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"Keep the Show....." I guess it all depends on your style of "Adventure". I've sure learned a lot about grades and what is at the top. ...............
All that said, we are heading for Arkansas for a week over Memorial Day and wouldn't change a thing.
Jack Burke
DeKalb, Illinois
Thanks, Jack! A really helpful and entertaining reply!! I can see the scene at the top. I bet it was as interesting as the view!
I guess if I get serious about my friend's RV, I should look into towing and load capacity. I think he may tow a little car, but I'm not sure.
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Thanks again Brian,
Looks like I will need to go out and find a copy of National Geographic's Adventure Magazine for April 2007. I loved the stretch of 89 from Jackson Hole to Logan UT. Sounds like I need to visit another section soon.
I agree. US89 is well worth a trip!
Is the Bluebird Café in Logan still going strong?. When I was through several years ago it was a terrific example of an old time café.
For anyone at all interested in the days of the trappers and mountain men, 89 is a must do. The beautiful Cache Valley and Bear Lake appear regularly in the diaries and journals of the time. In fact the whole of 89 from south of Logan to Jackson Hole takes you through site after site of history from the early 1800’s.
Gees, aren’t the two lane roads great!!
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As a new member of the forum, I thought I might take up Becky's offer to add a post for RV'ing.
I understand that real "road cruising" is done in a '57 Chevy, though my dream Chevy would be the '58,
but an RV can sure make it comfortable.
This past holiday season we ventured into the Texas Hill-Country for the first time. We entered at Texarkana and tried to come and go using different routes. We used US59, US79, and Texas 21 (how else would you ever find, Dime Box, Texas. We circled the Hill Country using different Texas highways. We had a wonderful time just wandering about. We saw the Interstates around Austin and San Antonio, and, while relaxing at night, watched the traffic news on TV explain all the back-ups on I-35. You get sort of a smug feeling when you realize that you've discovered a better way.
We have a 30' Gulfstream Class "C", the design that has a loft extending over an obvious truck cab.
We don't tow a car, so we sight see in a 30' vehicle, and yes, parking can be a problem. We visited caverns in Texas and always started with, "Where can we park this?" Everyone was very nice.
We already have "RV" magazines, and I buy them. I would not want "American Road" to change, even the slightest. "RV" magazines tout the destination, always with the RV in mind. "American Road" celebrates the getting-there, just the way it should be.
But if your writers should encounter roads, bridges, or tunnels that would be difficult for an RV, I hope they would say so. I hate backing up! On the flip side if an area is RV friendly, they could toss that in, but not if it threatens the content or flow of the story.
Jack Burke
DeKalb, Illinois
"On the Lincoln Highway"
What great timing! Just today we sold our fully self contained van with only 38,000 miles on it. It was just too small for two people.
I have used the van successfully on one person trips into some pretty tight places, but with Rose of the Road along, we are virtually stepping over each other. Our first long trip in it almost ended in divorce! So it sat unused most of the time.
Now what? I like to take the old roads, but don’t want to go down one where I can’t turn around in my vehicle. We have some friends that would like us to buy their 30 foot rig. It is in great shape, but your question raises the key issue for me.
My real concern is that I might be chicken to take a road for fear it will get too “tight” along the way, and thus miss some gems.
What have your experiences been? Do you shy away from adventuring?
I'm trying to Keep the Show on the Road!
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OK, two technical irritations that maybe we should change.
On the Sunday chat (March 25) the message truncation at three lines hindered communication (not mine) three times that I recall. I suggest we try 5 or 6 lines. They are short lines!
Second, I was trying to send e-mail to four forum members this morning. I discovered that we have a 15 minute lock between messages!!!!. Why don’t we cut it down to 5 minutes or less?
I recognize we don’t want spam, but a 15 minute lock discourages legitimate communication to more than one member. Community is key, and 15 minutes between messages has already hindered us in trying to establish a chat group on road trips.
I suppose it is a default with the Board software, but I hope we can change it.
Just trying to Keep the Show on the Road
Dave
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I believe the drug store in question is located in Rocheport (French for Rockport) and, yes, it's still an active operation. Don't know whether or not they stil fill prescriptions but they sell lots of stuff, including food and soda fountain service. Rocheport is a total time travel experience.
