Rick Dailey and other fans are attempting to document the scenes where the original "Route 66" television show was shot, The Sentinel of Cumberland County, Pa., reports. The site, ohio66.com, originally was created to tell where "Route 66," starring George Maharis and Martin Milner during the early 1960s, was shot near Cleveland. But since, then … Continue reading Site documents “Route 66” scenes
Category: Road trips
More from the Steil-Luning Route 66 trip
Here's another fresh video from Tim Steil and Jim Luning's "Route 66 -- Ten Years Later" trip last month.
Baseball and Route 66
Linda Campbell, a columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, offered interesting thoughts from her family's trips over the years to see America by visiting baseball parks, large and small. My family takes baseball road trips to towns that would never have made our radar screen were it not for a love of baking on the … Continue reading Baseball and Route 66
More of a drizzle than a storm
Kim Schneider, a travel writer for Michigan Live, poses this question about NBC-TV's dud of a reality series on Route 66, "The Great American Road Trip": Has the show done more to keep people off the road than on it? Short answer from me: I doubt it. First off, ratings for "Road Trip" have been … Continue reading More of a drizzle than a storm
Motorcycle trip raising money for fallen firefighters
A group of firefighters is riding motorcycles on Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., to raise money for a foundation that benefits the families of firefighters who died in the line of duty, reports KSDK-TV in St. Louis. The trip concludes Aug. 5. The group was in St. Louis on Tuesday. From the … Continue reading Motorcycle trip raising money for fallen firefighters
Notes from the “Road Trip”
Some notes from the latest episode of the NBC reality series "The Great American Road Trip": The good. The Midpoint Cafe in Adrian, Texas -- along with its gift shop -- got quite a bit of air time during Monday's episode, even though the pie-eating contest in the restaurant was a bit repulsive. The good. … Continue reading Notes from the “Road Trip”
Running the route with a twist
Each summer, a few athletes try to run old Route 66 to raise money for charity or to simply challenge themselves. Two stories came over Friday of runners trying to trudge down all 2,400 miles of the Mother Road. Both featured unusual twists. First, there's Internet mogul Tellman Knudson, who is training for a run … Continue reading Running the route with a twist
Greatest American Road Side Trip
The third episode of NBC's reality series "The Great American Road Trip" turned out to be slightly better than its predecessor -- namely because it didn't have a repeat of the dreadful talent show in Branson. However, the show found other ways to dismay and irritate. Namely ... --- For all the ballyhoo about it … Continue reading Greatest American Road Side Trip
Notes from the road
--- The bad news in Oklahoma is that the state's turnpike authority will raise toll-road prices an average of 16 percent. The good news is that this probably means more traffic on old Route 66 in the Sooner State. --- On Monday we briefly visited with Dawn Welch, owner of the Rock Cafe in Stroud, … Continue reading Notes from the road
A view from the passenger side
Los Angeles artist and photographer Jason Paul Bennett embarked on a Route 66 trip from Chicago to L.A. last year, and shot more than 5,400 images to document it. Bennett has a dedicated site, Passenger Side, to those photos. For a donation, yYou can download all 5,40o or so high-definition photos. You also can see … Continue reading A view from the passenger side