Tulsa Transmission Center on 11th Street, which is Route 66 in Tulsa, is up for sale on eBay.Listed at $850,000, it's the most expensive Route 66-related item I've seen on that auction site. Looking at the photographs, the building appears to have some Art Deco architecture. Because it's listed as having been built in 1930, that … Continue reading Wanna buy a business on Route 66?
Wanna free Route 66 book?
The very busy Emily Priddy, eastern vice president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association, is offering a volume you can download online. It's called "Kids on 66," which is a guidebook for parents who want to take their kids down Route 66. It's a detailed state-by-state listing of tourist attractions in Route 66 cities that … Continue reading Wanna free Route 66 book?
El Vado Motel’s closing affects more than travelers
Check out the front-page photo of the Albuquerque Tribune here.The text of the photo says: Sandra Gonzales holds her 12-day-old granddaughter, Jewel Diamond, in their room at El Vado Motel. Gonzales has lived at the motel for five months in trade for doing housekeeping. The family hopes to find housing before the end of the … Continue reading El Vado Motel’s closing affects more than travelers
Latest Pain Connection walker’s update
Dennis Kinch has walked through St. Louis and has covered 300 miles in his National Pain Foundation awareness campaign along Route 66. Here is his latest journal entry.
Route 66er meets with El Vado Motel owner
This was posted this morning on the Route 66 e-group. Emily Priddy is the eastern vice president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association and a charter member of the Friends of the Mother Road preservation group. She meet on Thursday with Richard Gonzales, the new owner of El Vado, after Albuquerque's Planning Commission deferred the … Continue reading Route 66er meets with El Vado Motel owner
Washington Post Route 66 blog
I just found this today. Meredith Bragg has something on the Washington Post's site called Vagablog, a travel journal. And she's been getting her kicks on Route 66. Here is an index of her posts from the Mother Road. There are pictures, too.
Cow Bop rolls into California
The Western swing band's latest journal entry from their Route 66 trip is here.
The Fat Man appears on Oprah
Steve Vaught, the formerly 400-pound man who's walking Route 66 and across the country to lose weight, says in his Oct. 17 journal (scroll down to see it) that he was interviewed via satellite by Oprah Winfrey. But Vaught said he was more nervous being questioned by a bunch of Elk City high-schoolers. No word … Continue reading The Fat Man appears on Oprah
El Vado decision deferred for 60 days
By the request of El Vado Motel's owner, the rezoning request was deferred for 60 days. The next Planning Commission meeting is Dec. 15. Media reports say the owner is going to try to work out a compromise in the meantime, including keeping part of the motel and building townhouses on other parts of the … Continue reading El Vado decision deferred for 60 days
El Vado owner seeks compromise
From today's Albuquerque Journal: El Vado Motel owner Richard L. Gonzales says he will ask that his zoning request be postponed so there is time to explore the possible preservation of the motel. Gonzales has planned to build townhomes at the site at Central and New York near the BioPark. Mayor Martin Chávez said this … Continue reading El Vado owner seeks compromise