Downtown Boonville is a must-see place and a trip that you won't regret....ghost signs, old buildings, brick side streets, abandoned railroad bridge across the Missouri River, court house, old hotel, etc. And, yes, Missouri is hard to beat for great two laners and "brick" towns. Sedalia, for example, on U.S. 50 is a wonderful old downtown to explore. Washington on U.S. 100 is another - Lexington (just east of K.C.) is another - Jonesburg on old 40 is another - Moberly on U.S. 63 is another - and, of course, the possibilities on Missouri Route 66 are nearly endless for stepping back in time.
Explore Missouri and you may just become another convert. How about starting with our September 66 motor tour beginning in Miami, OK and ending in Sullivan, MO?...Bliss
It sounds like my kind of place!
September is probably the only month this year we are a little booked. We have our 26th annual reunion with college pals planned in our town (Olympia, WA) in September and we are hosts, so we have our work cut out. But when in September, just in case?
I definitely need to get to Missouri. Your advice is really helpful.
If you are around, drop by the forum chat site at 5:30 PM Pacific time Sunday, April 1 (no April Fool). Another fellow and I are going to discuss establishing a regular chat time to share road trip info. You are the kind of guy we need to give us advice!
I’m also going to invite DennyG and a few others.
Lets Keep the Show on the Road!
Dave
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Great idea. We'd much rather stay in a mom-pop place, but you just never know what you're going to get.
This past June, we stayed at Shawnee Bluff Motel in Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. The price came to $83 including tax and we had a fantastic view of the lake. Complete with that distinctive Ozark stone, no charge.
Later that same trip, returning from the celebration at the Munger-Moss Motel in Lebanon, Mo., we stayed at the Green Acres Motel in Pittsfield for $53 including tax.
Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. --RoadDog
Thanks RoadDog for the tips!
I look forward to what becky described. Like you, I'd much rather stay in a unique and charming (clean and quiet) place then another cookie cutter box.
Every little bit helps Keep the Show on the Road while we keep on down that two lane Hhghway!!
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I sure don't have that. The wife is rather fond of Streets & Trips.
If Ypsi Slim offers a map, take him up on it. He knows his stuff. It is golden.
As an aside, Streets and Trips works very well if you are mapping a delivery route and want to optimize the route for the shortest distance, delivery sequence, etc. But my personal experience gives Delorme’s products the edge for accuracy, and especially the edge outside the metro areas.
Trying to help Keep the Show on the Road!
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As I looked at your photos, I got the impression that a couple of the old brick towns were actually still “in operation.” By that I mean they still had several businesses still going, not just antique stores or junk shops. For example, maybe the drug store in the photo was still operating. Is that true?
Part of the fun of two lane travel for me is the opportunity to step back in time. I’m not big on renovations and re-creations, so a real drug store that still is hanging in there is a must stop for me.
Is Missouri a fertile ground for these interests, or not?
Great grandfather was a Jayhawker in the 7th Kansas Cavalry during the Civil war, and he did some Missouri border raiding as well as bushwhacker hunts in the State. He spent some time around Booneville and moved up and down the Missouri by steamboat. His diary includes many description of the area so I would combine a visit with some visits to sites he describes.
It looks like a Booneslick drive would be a good introduction. Any other suggestions?
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To see Kip's cruise photos just click on the link below. Then you can click on "play" for the slideshow feature or just click the forward arrow each time you want to go to the next pic....Bliss
http://www.kodakgallery.com/rudkipon66/mai...art_cruise_2007
Oops! You're correct, Bob. The 61 Roadhouse album comes up. Kip, how do we get to the cruise pics?...Bliss
These are great photos! I really have got to head east from my base in Washington state. Your pictures of places along the road get the old travel juices going.
Is there a little story behind the photos (family trip, travel with friends, club members, etc)?
Thanks for sharing them. It will Keep the Show on the Road!
Dave
To see Kip's cruise photos just click on the link below. Then you can click on "play" for the slideshow feature or just click the forward arrow each time you want to go to the next pic....Blisshttp://www.kodakgallery.com/rudkipon66/mai...art_cruise_2007
Oops! You're correct, Bob. The 61 Roadhouse album comes up. Kip, how do we get to the cruise pics?...Bliss
Opps, ignore the question about the story behind the photos!! I found it!!! Great!!
Keep the Show on the Road
Dave
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Mike Seates's column in the March 22nd Pittsburgh Tribune Review reviewed a presentation given by Brian Butko at the Frick Art and Historical Center this past Sunday. Brian's topic was, "The Last Frontier: Driving Across America in the 1910s." Mike titled his column, "100 years ago, road rage was rampant."
