Guest George Ashburn Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 --- rwarn17588 <rwarn17588@yahoo.com> wrote: > From the Quay County Sun: > > Dean's Restaurant closes doors for last time > William Thompson > > Earnest Dean Missildine and his wife Domie are > getting out of the > restaurant business. Tucumcari's long-standing > Dean's Restaurant will > serve its last meal today. The restaurant has been > at the corner of > Route 66 and Mountain Road since 1978. > > Domie Missildine, struggling with the emotions of > closing her > business, nevertheless said it was a relief to be > retiring. > "I have a lot of catching up to do at my house," she > said. "I'll have > more time for my grandkids." > > Her husband said he is grateful to all the customers > who passed > through his doors. "We just want to thank the people > of Tucumcari and > the surrounding area for their support and patronage > over the years," > he said. "We are going to sell the place and retire. > I may come up > with another venture someday." > > Bonnie Elliott once worked at Dean's and then became > a regular > customer at the popular restaurant. "They have the > best homemade egg > noodles," said Elliott. "I am on a salt-restricted > diet, and the > cooks here were able to fix anything I wanted > without a lot of salt, > and it still tasted good." Missildine mentioned the > many truck > drivers who frequented his restaurant. "Word has > gone up and down the > highway that we are closing," he said. "Truck > drivers have been > coming in and shaking hands with me." > > Everett Deane, a full-time truck driver, has been > eating at Dean's > since the early 80's "I'll miss Dean's. That's all > there is to it," > he said. "The people here are really nice, and it > always had a > comfortable atmosphere." Deane ate his last plate of > huevos rancheros > inside Dean's Tuesday before heading out on a run to > Iowa. "They make > the huevos rancheros here with just the right amount > of pizazz," said > Deane. "The pizazz was always consistent." > > The Missildine's son, Marty, was a part-time cook at > the restaurant. > He said he was proud of the food served at Dean's. > "There was a pride > factor with all the homemade food we put out," he > said. "We served > what the customers asked for. Most places don't > cater to personal > tastes." > A number of celebrities have stopped to eat at > Dean's over the years. > The Missildines said they recall Western film stars > Ben Johnson and > Dale Robertson dropping by. Also, Drew Carey, Tanya > Tucker and a > member of the Oak Ridge Boys have eaten at Dean's. > As of their last > week of operation, the Missildines employed around > 15 people. This is sad. My favorite meal there was always the Cattleman's Breakfast: Pork Chop, Eggs, Hash Browns & Toast. The food there was much better than Del's. ===== George Ashburn - http://www.geocities.com/jamdawg1/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dennis Karlstad Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 The correct URL for the live webcast is www.route66today.tv not .com Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I dunno? Thought they were all franchises. I'll get more details next time by there. Actually go in for lunch and maybe pictures from the inside? Curious what they did with the two cars "joined at the hip". May be some clues as to whether it was something else besides Subway in the past. Stay tuned. --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Brian Butko <babutko@h...> wrote: > Neat. Is that a chain Subway or an independent shop? > > > From: "Chris" <chris@e...> > Reply-To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:22:14 -0000 > To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Spam:[AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: Wigwams > > Thanks Brian. > Browsing your site, I remember the Abandoned Turnpike thread here. > I stuffed a folder of links on topic at the time, under another assumed ID. > > Check out the photo I just added to the group "Rail Car . . Subway". > > ... Chris > Always "Under-C" http://homepage.mac.com/eyerobic/ > > > > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Brian Butko <babutko@h...> wrote: > > That was Rachel Morris. Last I heard, she is teaching English in Korea, but > > here?s her website: www.lomohomes.com/silvertoes > > > > Of interest to roadies on her site are some road photos and this: ?Between > > 1998 and 2002 I co-founded, edited and contributed to the magazine > > 'Traveller's Times'. My first book, 'Gaining Ground: Law Reform for Gypsies > > and Travellers'....? > > > > Brian Butko > > (The guy in the video at Wigwam Village with wife Sarah, 3 kids, and 1 bed!) > > http://www.brianbutko.com (made on a Mac) > > > > > > > > From: "Chris" <chris@e...