I darned near forgot of another prominent festival on Route 66 this weekend -- the Berdoo Bikes & Blues Rendezvous in San Bernardino, Calif. The Press-Enterprise has some coverage. Thousands of people attended the event, which is an offshoot of the Route 66 Rendezvous in the fall.
Red Carpet preview
The Pontiac Daily Leader published a story Friday about the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival this weekend. The festival is on Sunday, too. So if you're in the area, you still have time to check it out. In fact, the weather looks superb for that day. UPDATE 5/14/08: Here's a story filed from … Continue reading Red Carpet preview
Fun Run coverage
The Kingman Daily Miner is going all-out on its coverage of the annual Fun Run put on by the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona, which started Friday. Here's a story about the participants who come back to the cruise year after year. Here's a story about the Show and Shine portion of the event. … Continue reading Fun Run coverage
May the wind take your troubles away
Here's a song, along with photos from the Mother Road, dedicated to all those roadies participating in the Fun Run in Arizona and the Red Carpet Corridor Festival in Illinois this weekend. Music is "Windfall by Son Volt. It comes from the "Trace" album, one of the finest country-rock releases ever.
Historic gas station placed on National Register
The National Park Service announced this week that the old Sprague's Super Service gas station, at 305 Pine St. in Normal, Ill., was named to the National Register of Historic Places, effective April 25. The circa-1930s station is now owned by Route 66 enthusiast Terri Ryburn, who hopes to eventually convert it into a bed-and-breakfast, … Continue reading Historic gas station placed on National Register
A visit to the Elk City museum
Here's two videos of a family's visit to the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City, Okla. Legend has it that the museum was started because Elk City was miffed that a rival town, Clinton, landed the internationally famous Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. Clinton still has the best overall Route 66 museum. Elk City's is … Continue reading A visit to the Elk City museum
Rolling out the red carpet
Tomorrow and Sunday is the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival, which is a 90-mile-long celebration hosted by a dozen or so small towns along the Mother Road. Here is a preview by the Morris (Ill.) Daily Herald. It's a fairly lengthy story, but it has to be because there's so much going on.
In praise of a public official …
Bill Farnham, a commissioner for the Pulaski County, Mo., board, appears to be doing his darnedest to repair the deteriorating Devil's Elbow Bridge in the Route 66 settlement of Devil's Elbow. From the Waynesville Daily Guide: Pulaski County Commissioner Bill Farnham has made restoration of the Devil’s Elbow Bridge on the original path of Route … Continue reading In praise of a public official …
Photography book published about Arizona Route 66
Herb Schroeder has compiled photographs from Arizona's Route 66 for a book, "Windswept Images Presents: The Heart of Route 66," reports the Kingman Daily Miner. The images come from a variety of eras, in black-and-white and color. The soft-cover volume is 24 pages, and retails for $14.99. The book will be sold at the Route … Continue reading Photography book published about Arizona Route 66
A Vespa on 66 … and other notebook items
Eric Swanger is planning on driving the length of Route 66 in a few days. What makes his trip special is he's doing it entirely on a Vespa scooter. He starts from Chicago on May 6. He e-mailed: I am keeping a blog and posting a ton of pics. For the Route 66 segment, I'm … Continue reading A Vespa on 66 … and other notebook items