Mike Seate said that people today often complain about traffic and road construction, but this pales when compared to what early motorists had to put up with back then. Road travel was essentially horrible. "Roads had plenty of deep gullies filled with water and mud troughs."
People in towns would sometimes gather and pelt unwary motorists with bricks and stones. OUCH!!! Farmers would put nails and tacks out in roads. Usually, the only place you could get gas was at blacksmith shops. Wonder if they had clean bathrooms?.............
Right! The stories of ranchers creating mud holes so they could hire out themselves and their horse teams to pull motorists out of the mud are legend.
There was a spot on the Lincoln Highway in western Utah that was so bad that the county sheriff had to go out to inspect. There is an often quoted excerpt from the Lincoln Highway Guide for western Utah to the effect that if you need help on the road, build a fire of sage brush and Mr. Thomas will come out with his team to rescue you.
In researching the excellent old newspaper archives Utah has on the web, I found stories of how some ranchers in Mr. Thomas’s area were turning their irrigation ditches into the roadbed! I have wondered if Mr. Thomas was less Good Samaritan than businessman!
Motoring in the teens and before, especially in rural areas, was done at your own risk, and considerable risk it was. Have you ever looked at the list of equipment recommended for any car and driver. Extra springs, tires, intertubes, spark plugs, valves, shovels, chains, and so on.
The wonderful University of Michigan Lincoln Highway photo collection is a must view. One of the enjoyable things you can see is the equipment carried by the early traveler. Count the extra tires in the picture!
This photograph is taken between Tippett’s Ranch, NV and Ipabah, UT. I have sat in almost exactly the same spot in my air conditioned vehicle and pondered whether I would have been up to the demands of travel when this picture was taken around 1915, give or take a couple of years. By the way, Tippett’s (or Tippet’s) and this area of eastern Nevada and western Utah are almost unchanged from when this picture was taken. The road is better drained, but the powdery surface turns to slippery mud at the slightest bit of rain. I know! We almost ended up "slip slide-en away."
Once you got past the physical obstacles, you had the sheer meanness or stupidity of some people to deal with.
I recall a story from Florence Trinkle who made a transcontinental trip with her husband in a Brush Runabout in 1908. A man in Lucin, Utah deliberately gave them false directions which led them into a trackless desert, and save that they ran into some prospectors, their trip could have ended in death for both of them. Keeping in mind where Lucin itself is, it is amazing they made it!
As always, thanks for the update, and great insights, and let’s Keep the Show on the Road!
Dave
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We like to think it will encourage folks to join the forum. It's a little "reward" for those who took the time to sign up with us.
I thought that might be the reason, and I do understand it. It certainly is one way of looking at it, but I would like to make a respectful counter argument.
Look at the photo gallery statistics.
First, there are few viewers. So if membership is a requirement to view the gallery, it appears few are being induced by that incentive to join. Even those photos up longest with 30 or more viewers, average fewer than 5 a month!
It isn’t evident from this distance that the strategy is working to induce new members to join if so few people get to the gallery. And we have to assume that most of the 5 (or less) per month per photo are old members, not new.
Second, making it hard to view photos discourages us (at least me!) from posting photos. Who wants as small an audience as possible?? I have 400 viewers of my Route 66 trip thread, and only 10 viewers of the associated photo gallery (that magic 5 per month)!!! If it were only my gallery photos that got few viewers, you could blame the photographer. But look at the view (and comment) count for all the photos in the gallery.
If admission to the gallery is the inducement to join, very few seem to be joining to get there. And it discourages those of us (at least me!) who want to share photos as well as text, from doing so.
I recognize the reasons for using membership as a prerequisite to posting, but not as a prerequisite to viewing. I hope we will reconsider the strategy and decide instead to show off our members’ talents, both written and visual, to all who visit us. The photos are important to all viewers. I truly believe that will interest and induce more to join than will our current practice.
In any event, thanks for listening, and keep up the good work!
I’m just trying to Keep the Show on the Road!
Dave
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This is a note of thanks to Becky Repp and Denny G for adding immeasurably to my recent Southwest road trip through their postings. I am a charter subscriber to American Road, in fact a pre publication subscriber. I enjoy the print version a great deal, but getting live interaction en route has got to top everything!
I note that the “Advice on What to see on Route 66 in Arizona” thread has enjoyed almost 400 viewings in less than two months, and the less popularized route (US 80, Old Spanish Trail) “Westbound on the Old Spanish Trail” thread has had 250 viewings.
The dialog must make a difference for viewers. And it made a big difference to me. I would not have continued posting as I traveled had I felt no one cared.
