Geoff Ladd, tourism director for Logan County, Ill., saw an unprecedented jump of 30 percent in tourism revenue in 2009, and Route 66 played a role in that, reported the Lincoln Courier. There were a number of reasons cited in the rise in motel tax revenue: the opening of a Hampton Inn and the reopening … Continue reading Logan County sees huge jump in tourism dollars
Roy Rogers Museum fails after moving from Route 66
San Bernardino County Sun features editor John Weeks reports that the Roy Rogers Museum, less than six years after it picked up and moved from its longtime Route 66 home in Victorville, Calif., has shut down in Branson, Mo., and all of its memorabilia will be auctioned in the coming weeks. Weeks writes: What a … Continue reading Roy Rogers Museum fails after moving from Route 66
This old road (continued)
The post and video about an obscure 1930s or '40s alignment of Route 66 near Kingman, Ariz., sparked interest in readers. Here's the video again, if you missed it: The road, I surmised, would have gone south all the way to the hamlet of Harris, Ariz., had the driver kept going on a primitive road … Continue reading This old road (continued)
Double the art gallery fun
Photographer Sandi Wheaton, the woman who lost her job and took the opportunity to take a lengthy road trip to document Route 66, will have her images on display at not one, but two art galleries in Canada. The opening nights of the exhibits about car culture coincide with the nearby 2010 Detroit Auto Show. … Continue reading Double the art gallery fun
NIMBY, revisited
Newsweek has an interesting take today about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's proposed legislation that would create a Mojave Trails National Monument. The title of the magazine's piece is "Not in Anyone's Backyard." In short, Feinstein proposes to set aside hundreds of thousands of acres in the state's Mojave Desert along the Route 66 corridor and protect … Continue reading NIMBY, revisited
“Cars” comic book relaunched
The hit 2006 movie "Cars" has been relaunched as a ongoing comic book series by Boom! Studios, according to a report by Newsarama. Boom! Studios had a four-part miniseries inspired by the film and its locale in the fictional Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. The miniseries got a good response, prompting the publisher to … Continue reading “Cars” comic book relaunched
Bridal barn
Here's a new behind-the-scenes video of a wedding-gown photography session at the Round Barn in Arcadia, Okla. It was for The Brides of Oklahoma magazine.
New bottles introduced for Route 66 Sodas
Today, the folks at Route 66 Sodas in Wilmington, Ill., sent the new bottles for its Route 66 Orange Soda, Route 66 Lime Soda and Route 66 Cream Soda. Each bottle has its own text and image on the back that pays tribute to certain historical landmarks on Route 66. The Orange Soda tells about … Continue reading New bottles introduced for Route 66 Sodas
The Possum
Here's a great song by George Jones that's frequently titled "The One I Loved Back Then." It's also often called "The Corvette Song."
Notes from the road
Since Paul Newman's death in 2008, speculation has run rampant on whether Disney-Pixar will revive his Doc Hudson character for the "Cars" sequel. Larry the Cable Guy, who portrayed Mater in the original "Cars," told the Whig Standard of Kingston, Ontario, that the Doc Hudson character has been essentially retired: "It's a shame he's still … Continue reading Notes from the road