> > > Reply-To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:53:04 -0000 > > To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Spam:[AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: Wigwam in Holbrook, AZ and Rialto, CA > > > > I noticed the PBS program that showcased travel oddities, including the > > Wigwam, was making the rounds of our local TV listings last week or so. > > > > Who was that "friend of the road" touring with the Apple iBook? > > > > "I think, therefore iMac" . . Chris > > > > > > > > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH > YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@y... POST a message via e-mail, send it > to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD> " on the web. > * > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > * AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > * > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike shadman Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I guess you can call this section of the turnpike the chicken segment. Somebody going have chicken tonight! Chris <chris@experiencenascar.com> wrote: I've done more than my share of "hot laps" on what we like to call "the great wall of NJ", our Turnpike. I can easily say that, none of this surprises me. . . . Chris __________________________________________________ Crash Sets Hundreds of Chickens Loose on New Jersey Turnpike By MICHELLE O'DONNELL - The New York Times First there were horses, crabs, pasta and the flaming cake mix. Then came thousands in bills and coins dumped onto the roadway, in what has been a bizarre year of spills and escapes on the New Jersey Turnpike. So the appearance yesterday of hundreds of chickens on the road at Exit 3 in Camden County was taken in stride by officials of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. "South Jersey is not the place you want to be if you are poultry or live seafood," said Joe Orlando, a spokesman for the authority. The accident occurred when a northbound tractor-trailer carrying the chickens was struck from behind by another tractor-trailer about 3:30 a.m. and burst into flames, Mr. Orlando said. The driver and a passenger in the truck carrying the chickens escaped, he said, as did the driver of the other truck. And so did many of the chickens - hundreds of them, fleeing the burning hulk and wandering up the roadway and into the woods. Rescuers who arrived on the scene a short time later were able to herd the chickens along the turnpike and capture most of them, Mr. Orlando said. But at least half the cargo of chickens died in the fire, he said. It has been a strange year for spills and sightings on the turnpike. Early this year, two horses escaped from a farm not far from yesterday's crash site, and were spotted running next to cars along the turnpike. In July, a truck carrying thousands of live Maryland crabs overturned, also in South Jersey. Two weeks later in Woodbridge, there was what Mr. Orlando called "the pasta incident.'' A truck carrying packaged pasta crashed, burning more than a few servings of dried noodles. In the highest-profile spill this year, a truck overturned last week, spilling thousands of dollars of its $4 million in coins and bills. The spill, near Exit 12 in Linden, drew many people to the site, Mr. Orlando said. Ninety-five percent of the money was recovered. The following day, a truck skidded on a mattress it had snagged at Exit 10, crashed into a tollbooth and burst into flames, destroying not only the tollbooth, but also the load of cake mix on the truck. Mr. Orlando said the turnpike had a rich history of odd spills. In 1987, a truck carrying thousands of live turkeys crashed, sending the turkeys onto the roadway. Motorists stopped to catch them, and for many, it was finders keepers, he said. "This year there's been more than usual," he said of the spills, adding that he was preparing for the next one. "I still haven't come up with a good reason why the chicken crossed the turnpike." Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 "Rescuers who arrived on the scene a short time later were able to herd the chickens along the turnpike and capture most of them, Mr. Orlando said. But at least half the cargo of chickens died in the fire," I wonder if anyone thought to bring Barbe-que Sauce? --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, mike shadman <mike_shadman@y...> wrote: > I guess you can call this section of the turnpike the chicken segment. Somebody going have chicken tonight! > > Chris <chris@e...> wrote: > I've done more than my share of "hot laps" on what we like to call > "the great wall of NJ", our Turnpike. I can easily say that, none of > this surprises me. . . . Chris > __________________________________________________ > > > Crash Sets Hundreds of Chickens Loose on New Jersey > Turnpike > By MICHELLE O'DONNELL - The New York Times > > First there were horses, crabs, pasta and the flaming cake mix. > Then came thousands in bills and coins dumped onto the > roadway, in what has been a bizarre year of spills and escapes > on the New Jersey Turnpike. > > So the appearance yesterday of hundreds of chickens on the > road at Exit 3 in Camden County was taken in stride by officials > of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. > > "South Jersey is not the place you want to be if you are poultry or > live seafood," said Joe Orlando, a spokesman for the authority. > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Burr Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Profound thought for the day - is herding chickens any thing like herding cats?? :>) Hudsonly, Alex B --- Chris <chris@experiencenascar.com> wrote: > > "Rescuers who arrived on the scene a short time > later were able > to herd the chickens along the turnpike and capture > most of > them, Mr. Orlando said. But at least half the cargo > of chickens > died in the fire," > > I wonder if anyone thought to bring Barbe-que Sauce? > > > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, mike shadman > <mike_shadman@y...