Thanks again!
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It is difficult or impossible for non members (anyone not logged in) to view photos. You have to be a member (logged in) to access the gallery. Furthermore, inline (embedded) images display only the URL link (no photo unless you click it) for non members. The whole effect is a dull sea of text. Imagine American Road without photos!
Can we change the board settings to better display our photos to non members? I would think it would encourage interest, thus membership, and the like.
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Thanks Mr. Show for the great road report and DennyG for all the info to him. Makes me want to get out from behind the computer and into the car. Did you make it to the Shady Dell and a meal at the diner? I'm hoping it's still doing well...when we were there a few years ago the owners seemed tired and ready to sell.
Kris
Curses!! DennyG told me about the Shady Dell but I forgot it was near Bisbee, so we missed it. We wouldn’t have been able to spend the night with a 130 pound Malamute, but I would have loved to sample Dot’s Diner.
Judging by their website things look healthy, but I can’t give you a first hand report. Thanks for the posting and I will do better next time I’m near Bisbee.
Just trying to Keep the Show on the Road,
Dave
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation has just published their 2007 list of distinctive destinations.
I've been to Woodstock, Illinois, quite often, and drove through West Hollywood, Ca., but haven't been to any of the other sites which also include Charlottesville, Va., Chatham, Mass., and Durango, Co.
For the complete list, go to:
www.nationaltrust.org
I'd be interested if anyone has any comments about the others.
Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. --RoadDog
You are a keen observer! Thanks for the tip. One of the destinations on this year’s list is Ellensburg, Washington. Ellensburg is definitely worth a stop, and it is working to recapture and preserve its heritage. However on my last visit, I don’t remember seeing any recognition of the Yellowstone Trail, which went through Ellensburg.
1915 Ellensburg Garage Ad:
http://www.pair.com/davepaul/americanroad/garage.jpg
The westbound Yellowstone passed through Ellensburg from the south because the route before 1925 swung in an oxbow from Spokane to Walla Walla, Sunnyside, North Yakima, then northward to Ellensburg before turning west to historic Cle Elum and over Snoqualmie Pass to Seattle.
The whole area is rich in road lore and many of the old routes still exist through pristine countryside, along sparkling rivers, and through historic towns. They rank among the most scenic and interesting in the Northwest.
Section of 1917 Auto Club Strip Map of Roads in and around Ellensburg:
http://www.pair.com/davepaul/americanroad/ellensburg1917.jpg
The old roadbed of the Yellowstone Trail between Ellensburg and Yakima still exists, little used, and partially dirt, but in good condition. Not surprisingly, it was an old wagon road of the late 1800’s. If anyone asks, I will post the detailed 1915 and modern directions in the Yellowstone Trail section of the forum.
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We have updated our web site www.usroute20.com check it out.
Thanks for the reminder that Route 20 is one of the most interesting two laners around! I lived on the west end of the route for many years in Bend, Oregon. My wife was born in upstate New York so we have visited family there and followed the route in the east. Now we just need to take a road trip and connect the ends!
The website is great, and lots of fun to visit!
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Thanks for the good news and interesting description of Glenrio! I have added it to the places I want to see on my next trip to New Mexico. We just got back from a trip your way and plan a return visit soon.
I couldn’t resist looking up the description of the road through Glenrio in the 1921 Automobile Blue Book, where it is described as a “sand dirt rut” from a few miles east of Tucumcari to Glenrio. It was identified as a section of the Ozark Trail. Glenrio was apparently just a wide place in the road in 1921, as it didn’t merit more than the terse “Thru Glenrio, NM, 111.0” (the mileage from Santa Rosa).
They did comment that stretches of the road between Santa Rosa and Amarillo “will be improved in the near future, making to possible to travel over graded road the entire distance.”
Thanks again!
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Hi all....just posted some pics from a fall foliage trip we took in October into southern Indiana and Kentucky. It's in the Gallery and can be found here:
I always appreciste new photos! Thanks for sharing! And by the way, did you notice that one of your party was behind the tree. apparently watering the forest
Tell him he was spotted.Keep the Show on the Road!
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I enjoyed your great description of this section of the Dixie! I also enjoyed your photos. You are a keen observer and obviously relish real road travel where the fun is in the travel, not just the destination!
Let’s Keep the Show on the Road!
