A Northern Arizona University student, Margo McClellan, produced an audio documentary about the Route 66 town of Oatman, Arizona. McClellan told the Mojave Daily News she came to the town because of its famous burros, but also became fascinated by its residents. The documentary is below, with photos to accompany the audio: Oatman AZ - … Continue reading A closer look at Oatman
What I did on my vacation
The answer is: not much. It is supposed to be R&R time, after all. However, my ever-creative companion Emily (aka Redforkhippie) was busy at the historic Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, painting images of extinct neon signs that once graced Route 66 in Tucumcari, plus one in nearby San Jon, in one of … Continue reading What I did on my vacation
What’s left of the Club Cafe
The teardown of the long-closed Club Cafe in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, began a few weeks ago. Acting on a tip, we found this striking scene on what was the interior of the restaurant, its roof removed and open to the sky and weather: Here's a brief video of what we found: https://youtu.be/gp1zlqVZ5h0 Via 66Postcards.com, … Continue reading What’s left of the Club Cafe
Woman eats three 72-ounce steak dinners in 20 minutes
Molly Schuyler, the 120-pound Nebraska woman who ate two 72-ounce steak dinners in one 15-minute sitting at Amarillo's Big Texan Steak Ranch a year ago, devoured three 72-ounce steak dinners in a mere 20 minutes Sunday afternoon and broke a record, according to the Amarillo Globe-News. The crowd cheered as Schuyler, a Nebraska native who … Continue reading Woman eats three 72-ounce steak dinners in 20 minutes
Vega museum collects memories as well
The Milburn-Price Culture Museum in Vega, Texas, contains your usual array of artifacts and memorabilia from bygone days in the Texas Panhandle. But the museum also is doing something else -- it's capturing the memories of old-timers for posterity. ABC-7 in nearby Amarillo had this recent report: https://youtu.be/Q8phbFAjDek A number of universities already are doing … Continue reading Vega museum collects memories as well
“Church-Appropriate Dance Moves”
Chris Farley lives! That was my reaction from this whimsical video created by theChurch.at, based in the Tulsa region. Occasionally, while searching for Route 66 material, you'll find the strangest -- and funniest things. This is one of them. Church Appropriate Dance Moves from theChurch.at on Vimeo. Observations: At some point while busting all of … Continue reading “Church-Appropriate Dance Moves”
‘Keeping You on the Mother Road’ soon will publish third edition
"Keeping You on the Mother Road," also known as the Route 66 Yellow Pages, soon will publish an expanded third edition. You may peruse a preview edition of the 564-page publication below, or you may go here to download it into a PDF. [joomag width=420 height=272 title=keeping-you-on-the-mother-road-3rd-edition magazineId=0622481001427472556 backgroundImage=%2F%2Fwww.joomag.com%2Fstatic%2Fflash%2Fgui%2Fthemes%2Fdefault%2Fbg.jpg] Publisher Dave Emerson said in a … Continue reading ‘Keeping You on the Mother Road’ soon will publish third edition
Boutique soon will open in Milk Bottle Building
Prairie Gothic, a boutique store based in Guthrie, Oklahoma, next month will open a second location inside the historic Milk Bottle Building in Oklahoma City, reported The Oklahoman newspaper. The mother-daughter team Christie and Shirley Clifford own the store, which was described as a mix of cowboy and goth decor. The newspaper reported: The Cliffords … Continue reading Boutique soon will open in Milk Bottle Building
Route 66 Neon Park planned in mid-Missouri
A Route 66 Neon Park is planned to be developed in a median of Route 66 in the mid-Missouri town of St. Robert, according to a news release from a Pulaski County Route 66 organization, and a Kickstarter campaign has been launched to help the park become a reality. The neon park will be in … Continue reading Route 66 Neon Park planned in mid-Missouri
Bicycling Route 66 nearly 20 years ago
In recent years, this site has seen increasing interest in bicycling the length of Route 66. That interest undoubtedly will increase with the recent publication of the Bicycle Route 66 map series by the Adventure Cycling Association. However, cycling Route 66 is not new. Check out this video from 1996 by a central Illinois television … Continue reading Bicycling Route 66 nearly 20 years ago