> wrote: > > I guess you can call this section of the turnpike > the chicken > segment. Somebody going have chicken tonight! > > > > Chris <chris@e...> wrote: > > I've done more than my share of "hot laps" on what > we like to > call > > "the great wall of NJ", our Turnpike. I can easily > say that, none > of > > this surprises me. . . . Chris > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > Crash Sets Hundreds of Chickens Loose on New > Jersey > > Turnpike > > By MICHELLE O'DONNELL - The New York Times > > > > First there were horses, crabs, pasta and the > flaming cake mix. > > Then came thousands in bills and coins dumped onto > the > > roadway, in what has been a bizarre year of spills > and escapes > > on the New Jersey Turnpike. > > > > So the appearance yesterday of hundreds of > chickens on the > > road at Exit 3 in Camden County was taken in > stride by officials > > of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. > > > > "South Jersey is not the place you want to be if > you are poultry > or > > live seafood," said Joe Orlando, a spokesman for > the authority. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bakerhab@aol.com Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I thought that you all might find a first hand report on one of the fires in southern California, of interest. This was written by Marian Johns. She and her husband Neal live in Lytle Creek, which is west of the I 15, just as it begins to ascend to the Cajon Pass. The area that they live in is remote, one way in and out. Marian and Neal are volunteers at the Goffs Schoolhouse and the Mojave River Valley Museum in Barstow, they are also close friends of our own Vivian Davies. She's written about a very serious situation in a humorous manner, but those of us that know her and Neal, have always said that she had to have a great sense of humor to be married to him! Here's Marian's story, fortunately it has a happy ending. Just got back on line with borrowed power. The Fire When the Grand Prix Fire started in Fontana/Rancho Cucamonga, it was across the mountain and we were not too worried. Then, on Thursday, the smoke and flames came much closer and we were told by a helicopter with a loudspeaker to evacuate. We packed both trucks to the brim in four hours, drove out of the canyon and hoped for the best. Spent the night at Bob Martin's in Phelan with our three Huskies and a stray dog we had rescued. The fire appeared to have stalled the next day, so we came back by devious means to stay in the house the next day (Friday) and packed up some more treasures. Spent Friday night at home. Saturday, the fire was on the move again; there were fire trucks and crews swarming the canyon. As flames came roaring up the canyon, they jumped across the wide south fork and then middle fork and on up north fork where we live. About 2:00 p.m. firefighters ordered us out and we skeedaddled up to the Community Center, a mile up-canyon. Neal sneaked back down soon and parked across the street in a neighbors driveway and watched our house in the path of approaching flames. We kept in contact with the CB radios and every few minutes he would report that we still had a house. A ten-man fire crew tramped through the yard and cut down some trees in the back yard/creek bank. At the front of the house, across the road (Lytle Creek Rd.), the underbrush and hillside was on fire so he had to move in a few hours. But the worst (for us) was over, yet if it hadn't been for those firefighters, we probably would have lost the house. A house right across the creek from us did burn. Saturday night, we went back to the house amidst the smoke and glowing embers that were all around. Neal was too nervous to sleep; he stayed awake all night on alert. Sunday, Neal went alone down the hill to get more diesel fuel for the shared neighbor's generator (to keep the freezers from thawing) and they wouldn't let him back up to Lytle Creek again! He spent a day and a half away, leaving me alone in the house to die. Neal finally got back by joining the amateur radio Red Flag Fire Patrol on the Lytle Creek ridge and getting lost at 406 Lytle Creek Rd. at the end of the shift. The fire did no damage to our house (or us) but burned within 30 feet on the back side across the creek and within 70 feet in front across the street. Twenty four houses and eight cabins were burned in Lytle Creek (population 1,000). We have been without regular power for more than a week - many power poles were burned. You are one of 80 emails (no spam) received today now that we are on line part time. We thank the many of you that offered support and/or made concerned phone calls. Neal and Marian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim conkle Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Helen, Please let Marian & Neal know that we live up in Pinon Hills and they can always bring their dogs and themselves up to our place. We have three dogs right now, one is our daughter Melissa's which we are keeping till their new home is built. But we do have two dog runs and five dog houses. They can sleep in our motor home or the house, Marian & Neal that is, not the dogs, HA!HA! Sounds as if they almost lost their home. Did they get any photos? See you on Thursday. James M. Conkle, Executive