Rich Dinkela, fresh off his prize money of free gasoline for a year from Phillips 66, found a way to get to the long-abandoned Painted Desert Trading Post, on an old and forlorn stretch of Route 66 in eastern Arizona. https://youtu.be/FfyLiT1KrGQ This old section of the Mother Road has been rendered inaccessible by a gate … Continue reading A rare treat
Category: Road trips
Scottish musicians will tour Route 66 in April
An all-star group of Scottish-style muscians will embark on a Route 66 tour in early April, including several performances. The tour is called Pipes & Sticks on Route 66. According to the news release: Dubbed "Pipes & Sticks on Route 66," bass-drummer Mike Cole, snare-drummer Jim Kilpatrick, and pipers Stuart Liddell, Angus MacColl and Willie … Continue reading Scottish musicians will tour Route 66 in April
“Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” Episode 6
Here’s the sixth installment of Japanese television’s “Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” which chronicles a singer and actor’s trip down the Mother Road last fall. In this episode, he cowboys up at a ranch in the Amarillo area: https://vimeo.com/36947317 This is my favorite episode so far. Yamashita is clearly thrilled to be on the back of a horse; … Continue reading “Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” Episode 6
Roadie wins free Phillips 66 fuel for a year
In November, we reported that St. Louis-based roadie Rich Dinkela of HookedonRoute66.com had entered the Local Legends contest sponsored by Phillips 66. The top winner would win $1,000 cash and free gasoline for a year. This was his video: https://youtu.be/4YN9Efq65nU The winners have been announced, and Dinkela finished third. He earned no cash, but he … Continue reading Roadie wins free Phillips 66 fuel for a year
Time-lapse road trip
If you've got time to kill, you can watch this 76-minute video by Chris Gillham using time-lapse photography of a Route 66 trip from St. Louis to Santa Monica, then St. Louis to Chicago, in a 1965 Pontiac Parisienne convertible. The camera he mounted shot an image every 10 seconds. The Route 66 trip was … Continue reading Time-lapse road trip
Singer-songwriter leading a Route 66 tour
Fred Eaglesmith, a veteran singer-songwriter whose tunes have been recorded by Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, and other musicians, is the headliner for a Route 66 Tin Can Caravan on the Mother Road in September. A few details about the tour from the website: An eighteen-day road trip down Historic Route 66, from Chicago … Continue reading Singer-songwriter leading a Route 66 tour
“Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” Episode 5
Here’s the fifth installment of Japanese television’s “Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” which chronicles a singer and actor’s trip down the Mother Road last fall. He goes from Oklahoma City to Amarillo, Texas. I'm glad he got to see wild turkeys in western Oklahoma. And he didn't attempt the Big Texan 72-ounce steak challenge, but close. https://vimeo.com/35942955 Looking … Continue reading “Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” Episode 5
Driving the Mother Road the hard way
In 2004, Brian McKay decided to re-create the Okies' exodus from the Dust Bowl by driving his 1930 Nash automobile on Route 66. The key difference was that McKay didn't start in Oklahoma -- he started at Route 66's eastern starting point in Chicago. He was determined to accomplish the 2,400-mile journey without any modern … Continue reading Driving the Mother Road the hard way
“Route 66: Return to the Road”
Here's something I haven't seen in a few years ... the first few minutes of "Route 66: Return to the Road with Martin Milner." Someone posted this segment on Vimeo in recent days; you'll have to click on the screen shot to see the clip: The 1998 film, which was more than 2 1/2 hours … Continue reading “Route 66: Return to the Road”
Another ride on Oatman Road
Here's the best-quality video I've seen yet of two motorcycling buddies driving on Oatman Road, aka Route 66, in western Arizona's Black Mountains. These guys were going at speeds that would make me uncomfortable; don't try it yourself. https://youtu.be/rTllX-iCj1I The clip shows the capabilities of the GoPro Hero 2, a high-definition video camera that's finding … Continue reading Another ride on Oatman Road