Jennifer

I tried it myself, logged out, and viewed the gallery. But there was no option to comment on photos.

We had a great time as well, for our very brief time with everyone. I wish the weather hadn't been so iffy, because I really wish we were there for the soda fountain....I adore old soda fountains and of course, the soda they dispense. Premixed soda just can't compare!

I'd be interested, as long as we don't HIT any of said potholes! I've hit enough already by accident, much less deliberately seeking them out! LOL

I have been meaning to check out that site...I guess it's a "sister" site, of sorts, to geocaching.com. I know the logins are the same. I think it seems pretty interesting - I'll have to start logging waymarks. Gosh, I've probably been to so many in the past in our travels! I'll be reading up on it - thanks!

Depending upon where you'll be coming from, if you were coming from the west / northwest of Worcester, you might try to pick up the Mohawk Trail, which runs through northwest Massachusetts (from the NY border). In Westminster or Leominster, you could head south to Worcester. My husband Pat (Road Maven) and I drove part of the Mohawk Trail, from Greenfield west, a few years ago when I was visiting my family in Connecticut.

I think if the food and service are good, people will go there. We stopped there on our way home from Connecticut several years ago, and we enjoyed it. Excellent breakfast. Be that as it may, I prefer the original name to a contrived name, and agree with Mobilene's thoughts on the name (tacking on on the Lincoln Highway, with a shield or something); and I also agree with KtSoTR about the new sign...it's very uninspiring.

That's true - and also I would have put "rue" before the adjective - but I did it that way instead because it rhymes and I was drastically exercising poetic license, not using literal, correct French (too rusty for French and I have moved on to Italian)! Actually "rue" isn't too far off the mark to use for American Road, because while it "mainly" focuses on US routes, auto trails and highways, there are plenty of places featured in the magazine that are on a city / local street, which may or may not have been any designated route/highway. I'm currently working something now, as a matter of fact. Happy Holidays,

Or perhaps... L'Americaine Rue Brew

Sure do - everytime I write a check for my daughter's tuition payments - ka-ching!!! Except when they lose scholarship checks, then I grumble!!

Welcome aboard Ray! We hope you enjoy your time here at the AMERICAN ROAD garage, swapping road stories!

Hi Matt, I have completed those 30 counties in just two months. Actually, the task of finding caches in all 92 counties by the end of May 2008 is based upon the cache listing - there's a drawing for a prize if it's completed by then. As a personal accomplishment, I can it aytime I like. It's fun going to various counties and finding caches along a route. In a nutshell, I create a route using DeLorme Street Atlas. I export the GPX file from DeLorme and upload it to geocaching.com, which finds caches along that route. There's a geocaching program called GSAK that I use to create a waypoint file that I import into DeLorme, so I'll see the caches along the route. Then, I'll export the waypoints and the route file to the Palm version of DeLorme and use the GPS to follow the route. The day I did this, with the goal of going to certain counties, I found 11 caches in 5 counties in 5 hours. Not too bad! I think it's do-able and will be fun!

One thing I will be doing, and hopefully Road Maven will join me at some point, is to drive through all 92 counties in Indiana during my geocaching travels by May 2008. There is a puzzle/virtual cache called Indiana Epic 92 where in order to claim a "find" one must find a cache in every county in Indiana. So far, these are the counties where I have found caches: I can't wait to keep going on this epic journey throughout Indiana! For those of you in the Indianapolis area, I have several geocaches hidden out there, so if you're interested in finding them, here they are...you will not be able to see location info unless you start a FREE account at geocaching.com: Not a LPC! Gustafson Park #2 Indianapolis Italians - Bocce Anyone? Winds of Change #2 - Leonard Park Winds of Change #1 Break A Leg....errrr....Good Luck! Major Taylor Velodrome Indianapolis Italians - Holy Rosary Church Keep the Faith

I suggest you look for tupperware using multibillion dollar government satellites!! LOL N 40° 57.070 W 117° 45.475 - there should be a decent sized container here in Winnemucca or here N 44° 04.069 W 121° 18.812 this is an ammo can in Bend. Of course, there's a billion others too...you just have to search www.geocaching.com I had a fun time yesterday, even though it was cold and raining - I found 11! I have found more in a day, but for 5 hours, that wasn't bad.

Hmmmm.....the "organized" activity of geocaching (as followed on geocaching.com) is different than what you have done, so I'm not quite sure how you'd proceed with that, actually. Any others' suggestions as to what you can do with your challenge would be interesting to read. I know if it were within the context of a geocache (as below), people would jump all over it to be first to find (FTF). Especially with a $20 bill as an incentive. Typically, there is some small reward for being a FTF. However...I only know how to use geocaching.com, which is pretty straightforward: 1) Create a user name and password on geocaching.com 2) Search for caches - by coordinates, zip code, address, whatever... 3) Look at caches where you are or are going to be and print out the cache pages, or just write down the coordinates, size of container and any other relevant info 4) Head out and use the coordinates (and maybe hints) to find the cache, which is typically a container: a pill bottle, tupperware, 35mm film canister, peanut butter jar, fake rock, the types of containers are endless...but for a "traditional" cache, it is usually an actually container, of varying size. All must at least have a log inside them so that cachers can sign it, and log the "find." Otherwise, with larger caches, they might contain "swag" which just consists of little trinkets and toys for trade. The rule with trading is if you take something, leave something equal or better. 5) When you get home, log back to the website and log your finds, "did not finds" (DNF's) or post notes about the condition of a cache, etc. To place a cache, you must be relatively close to the cache (so that you can maintain it, replace logs when they are full, etc.). There are various rules for placing a cache posted at the site.