Director California Route 66 Preservation Foundation P O Box 290066 Phelan, CA 92329-0066 760-868-3320 760-617-3991 cell jim@cart66pf.org www.cart66pf.org -----Original Message----- From: [mailto:Bakerhab@aol.com] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:59 PM To: Bakerhab@aol.com Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] California Fires - One Woman's Story I thought that you all might find a first hand report on one of the fires in southern California, of interest. This was written by Marian Johns. She and her husband Neal live in Lytle Creek, which is west of the I 15, just as it begins to ascend to the Cajon Pass. The area that they live in is remote, one way in and out. Marian and Neal are volunteers at the Goffs Schoolhouse and the Mojave River Valley Museum in Barstow, they are also close friends of our own Vivian Davies. She's written about a very serious situation in a humorous manner, but those of us that know her and Neal, have always said that she had to have a great sense of humor to be married to him! Here's Marian's story, fortunately it has a happy ending. Just got back on line with borrowed power. The Fire When the Grand Prix Fire started in Fontana/Rancho Cucamonga, it was across the mountain and we were not too worried. Then, on Thursday, the smoke and flames came much closer and we were told by a helicopter with a loudspeaker to evacuate. We packed both trucks to the brim in four hours, drove out of the canyon and hoped for the best. Spent the night at Bob Martin's in Phelan with our three Huskies and a stray dog we had rescued. The fire appeared to have stalled the next day, so we came back by devious means to stay in the house the next day (Friday) and packed up some more treasures. Spent Friday night at home. Saturday, the fire was on the move again; there were fire trucks and crews swarming the canyon. As flames came roaring up the canyon, they jumped across the wide south fork and then middle fork and on up north fork where we live. About 2:00 p.m. firefighters ordered us out and we skeedaddled up to the Community Center, a mile up-canyon. Neal sneaked back down soon and parked across the street in a neighbors driveway and watched our house in the path of approaching flames. We kept in contact with the CB radios and every few minutes he would report that we still had a house. A ten-man fire crew tramped through the yard and cut down some trees in the back yard/creek bank. At the front of the house, across the road (Lytle Creek Rd.), the underbrush and hillside was on fire so he had to move in a few hours. But the worst (for us) was over, yet if it hadn't been for those firefighters, we probably would have lost the house. A house right across the creek from us did burn. Saturday night, we went back to the house amidst the smoke and glowing embers that were all around. Neal was too nervous to sleep; he stayed awake all night on alert. Sunday, Neal went alone down the hill to get more diesel fuel for the shared neighbor's generator (to keep the freezers from thawing) and they wouldn't let him back up to Lytle Creek again! He spent a day and a half away, leaving me alone in the house to die. Neal finally got back by joining the amateur radio Red Flag Fire Patrol on the Lytle Creek ridge and getting lost at 406 Lytle Creek Rd. at the end of the shift. The fire did no damage to our house (or us) but burned within 30 feet on the back side across the creek and within 70 feet in front across the street. Twenty four houses and eight cabins were burned in Lytle Creek (population 1,000). We have been without regular power for more than a week - many power poles were burned. You are one of 80 emails (no spam) received today now that we are on line part time. We thank the many of you that offered support and/or made concerned phone calls. Neal and Marian Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael G. Koerner Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 mike shadman <mike_shadman@yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:19:43 -0800 (PST) > From: mike shadman <mike_shadman@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Part of old US 66 closed permanantly > > Thats too bad! But you cannot save every bite of 66. Its not even a US Route anymore and not a designated 66 route in IL. It wouldn't surprise if more of the old road will be closed in the future. States cannot spend a lot of money on histrocial routes when official designed routes need the money for repairs the most often. When I explored old US 66 from Chicagoland to the Springfield, IL area in about 1996, the former US 66 'in' from the Tri-State Tollway was signed as 'HISTORIC ROUTE/US 66'. It was signed all the way in to downtown Chicago. > "Michael G. Koerner" <mgk920@dataex.com> wrote:http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/w...3nov17,1,610163 9.story > > Joliet Road near La Grange called too unstable to repair > > By Virginia Groark > Tribune staff reporter > Published November 17, 2004 > > Thousands of trucks and cars must continue to divert off Joliet Road > near La Grange (it's in the Village of McCook, IL - MGK) because the > state has decided it isn't feasible to reopen the main thoroughfare, > which once handled 20,000 vehicles before it was closed in 1998. > > The Illinois Department of Transportation made its decision after > experts