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
Category: Road trips
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
Elite athletes will run Route 66 in less than three weeks
A relay of eight top running athletes next month will run nonstop on all 2,400 miles of Route 66 in 18 days for Run It Forward, which aims to promote fitness, nutrition, and dental health to underprivileged schoolchildren along the route. In addition to this impressive athletic feat, Run It Forward will use three crusading "soccer moms" … Continue reading Elite athletes will run Route 66 in less than three weeks
A drive down Seligman’s Route 66
Here's a video shot this week -- a cruise down the Route 66 portion of Seligman, Ariz. https://vimeo.com/40644077 The clip was shot by k9sound, based in San Francisco.
Man’s cross-country run for veterans includes Route 66
Albie Masland is running east across the United States, including much of Route 66, as part of Operation Amerithon to raise funds for veterans and their families. Masland started his journey March 17 in Dana Point, Calif., with a goal of hoofing it to Washington, D.C. Supported by the Bullets 2 Bandages and other sponsors, … Continue reading Man’s cross-country run for veterans includes Route 66
Route 66 documentary will play at Dubuque film festival
Jim Luning's "Route 66 -- Ten Years Later" documentary has been selected for this weekend's Julien Film Fest in Dubuque, Iowa. Here's the revamped trailer: https://vimeo.com/40472263 The film will screen at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Holiday Inn in town, and at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at The Hub. A map of the venues can be … Continue reading Route 66 documentary will play at Dubuque film festival
Radio stations from England, U.S. joining together for Route 66 tour in 2013
Two community radio stations -- one in the United States and the other in Great Britain -- are joining forces to embark on a Route 66 trip next year, with broadcasts along the way. WRLR 98.3 FM in Chicago and Forest FM 92.3 in the United Kingdom are tentatively planning to kick off their Route 66 … Continue reading Radio stations from England, U.S. joining together for Route 66 tour in 2013
A memory of Ernie Edwards
I realized at the report of Ernie Edwards' death at age 94 that no footage of him apparently existed on the Internet. I decided to rectify that by mashing together footage from Canadian musician Melissa McClelland's "Pedal to Steel" documentary from 2006, when she embarked on a tour of Route 66. She visited Edwards at … Continue reading A memory of Ernie Edwards
Pipes and Sticks on Route 66
A couple of videos have trickled in since Pipes & Sticks on Route 66 -- an all-star group of Scottish-style musicians -- started a tour of the Mother Road. Here's the group at the Survivor Tree at the Oklahoma City National Memorial: https://youtu.be/PDZM-ZUCWfc And here's one of the bagpipers performing AC/DC's "Thunderstuck" in St. Louis. … Continue reading Pipes and Sticks on Route 66
Japanese woman traveling Route 66 solo
Suzi Leavens, a 69-year-old native of Japan, is traveling Route 66 by herself from Santa Monica to Chicago to realize a dream by her late husband, according to an email from Victorville (Calif.) Daily Press reporter Tomoya Shimura. According to Tomoya, Leavens has already stayed at the Wigwam Motel in Rialto, Calif., and the Ludlow Motel in … Continue reading Japanese woman traveling Route 66 solo