Category: Web sites

High-end start for ABQ restaurant guide

Eckleburg & Grumblecake have posted their first restaurant review on their I8Route66 site, in which they plan on eating in every Central Avenue restaurant in Albuquerque. The restaurant reviewed is the pricey Scalo Northern Italian Grill. The review is remarkably thorough. Those planning to visit Duke City during the Route 66 festival in June are … Continue reading High-end start for ABQ restaurant guide

Travel bug bites The Bug

The Bug of The Bug's Chemical Imbalance blog isn't just going for a taste of Route 66. He's going whole-hog. This spring/summer I am going to take a road trip that travels the entirety of the old Route 66. I will be taking a 4-wheel drive vehicle so I can travel even the parts that … Continue reading Travel bug bites The Bug

No, you don’t wear Bun Huggers

Bun Huggers is a small hamburger chain in Flagstaff, including one on Route 66. I hadn't heard of it, but Seth Chadwick of the Feasting in Phoenix blog wrote a review of it, including photos. I may have to check it out next time I'm through northern Arizona, especially those onion rings. Chadwick also made … Continue reading No, you don’t wear Bun Huggers

It ain’t the Joads …

... but Mitch Teich, a public radio producer, of his 19 Minutes Past the Hour blog still had an arduous trip across Arizona and New Mexico, much of it on Route 66, during a recent move. In Gallup, he endured a faulty alternator on his Volkswagen and ill health. Seemingly the only the thing that … Continue reading It ain’t the Joads …

Aves’ American road trip

CaliAves of the Aves Takes on California blog is going to take a road trip in the next couple weeks, with some of it on Route 66. She seems to have the right mind-set for it: I firmly believe that at some point in every person's life, they should take a road trip. A serious … Continue reading Aves’ American road trip

The Lope’s journey on outer L.A.

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.

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