concluded the milelong stretch between 55th Street and East > Avenue remained unstable and would be too costly to repair and maintain, > officials said. > > [see link for rest of article] > > ------------------------- > > This is part of former US 66 just southwest of the General Motors > Electro-Motive Division locomotive plant. Sad to see it go, despite its > 'industrial-gritty' setting. -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | | ____ | | | | | Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Debra Hodkin Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 On our "road trip" to Pittsburgh, PA to visit relatives last month, we experienced three weeks & 3,000 miles of travel with the ever changing colors of the autumn leaves, seemingly endless woods, farmland, greenery, rivers, bridges, history, and grand old buildings. Beautiful country. Lincoln Hwy, Route 66. Ken's birthplace is Carthage, MO where we visited kinfolk touring the town, stone courthouse in the square his great grandfather help build. Some of you may remember his dad posting on the egroup about trips to Carthage every summer. On to Pennsylvania to see places new to us, explore my family roots. On to Harrisburg, Hershey, Gettysburg, and the Lancaster Amish Country. Unexpectedly found we some time on our return to check out Route 66 sites. No phone numbers or addresses with us; however, so close, the Road was calling. Our care free days remaining were growing short. Finding places and people was an adventure. We started in Bloomington, IL. Funks Grove - closed, Pig Hip Museum - closed, Cozy Dog - closed, Dixie's - open, but too busy to stay to eat (We had to get back on the road). Chicken fried steak at Red Cedar Inn in Pacific, MO; Afton Station, Tulsa - We met Laurel Kane & Marian Clark at the Metro Diner on 11th St. & loved the tour of Tulsa with its art deco architecture. Midpoint Cafe & Barbed Wire Museum were closed. We visited Jim Buck in Sapulpa, OK who has a small shop called Route 66 Automobila. He happened to know Ken's cousin in Carthage. Say hi to Jim if you get a chance. Familiar faces are found on Route 66 whether you've met or not. We enjoyed the Route 66 Museum in Clinton with their restored Valentine Diner outside. Elks City's Route 66, Pioneer & Farm Equipment Museums in that town museum complex were really neat. We stopped at the gift shop by the Rock Cafe & walked across the Chain of Rocks Bridge where bands were playing and wine was served. Blaine Davis of the Blue Whale happened to greet us and reminisced about earlier days with his parents, snakes and crocks. Many famous places were spotted in passing. Flashes came to my mind of these amazing sites from stories heard or read. How I wished we had books with us to recap the history. Harley and Annabelle Russell of Erick, OK entertained us singing two songs. They are known as the Merry Music Makers of the Redneck Capitol of the World. Ken thought the situation quite funny, but I know he wanted to play along on his guitar. Every where we went we wished we had more time to explore. It was fun to find these places off to the side or around the corner even if closed. Back home in Barstow, we met adventurous Jane Dipple of MO making her 13th , I believe, Route 66 trip. On our next road trip east, we will take phone numbers with us! Thank you to those who contacted us and hope to see you on our next excursion your way or at the Barstow Route 66 Museum. I am anxious to hit the road. Debra Hodkin Route 66 Mother Road Museum Historic Harvey House 681 N. First Ave. Barstow, CA 92311 760-255-1890 www.barstow66museum.itgo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Russell S. Rein Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Old US. 41 between Atlanta and Chatanooga is the Dixie Highway. Stop in the visitor's center in Marietta and you can get a driving guide for the Dixie Highway following this route. Sorry I didn't mention it earlier. ypsi-slim On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:02:30 -0500 "Denny Gibson" <denny@dennygibson.com> writes: I've decided to try US-41 at least to Chattanooga and maybe to Nashville. Today I just got started in that direction and will pickup US-41 at the north edge of Atlanta in the morning. The "gettin' ready" day, which includes my first visit to Stone Mountain is posted at: http://www.dennygibson.com/ga112004 --Denny Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chetnichols@aol.com Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Pat and Jennifer.... That's the way to break in a new truck! A little road trip....and a steak...... Hmmmmm, steak....it's on the Atkin's diet....make mine medium rare, please.... Safe trucking.... Unkle Chesty http://LastRidersOn66.itgo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roadmaven Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 Howdy folks...As soon as the Mrs. closes the deal on a new Toyota this afternoon, we'll be hitting the road this afternoon for a weekend cruise along 66 for a steak dinner in Amarillo. No, not taking the new wheels! We "may" be seeing some of you 66ers in the next few days, if you're around. Should be fun ringing in the New Year tonight on 66 somewhere in Missouri. Hope you all have a SAFE one! Pat & Jennifer Speedway, IN http://roadtripmemories.