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You've answered my basic question which was "Does the Blue Book show the NOTR through Gallup, Springerville, or both?" A 1925 ACSC map shows just the Springerville route. A map in a 1924 book by Judge J. M. Lowe, or at least carrying his name, shows both routes. Text in the book describes the Gallup route. Again, I know I've read a story or two about this but can't find a thing now. I believe that Gallup was the "proposed" route but that Springerville became the "practical" route because of frequent mud problems on the other one. I'll probably stumble on the Gallup-Springerville story when I'm looking for something on Boston or something else totally unrelated.
I think you are right!
I don’t know if this is helpful, but when I got home I looked in my Automobile Blue Books (ABB’s) published before and after the 1921 regional issue (the one I had with me in on the road).
The 1918 Volume 7 does show a road between Holbrook AZ and Gallup, NM, and then another on to Albuquerque, even though the early 1920 books don’t. The Gallup route is identified as the National Old Trails route (and is also so identified in my 1926 ABB).
1918 Map
When you read the description (below) of the section between Gallup and Albuquerque in 1918, it is clear why the ABB recommended taking the Springerville route instead! I have never read such a negative description in a time when mud, sand, washes, rough spots, rocks, and the like were routine.
1918 Gallup to Albuquerque
1918 Holbrook to Gallup
Perhaps (and this is pure speculation) they got scalded in 1918 by the Automobile Club of Southern California who I recall was a supporter of the National Old Trail and rather than alienate the National Old Trail folks and the clubs, they ignored the route until later when it was improved.
Incidentally, the 1921 Volume T (Transcontinental) identifies the Holbrook to Springerville and Springerville to Magdalena segments as part of the Santa Fe Trail and doesn’t show the Holbrook Gallup Albuquerque route at all.
Thanks for all your help and advice.
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While Rose of the Road and Bo, the Malamute Wonder Dog were out exploring the countryside, I took some 3D photos of a few sites along Route 66. I regret now that I didn’t take more, but perhaps American Roaders will enjoy these few.
To view them, stare at the two side by side images and cross your eyes until there is a third image in the middle. It will be in 3D! It may also help to tip your head slightly left or right.
Two Guns was a popular stop along the old road. It is located about 23 miles west of Winslow. The Mountain Lions zoo was just one of the attactions at the site.
The 66 Motel is on the outskirts of Needles, California as you come into town from the east.
The old café in the photo is in Essex, California on that great section of the Mother Road that now lies below I 40 west of Needles.
I described Roy’s in another posting. It is in Amboy, California.
If you have a problem viewing these, I can put the same images up in Red/Blue viewable with glasses.
If you enjoy these, I'll post more on my next trip to Keep the Show on the Road
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The last leg of the Route 66 adventure is behind us now. It was between Needles and Barstow, as we returned home. Needles was an interesting overnight stop. The El Graces, an abandoned Harvey House was an interesting site.
Leaving Needles westbound we stopped at Goffs.
The old schoolhouse at Goffs has been restored and the surrounding grounds made into an outdoor museum. Inside the schoolhouse we met John who serves as a volunteer. John is an enthusiastic and well informed source of old road information. The community, such as it is, is lucky to have him share his time with them.
John is 25% of Goffs population! He is a road traveler who has settled in Goffs for an indefinate period to help keep the exceptional museum facility open and prospering.
Goffs would be worth a stop if only to see the fine collection of Route 66 and older National Old Trails Signs on the wall.
Goffs began to lose its importance after 1931 when Route 66 was rerouted. The schoolhouse closed and the children were bussed to Essex, several miles away.
Every time I have picked up a map of Route 66 I have wondered about the section that swings down through Essex, Danby, Amboy, Bagdad, and Ludlow. I wonder no more. On February 3 we had that section of the Mother Road practically to ourselves.
Westbound between Essex and Amboy the road is as smooth as a baby’s bottom, but after the traffic bound for 29 Palms turns south at Amboy, road maintenance takes a dive. None the less it is still a good road and incredibly better than the National Old Trails Road of the teens and early 1920’s.
We explored a section of the National Old Trails roadbed southeast of Ludlow where it crossed newer Route 66. The 1921 Automobile Blue Book suggested taking this road at night during the summer months to avoid the heat. It must have been quite an adventure, following a narrow winding trail through sand and volcanic rock in the dark. The road was marked only by the volcanic stones thrown off the roadbed along each side of the one lane track.
