The historic Sundowner Motel along Route 66 in Albuquerque has received a $500,000 federal housing grant to help convert it into apartments for the mentally ill, according to a news release on Monday. The AHP grant will assist with converting the Sundowner Motel, a 1950s motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, into 71 studio, one-bedroom, and … Continue reading Albuquerque motel will be converted into apartments
Going down the Route 66 highway of life
Tulsa resident Tavis Minner transforms a jazzy version of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" into a semi-biography.
Bike MS ride pedals to Oklahoma Capitol
The annual Bike MS Oklahoma Mother Road Ride finished on Sunday with riders pedaling to the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City. Here's a report from KJRH-TV of the annual Tulsa-to-OKC bicycle ride. According to the report, 700 to 750 riders participated. The goal was to raise $500,000 for multiple sclerosis research. According to a report … Continue reading Bike MS ride pedals to Oklahoma Capitol
From Texas via Canada
The Tone Dogs are based in Canada, but play what they call "Texas rock 'n' blues." Here's their take of Bobby Troup's most well-known song.
Hello from the Philippines
This is the Siony Jazz Trio (even though there's four members) in the Philippines, performing Bobby Troup's best-known song.
Endurance athlete talks about his Route 66 accident
British endurance athlete James Cracknell wrote a column for The Telegraph in London about his serious cycling accident on Route 66 in Arizona in July. According to initial reports, Cracknell suffered a fractured skull when a truck hit him when he was trying to go across the United States in 18 days for a Discovery … Continue reading Endurance athlete talks about his Route 66 accident
Hello from Germany
Here's a jazzier take of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" by the Germany-based Stevie Woods & The Voyagers. Woods scored a Top 30 hit in the early 1980s with "Steal the Night" as an R&B singer. He later relocated to Germany. Here's his big hit:
Aldermen urge saving or replacement of bridge
Aldermen for the City of Eureka, Mo., passed a resolution on Tuesday urging the repair or replacement of the Meramec River Route 66 Bridge at Route 66 State Park, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Missouri Department of Transportation closed the historic but deteriorating bridge in late 2009 because of safety concerns. Park visitors … Continue reading Aldermen urge saving or replacement of bridge
Former owner of Catoosa restaurant dies
Carol Ham, the former co-owner of the Lil' Abner's Dairyette drive-in restaurant on Route 66 in Catoosa, Okla., died last week at age 66, reported the Tulsa World. Ham and her mother, Bea Yocham Smith, ran the restaurant from 1959 until health issues forced her to sell it. The restaurant finally closed in 2003, but the … Continue reading Former owner of Catoosa restaurant dies
Meet some of the riders on the H.O.G. cruise
A film crew caught up with a few of the participants in Tulsa in the Harley Owners Group's recent cruise of Route 66, including "Route 66: The Mother Road" author Michael Wallis. By the way, I think Wallis was kidding when he said he was the "new father" of Route 66. Or else he was … Continue reading Meet some of the riders on the H.O.G. cruise