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drivewdave@aol.com Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 In a message dated 1/19/04 11:12:10 PM, hester_nec@yahoo.com writes: << After reading your post I find myself trying to figure out what you are doing over here. Obviously you have no interest in our egroup, or in the subject of our egroup!!! >> Obviously a gross exaggeration!!! I hope I would never presume to be so certain about what others really think. << Perhaps you need to form your own egroup dedicated to ET's and freeways and other things of interest to you. Speaking for myself I enjoy most of what I find on here - >> I too enjoy most of what I find on here even though it often leaves me wanting more. I keep hanging around in the hopes it will get better. So does the new policy mean no more 'strange' messages? This would be unfortunate. Take a look at page 62 of American Road volume 1 number 2 "The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer--they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer"--Ken Kesey Regardless of what you think of Kesey's sociopolitical views you do have to admit that was one heck of a road trip he took on Furthur as described in the same issue on pages 16 and 17. They had some mottos, "You're either on the bus or off the bus" and "No left turn unstoned." The first one has a bit of mystery, although it came about when someone was left behind at a gas stop there is more to it than the purely physical, it also indicates a state of mind or awareness, if you were truly "on the bus" you wouldn't wind up left behind, get it? Mystery has long been a great motivator for we humans. My mom always likes to 'see what's around the corner' and she is usually with me these days when I go for a drive, we hit the thrift stores (to see what we might find) and take back roads pretty much, she enjoys them as much as I do and tends to get nervous on the big roads. We used to hike abandoned highway alignments forty years ago, 'just to see where it goes' as she put it so I was raised up with the "I wonder what's around the corner?" attitude. Now there is a word, wonder. Seems to me wonder is akin to mystery. It's obvious that mystery and wonder are a large part of the allure of the open road, you never know just exactly what you will find. That is unless you are going down the same old old road over and over, then things tend to get more predictable and surprises are fewer. That's okay too, I have my favorites that I drive over and over. One of them is just a few hundred yards of wide single-slab with a reverse curve that my dad would take us on in the 50s to show us 'the old road.' It has changed very little since that time, 1950s ranch houses on one side, a golf course on the other, the fir trees keep getting bigger. Since this perfect little road goes around a small hill that was later graded most of it is on a radius and when you are in the middle of it, all you can see in both directions is one big smooth superelevated arc and every time I pause there to take another look the mystery is there for me. It's just a mysterious sight, there is no way to tell you why, it has to do with the lack of traffic, there is never anyone there, it has to do with the uniformity and the tilt and the green grass growing right up to the clean edge of the grey cement but mostly in the end it's still a mystery, even to me, I can't tell you why it has such an air of mystery to it, it just does. Let's not forget beauty while we are at it, the thing is just gorgeous in purely sculptural terms, the old form follows function idea. And what about the 'ghost roads,' the very name implies mystery. To me this can be an old road with so little traffic and change that you can almost lose track of what year it is, they can get real mystical around dusk, one of my favorite kinds of roads. Abandoned roads are ghost roads for sure, even in daytime. Sometimes I even get a little spine-tingle from them. I would like to think that the six or eight mile stretch of abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike has some ghost road mystery to it, how could it not. When I get on a ghost road I like to imagine all the old cars and trucks that once passed through that space. There can even be wonder and mystery in the sight of some semis lit up in the night but you don't stand much of a chance of seeing this on the two-lane road. I am talking about the formations going the other direction on the big road, the scale can be quite majestic at times. You get a better perspective on it from across the median, you are too close on a two lane road unless you pull off somewhere. If you don't get it there is no way to explain. i am starting to wonder if maybe sometimes narrow roads go along with narrow minds, it's almost like it's another version of wanting things to be the same all the time, the same thing many two-laners complain about, how chain franchises make everywhere look the same. (of course if it's a leftover from an older chain then it becomes quaint and desirable) This is understandable, the definition of a conservative is someone who wants things to stay the same. In this sense I am often just as conservative as the next ex-military guy. This whole ET flap reminded me of a Top 40 song by The Byrds in the late 1960s, it was humorous in an innocent way, at the time it gave me the mysterious urge to go traveling (isn't that the theme