Good job on the caches and moving the TB's. Now I'll have to see what the cache is at the Wigwam sometime!! I won't tell you I found 11 yesterday in 5 hours. LOL But I was making a specific caching run in a short time and a relatively short distance. I know a road trip isn't the same, and you won't try to find alot or it would take forever! Of course, being on a long trip can be a good thing!! I could have done more caches yesterday if I planned the route to caches that were closer to each other, but I was actually trying to get caches in more Indiana counties. There is a "virtual" cache or maybe it's a puzzle or something...in Indiana where you can get a prize if you find caches in all 92 counties by a certain time. Not sure if I'll achieve that, but it's fun trying! I also need to take a look at the waymarking website, run by the same people and you log in using the same password. That seems to be about visiting sites, places of interest, etc., not finding a physical cache. I thought that might be a cool place to find places to stop on road trips.

Sounds like a great trip, thus far, Denny...thanks for posting. I noticed of course, that you did a little geocaching and moved a travel bug with a mission! Pretty cool....my TB is still waiting for someone to move it north to Chicago. What is the deal with Muhlenberg County? What does that mean that the air smells like snakes? Ewwwwww...not much of a tourism bureau tagline! LOL Makes me not want to go there...I hate snakes!! Looking forward to the remainder of the trip!

It's kind of like that, only hopefully people will take it and bring it properly to accomplish its goal. WHat happens is, someone picks up my travel bug and logs that they picked it up from that cache. They do that by logging the code on the dog tag into the geocaching.com website. My TB is then no longer listed as being in that cache. The person should only pick it up if they will help it achieve its mission; thus, if they pick it up tomorrow in Indiana, they should do so only if they intend to move it to another cache closer to Chicago, within a couple of weeks. Then, when they drop it off in another cache, they log that they dropped it off. Now it's a part of the inventory in that cache. Then, someone else picks it up, and moves it along to another town, etc. Hopefully, my mission will be successful! It would be fun if many of the people who pick it up have fun with it, by taking photos of it at various 66 sites. I'll post trip updates! You can sign up for a free, basic account at Geocaching You can search for geocaches from the search page and you will find all types of caches. Enter the waypoints into your GPS, take down some basic information about each cache (size, type, hints etc.) Then just get out there and find them! I only have caches in Indiana - typically, the rule is to only place caches in places where you can reasonably maintain them.

For those of you also on the 66 list - this is already posted there as well... ************** OK, I'm not really taking a trip on the full length of 66 at this time! But I will live vicariously through others traveling Route 66 in a most unique way. I have recently begun geocaching...for those who are not aware of it, in a nutshell, it involves finding various sizes of containers hidden by other geocachers using a GPS and following the coordinates. The containers might be large and hold various trinkets for trade or they may be tiny and contain only a log. Some are in urban settings and some are in remote locales. Many geocachers place their caches in interesting or historic places. One aspect of geocaching involves an item called a travel bug (TB). It's a trackable item with a code that gets entered on geocaching.com. The TB may have a specfic destination or mission (or just travels from cache to cache). Once it is placed in a cache, a cacher comes along, picks up the TB and moves it to another cache....and so on. My TB has a specific mission: it's taking its place in a geocache in Speedway, Indiana tomorrow morning. Hopefully, it will quickly make its way up to the Windy City and then slowly wind its way to L.A., visiting as many Route 66 towns as possible. Once it reaches L.A., I'd like it to come back home to Indiana. I hope geocachers traveling the Mother Road will pick it up and post photos of the travel bug in front of various Route 66 sites, on the page I have started on geocaching.com: http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=1228227 You can watch its progress and see any photos posted at that site. If there are any geocachers on the group who happen to be near my TB, feel free to help it motor west! Jennifer

Cool photos, Kip. Kind of a cowinkydink - Rev. Payton and his Big Damn Band is from Indianapolis. I don't know Rev. Payton personally, but I briefly met him twice volunteering for our public TV station during the Indy 500 Mini-Marathon. He used to be the Volunteer Coordinator for WFYI, but gave it up when the band got an international tour or something. I had volunteered to help at a water stop during the mini-marathon, since that stop happens to be in Speedway. Pretty cool experience! I never saw the band though.

I sure am! I hope Pat appreciates your comment! hehe

We'll have to see about that...I haven't posted MY photos yet! And no, I couldn't pass by Santa Claus - after all, he's never passed me by!

Thanks for the recap through your site, Denny! I have your site now added to my RSS feed on Google, so I was duly notified as soon as Day 2 was available! Glad you were able to attend along with Kent and Mary Sue as well. To those who were unfortunately not able to attend this time, start thinking spring NOW and plan on joining us for our next adventure! Remember, these trips are informal road cruises open to everyone who would like to get out for a weekend and see some neat two-lane roads with fellow AR enthusiasts.

Thanks - that's exactly what we were trying to do! I'll give it a try tonight at home!

What is a client-side player and what do you do with it for You Tube clips?

Your enthusiasm and passion for the magazine and the forum brings smiles to OUR faces!! Thanks!