We took photos of Route 66 landmarks along the way. Some are posted under the topic Route 66 in 3D. Roy’s at Amboy lived up to its advanced billing. The restaurant and motel were closed, but remain an impressive roadside artifact. I understand that Albert Okura, owner of the Juan Pollo restaurant chain is attempting to revitalize Amboy, and Roy’s. The current sign and motel only date back to 1959, but the original owner operated a thriving buisness here during the depression years.
At Newberry Springs, the Bagdad Café where the movie of that name was filmed, turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. It was closed, and as I took a photo a fellow wheeled a dirt bike out the front door. Not exactly what I was expecting!
We met the freeway at Ludlow, and headed to Barstow and on north, ending our Route 66 adventure.
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Hello everyone! You have some GREAT suggestions and are asking some GOOD questions.
Since the topic has been raised, I will let the cat out of the bag. We are pleased to let you know that we are working on a motel/diner guide. It is taking some time, however, as we want to do it right. We welcome your input and help in the project. If you have suggestions, experiences, descriptions, photographs, we welcome them. You may e-mail me at becky@americanroadmagazine.com.
At present, you may find this useful - a short list and a brief description of the motels that have been featured in our Memory Motel department is on our site at http://americanroadmagazine.com/memory_mot...mory_motel.html.
Also, I'm happy to let you know that we do have a list of advertisers on our website - it's accessed via the button in the upper left corner labeled "Request Card" on all of our website pages. You will find their phone number and a hot link to their website on the page. You may also fill out the form at the bottom of the page and request information from all of the advertisers directly through us (eliminating the need for contacting each of them individually). The Request Card may also be accessed by clicking on the white banner on the left side of the page saying "Request FREE information from our Advertisers." AND, beginning with the Spring 07 issue, we are including a Reader Request Card in the magazine - where you may request information by simply circling the number correlated to the advertiser on the ad index in the magazine - and return it to us.
We greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts and suggestions. We are always interested in learning how we might best serve our readers.
Dream well and drive safely on the AMERICAN ROAD!
Best,
Becky Repp
becky@americanroadmagazine.com
Great and Ah Shucks! I should have known that you folks would be way ahead of me...and in the process I strained my thought box to the limit!
The set up you describe sounds to be just what is needed.
I subscribed to American Road before the first edition was published, and you folks just keep getting better and better. I look forward to using the described services on my next road adventure.
Thanks for Keeping the Show on the Road!
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Just wondering if this would by region, by state, by route, or just random. I have eaten at some great vintage places that are not really on a specific route, as much as in a town but not really on the specific travel path such as Route 66 (a cool restaurant in Albuquerque's Old Town comes to mind, using a former ranch bunk house). It is an interesting idea, but it needs to be organized in advance to probably be useful when planning a trip.
Just my personal appraisal. I am truly hoping that this can be developed into a useable resource.
Excellent questions! At the risk of having too many thoughts in one day, I would think that the information should be accessed by route and/ or by city, at least.
I wouldn’t limit the sites to just our already highlighted routes, but even if we did, there would still be plenty of candidates. I think of American Road as about two lane travel, so any vintage place worthy of praise located on a two lane route should qualify….but I’m not hung up on that issue either way.
We just got back from a wonderful three week winter trip on Route 66 and on some of the Old Spanish Trail. Beckyrepp and dennyg offered some terrific suggestions en route, but several times by the time I knew the question to ask, and they shared their insights, I was 200 miles past the town!
We risked the motel blind choice approach once, and the place will never find itself on my list, historic or not! I had to get pliers out of the car to turn on the hot water facet in the sink as the knob was stripped, and when I picked up the phone, the handset stuck to my hand. On the other hand, dennyg and beckyrepp suggested places that we would never have guessed were great, but they turned out to be.
And, while I know nothing at all about the magazine business, I do know that most people don’t carry back issues with them on the road. There are some super places advertised in American Road, but darn, my old brain doesn’t remember what town they are in or their address when I’m on the road.
For example, the last issue had a whole series of ads along US 6 (to me, the Midland Trail) and the next time I am close to the Midland, I will drive it as far as it takes me toward my destination. But I won’t remember many of those great advertisers. And I want to.
Thanks for the reply, and let’s see where it takes us. That’s the best way to Keep the Show on the Road!
Lincoln Highway E-newsletter Vol. 20 March 2007
in Lincoln Highway / U.S. 30 / U.S. 50
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Super, Super job. A good read the whole way!!!
Full of great info.
I'm glad to see the prices on Ebay. The few items I have been able to outbid you on over the years must be worth a small fortune now!
Again, a terrific job on the newsletter, late or not.
Keep the Show on the Road