 in the Southwest, according to a news release from the company. And XCOR wasn't doing the Mother Road to help develop a new crotch rocket. It was using the road trip to test wear on components for rocket engines. Dan DeLong, chief engineer for XCOR, explained why … Continue reading Experimental motorcycle tested on Route 66
Ariston Cafe hosting sendoff party for Litchfield museum fundraiser
The Ariston Cafe in Litchfield, Ill., is hosting a sendoff party tomorrow for a city administrator who will bicycle Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago to raise money for a history and Route 66 museum in the town, reported The Journal-News. The historic Route 66 restaurant will start serving free coffee and doughnuts at … Continue reading Ariston Cafe hosting sendoff party for Litchfield museum fundraiser
Prowling on Route 66
Here's a video from a few years ago about Plymouth Prowler fans driving the Mother Road: https://vimeo.com/41148208 WJRT-TV, which produced the video, is based in Flint, Mich. I'm not sure when this aired; the station has nothing about it in its website archives. According to Wikipedia, production stopped on the Prowler after the 2002 model. … Continue reading Prowling on Route 66
Take a ride
Here's a brief motorcycle cruise on the old Ozark Trail alignment of Route 66 west of Sapulpa, Okla. It dates to 1926. https://youtu.be/yTBqLYwJVKg Using this map, you can explore it yourself.
TV crews from Britain, Korea visit Rock Cafe
It's unusual enough for a foreign television crew to show up at the Rock Cafe. However, it's especially unusual for two foreign television crews to appear at the historic Route 66 landmark in Stroud, Okla. And it happened on Tuesday evening. One crew was from the Seoul Broadcasting System in South Korea. They'd been on … Continue reading TV crews from Britain, Korea visit Rock Cafe
Five guys and a goat walking Route 66 to end Cubs Curse
Five three fellows from Arizona and a young goat are walking 1,900 miles on Route 66 to Chicago to end the fabled Billy Goat Curse on the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Fox23 in Tulsa caught up with them to file this story: The group and the goat aren't doing this just for kicks. The walk … Continue reading Five guys and a goat walking Route 66 to end Cubs Curse