The Quay County Sun in Tucumcari, N.M., has printed a guide to usual holiday gifts that could be purchased from three local Route 66 businesses: the Del's Restaurant gift shop, Coyote Moon Designs, and Mike Callens' internationally famous Tee Pee Curios. The guide includes Peruvian masks, goat-hide lamps and Devil Duckies, a dark-side version of … Continue reading An alien skull makes a heartwarming gift
Fat Man update
Yeah, it's cold. Route 66 walker Steve Vaught of thefatmanwalking.com has posted this short message on his home page: It has started to snow, my iPod froze to death and now my computer is locked up. I am accessing through another computer and unable to post a journal at this time. I have written two … Continue reading Fat Man update
Pain Walker update
As temperatures were about to plummet below zero in northeastern Oklahoma on Thursday night, I wondered how Dennis Kinch, the Route 66 walker for the National Pain Foundation, was doing. Apparently, others were a bit worried, too. So there was this brief update on his Web site: I appreciate all the concern you've expressed about … Continue reading Pain Walker update
Developments on Tulsa’s Route 66 Center
I didn't realize this was happening until hours ago, but apparently Tulsa Mayor Bill LaFortune wants to piggyback a possible extension of a third-penny sales tax onto Vision 2025 funding to build the proposed Route 66 Interpretive Center. It's all there in the city's news release: "My river proposal includes using Vision 2025 funds with … Continue reading Developments on Tulsa’s Route 66 Center
Gift guide for your cruiser
The L.A. Times has a nice bunch of holiday gift suggestions for any highway cruisers you know, including a brief mention of Russell A. Olsen's book "Route 66 Lost and Found." For more information about the book, go here. I've also heard that Olsen is working on a second volume of the theme.
San Bernardino tries to spruce up with artwork …
... including the use of this piece: In a separate commission, a professional muralist is preparing a design based on historic Route 66, planned for a building at Second and E streets. The story is here.
Here’s a new Mother Road stop …
... or one that I haven't heard about, anyway. The Daily Oklahoman reports that John Hargrove of Luther, Okla., has converted his property into a tribute to Route 66, complete with a replica of Herbie the Love Bug. There's also a spoof of the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, a gas station, and a meeting room … Continue reading Here’s a new Mother Road stop …
Smart cruising on Route 66
The Smart Car Owners of Toronto blog has the story of Rupert Lloyd Thomas and his wife Annette driving a Smart car on all 2,300 miles of Route 66. They got about 50 miles per gallon and had a ball doing it. By the way, the photograph on the site isn't identified, but I can … Continue reading Smart cruising on Route 66
High-speed cruising
Bill Baker of Inside Line, an Edmunds.com affliate, searched for Route 66 in a 2006 Chevrolet Corvette ZO6. The car's advertised top speed: 198 mph. Top actual speed by Baker: 156 mph in the Mojave Desert. Once you get past the horsepower talk, Baker does a good job writing about the history of Route 66 … Continue reading High-speed cruising
Fat Man update
Steve Vaught of thefatmanwalking.com has posted his latest journal entry here. Not much Route 66 content, a lot of self-analysis. You also can view the picture of him with Pain Connection walker Dennis Kinch here, about two-thirds of the way down the page, in Vinita, Okla.