Ace Jackalope of The Lope blog continues his trip on Route 66 through the eastern Los Angeles area. He snaps scenes at Route 66 Memories, the Magic Lamp Inn restaurant, the Golden Spur restaurant, the Palm Tropics Motel, The Hat restaurant, the endangered Rod's Grill, the Whistle Stop toy train shop and others.
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Chow down in the Duke City
Eckleburg + Grumblecake, contributors to the Duke City Fix blog based in Albuquerque, announced they have launched their Web site of restaurant reviews along the city's Central Avenue, aka Route 66. It's called I8Route66, and they say they'll post their first reviews of Albuquerque's Mother Road eateries shortly. Readers here who plan to attend the … Continue reading Chow down in the Duke City
Rick and Jane reach one-quarter mark
Rick and Jane McKinney, the evangelical couple on their Walk to Reclaim America trek, crossed the one-quarter mark of their trek a few days ago, just outside of Gallup, N.M. The home page of their Web site has a photo marking the event.
Tickled pink by the Cadillac Ranch
Patsy Terrell of the Patsy's Ponderings blog has posted more photographs from her trip last summer on Route 66, this time of the Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo. Patsy actually made two visits. The second was unplanned, but she learned that the Cadillacs had been recently painted pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. She knew someone who'd … Continue reading Tickled pink by the Cadillac Ranch
Route 66 in the snow
Emily of the Red Fork Hippie Chick blog posted photos of her trip yesterday on snow-covered Route 66 in northeastern Oklahoma. Check them out.
Have you slept in the Wigwam lately?
Ace Jackalope of The Lope blog pays his first visit to the restored Wigwam Motel on Route 66 in Rialto, Calif. As usual, he took a lot of photographs. Ace was impressed with the work the Patels did on the once-seedy property.
Views from the Petrified Forest
Patsy Terrell of the Patsy's Ponderings blog traveled on Route 66 in August. She's going to make periodic postings of photographs. The first batch of photos is here, of the Petrified Forest National Park.
Twilight Zone at the Summit Inn
Ace Jackalope of The Lope blog continues his Route 66 trip through the California desert. Included is Ace's link of the Summit Inn near Cajon Pass to "The Twilight Zone" television show. There also are plenty of nice photos of old neon signs in San Bernardino and Rialto.
Route 66 featured in Trains magazine
Elrond Lawrence was kind enough to let the Route 66 yahoogroup know that the March issue of Trains magazine is featuring Route 66 as its cover story. He says the article features early Route 66 crusader Angel Delgadillo; the town of Seligman, Ariz.; the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Ariz.; the Jackrabbit Trading Post; Cajon Pass … Continue reading Route 66 featured in Trains magazine
The Lope visits California Route 66 Museum
As usual, Ace Jackalope of The Lope blog has posted some terrific photos, this time from the California Route 66 Museum in Victorville. Ace seemed especially taken with artifacts from the Hulaville, aka Mahan's Half-Acre.