Paul Chassey, a volunteer for the California Route 66 Museum in Victorville, Calif., wrote an interesting piece in the Victorville Daily Press about a fellow volunteer's experience with a Chinese couple. Go here to read it first. Read it? If so, here are my observations about the article: Although the volunteer's behavior was exemplary, such … Continue reading A good example to those along the Mother Road
Category: Road trips
Wienermobile stops at Emma Jean’s Holland Burger
A new Oscar Mayer Wienermobile made a Route 66 stop on Thursday at the legendary Emma Jean Holland Burger Cafe in Victorville, Calif., on the way to the Super Bowl in Indianapolis, according to the Victorville Daily Press. According to the newspaper: On Thursday, patrons at Emma Jean’s Holland Burger Cafe in Victorville were able to … Continue reading Wienermobile stops at Emma Jean’s Holland Burger
“Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” Episode 4
Here's the fourth installment of Japanese television’s “Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” which chronicles a singer and actor’s trip down the Mother Road during the fall of 2011. He goes from Joplin, Mo., to Oklahoma City. Afton Station in Afton, Okla., and Ron "Tattoo Man" Jones play a big role in this episode. https://vimeo.com/35645926
A Route 66 app that takes you there … with limits
Italian photographer Carlo Pinasco recently launched an application, "Image Route 66," for iPads, iTouches, and iPhones that contains more than 200 high-resolution images from a Route 66 road trip he took in May. With it, you can take a virtual trip down the Mother Road. But the most intriguing part of the app is each photograph … Continue reading A Route 66 app that takes you there … with limits
“Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66,” Episode 3
Someone has posted the third installment of Japanese television's “Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66," which chronicles a singer and actor's trip down the Mother Road last fall. It's in four parts. Again, language may be an issue, but you probably can still follow it. https://youtu.be/r5W1L5dKy44 https://youtu.be/cOSJy_i_6II https://youtu.be/W2yK9TyZCtc https://youtu.be/U7oUI0IhvIU
Japanese celebrity tours Route 66
It looks like another actor and musician recently traveled Route 66 for a multi-series television special. Last fall, it was Billy Connolly for United Kingdom TV. Now it's Yamashita Tomohisa, a 26-year-old singer-songwriter and actor from Japan. On Jan. 2, NTV in Japan started airing "Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66: Tatta Hitori no America." According to … Continue reading Japanese celebrity tours Route 66
Super 8 memories
I'll let the YouTube poster, named LonelyRoadFilms, describe this video: Me and amber driving back into california on route 66 through the mojave desert. the last days of our five week road trip across the us. I do like the grainy, old-film quality of this clip: https://youtu.be/IQn55FusEWk Wish I could figure out which band is … Continue reading Super 8 memories
Drink and ink
A couple of fellows who walk into the Iron Hog Restaurant and Saloon in Oro Grande, Calif., during a Route 66 trip bump into one of the tattoo artists of the stars: https://youtu.be/W5OLfA4L27k I've had enough of these incongruous encounters on the Mother Road, the above episode doesn't surprise me. The video is part of … Continue reading Drink and ink
“Don’t Let It Break Your Heart”
Here's an unofficial but well-shot video for Coldplay's new song, "Don't Let It Break Your Heart." You'll find a lot of Route 66 images from the desert Southwest. https://youtu.be/9ckeTO_q_uA The video was made by the Germany-based Blood Brother Productions.
A high-speed trip on Oatman Road
No, the driver wasn't doing anything dangerous. He mounted a video camera on the side of his vehicle, drove that winding stretch of Route 66 from Oatman, Ariz., to the Cool Springs Camp at normal speed, than compressed the 18 minutes of footage to under 5 1/2 minutes. https://youtu.be/928cwNEZ8ZU The video was created by Norman … Continue reading A high-speed trip on Oatman Road