here?) "Heyyyyyy, Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along, I won't do anything wrong. Heyyyyyy, Mr. Spaceman, won't you please take me along, for a ride..." so let's all go for a ride and see what mysteries unfold. and speaking of strange I had never seen anyone ever sign a message Hudsonly before...but there's no mystery there since it seems understandable. Buickly, Dave PS I did not call anyone a prude or imply that they were, no apology, let's just go back to celebrating our two-lane highways of yesteryear... PPS just wondering if the subject line 'wanna go for a ride?' looked like more spam to anyone...it has some of that sleazy come-on quality to it. PPPS Hey, if the 3D time theory works out maybe we will be able to use our new machines to really go 'back' in time and visit two-lane roads in their prime, that would be the ultimate road trip, it's something that some of us might daydream about from time to time. Sometimes when I look at my old postcards, I try to get 'inside' them like John Baeder wrote of in his book Gas, Food and Lodging, a must for any roadside fan. PPPPS Who on Earth could not be interested and maybe even thrilled to see the astonishing new pictures from Mars, what could be more mysterious than another world, mystery was the prime motivator. The MER is an American vehicle traveling by extension an American Road of sorts, not all that different from what some of the early motorists encountered on the trackless open ranges. yours in mystery, Dave One more thing finally, since there have been many UFO sightings from automobiles (often reporting temporary electrical system failure) it would seem to me the subject is not really off topic and I would bet your fuzzy dice UFOs have been seen from dear old US 66. I suspect you could easily find enough material for a magazine article. see you on The Enchanted Parkway, I'm outta here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brownwho63 Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Amen, Alex. Let's see -- the American Road site on which there is discussion about American roads. Yep, sounds interesting to me....Bliss --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Alex Burr <hester_nec@y...> wrote: > Dave, > > After reading your post I find myself trying to > figure out what you are doing over here. Obviously > you have no interest in our egroup, or in the subject > of our egroup!!! > > Perhaps you need to form your own egroup dedicated > to ET's and freeways and other things of interest to > you. Speaking for myself I enjoy most of what I find > on here - if something is posted I don't care to read > or am not interested in, I simply delete it and move > on to the next item of discussion. > > Most of us on these road egroups are here because we > have a definite interest in the old ways of traveling. > For example, the other day I found an old motel > outside Brinkley, AR, that featured a garage between > each unit - that is interesting to me, and perhaps > others, so I wrote about it and posted pictures of it > on the photo page. > > I tend to agree with the screening policy that has > been implemented - had I such a policy on my web site > I might not have had to go in and ban 3 new memebers > and delete the pornography posts they put in the msg > group. If you wish to consider me a prude for not > wanting that material on my website, that is your > priviledge - but know that I spent 22 years in the > military. I've seen it all and beleive me I'm no > prude. Things have their place - and a road group or > automobile web site is not the place for it. > > Hudsonly, > Alex B > > --- drivewdave@a... wrote: > > > > In a message dated 1/19/04 3:36:54 PM, > > jabremer66@a... writes: > > > > << We appreciate your understanding…we know it's > > very frustrating to > > > > have spam and other strange messages reaching our > > group and we want > > > > to do what we can to eliminate that from happening. > > > > > > Pat and Jennifer Bremer > > > > AR List Hosts >> > > > > so you changed the policy because of the strange > > message > > about extra-terrestrials, I found it to be the most > > interesting thing I have seen here in a long time. > > > > much more interesting than going over the old road > > atlases > > to try and guess which highway went where. > > > > much more interesting than a restaurant review, > > what somebody had for breakfast. > > > > the come-ons for online dating and other scams did > > not > > warrant such a response, maybe you just got fed up. > > > > seems to me like traveling throughout the galaxies > > would be the ultimate 'road trip' but you know me, > > I happen to like freeways so what do I know. > > > > the other scams that show up here occasionally > > do not bother me much, they are annoying but > > trivial. > > > > So you think you have a problem, like a friend of > > mine said > > if you want to see somebody who has a problem go to > > Mexico, > > what you have is fine tuning. > > > > maybe what our hosts found annoying was how the > > message went on and on and did not seem to go > > anywhere > > > > It was not offensive as far as I can tell, it just > > wasted > > our valuable time. > > > > I think the new policy is an overreaction to > > weirdness > > > > and one more thing, just ask yourself 'what if?' > > as in what if it were true. > > > > and while I am on a rant, I concluded at an early > > age, > > at least in single digits, that road maps lie and > > cannot > > be trusted. All of your talk of old road atlases is > > lost on me, you are just shouting in the wind. > > > > like in all the detective stories, there is no > > substitute > > for a man on the ground or in a library. > > If you want to find out where that road went go to > > the library and look it up. > > > > what I mean about road maps lie is how the scale is > > too > > great and there is not enough detail, they only show > > you > > the general trend. If you look at the 15 minute > > series > > maps of the USGS you can get probably as much > > information > > as you need, the road atlases are just too gross. > > > > Actually I am wrong (again) you can locate > > alignments > > such as in Memphis on the inset city maps, just > > remember that like many other products maps > > are often obsolete by the time they are produced. > > > > I can remember where I was when I became > > disillusioned > > with maps, we were driving back from a day at Mt. > > Rainier > > and going through the Nisqually canyon below Elbe, > > the > > road is very twisty and I looked at the gas station > > map > > to see where we were and the map showed the road > > as parallel to the river which was a big > > simplification. > > You can go to your old road atlas and look it up, my > > MCMLXXXVI AAA atlas shows it as WA 7 between Alder > > and La Grande. > > > > the copyright MCMLXXXVI is for the 1987 edition, > > already obsolete. > > > > seems to me like banning the alien messages is not > > very friendly, > > since we are all adults here maybe be can handle a > > little weirdness > > not and then. I get more offended by what comes over > > the TV > > > > have a nice day, Dave > > > > PS let's have more 'strange messages' > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ken Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Hi Dave, Space travel has no roads. That's why it's called "space" travel. Therefore, space shuttles have no ultimate "roadtrip". Space travel, as we know it, has orbital paths not associated with "roads", as we know them. (Maybe our in house astronomer can expand on that). Although, space travel could possibly be considered the ultimate travel mode exerience, I am content to prefer a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon. You lost me in your post. Concerning the ET message, you first mention: "I found it to be the most interesting thing I have seen here in a long time." Then near the end of your post you mention: "It was not offensive as far as I can tell, it just wasted our valuable time." Well, which is it? Can you please expand? Thumperly, a landrunning space cowboy --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, drivewdave@a... wrote: > > so you changed the policy because of the strange message > about extra-terrestrials, I found it to be the most > interesting thing I have seen here in a long time. > > much more interesting than going over the old road atlases > to try and guess which highway went where. > > much more interesting than a restaurant review, > what somebody had for breakfast. > > the come-ons for online dating and other scams did not > warrant such a response, maybe you just got fed up. > > seems to me like traveling throughout the galaxies > would be the ultimate 'road trip' but you know me, > I happen to like freeways so what do I know. > > the other scams that show up here occasionally > do not bother me much, they are annoying but > trivial. > > So you think you have a problem, like a friend of mine said > if you want to see somebody who has a problem go to Mexico, > what you have is fine tuning. > > maybe what our hosts found annoying was how the > message went on and on and did not seem to go anywhere > > It was not offensive as far as I can tell, it just wasted > our valuable time. > > I think the new policy is an overreaction to weirdness > > and one more thing, just ask yourself 'what if?' > as in what if it were true. > > and while I am on a rant, I concluded at an early age, > at least in single digits, that road maps lie and cannot > be trusted. All of your talk of old road atlases is > lost on me, you are just shouting in the wind. > > like in all the detective stories, there is no substitute > for a man on the ground or in a library. > If you want to find out where that road went go to > the library and look it up. > > what I mean about road maps lie is how the scale is too > great and there is not enough detail, they only show you > the general trend. If you look at the 15 minute series > maps of the USGS you can get probably as much information > as you need, the road atlases are just too gross. > > Actually I am wrong (again) you can locate alignments > such as in Memphis on the inset city maps, just > remember that like many other products maps > are often obsolete by the time they are produced. > > I can remember where I was when I became disillusioned > with maps, we were driving back from a day at Mt. Rainier > and going through the Nisqually canyon below Elbe, the > road is very twisty and I looked at the gas station map > to see where we were and the map showed the road > as parallel to the river which was a big simplification. > You can go to your old road atlas and look it up, my > MCMLXXXVI AAA atlas shows it as WA 7 between Alder > and La Grande. > > the copyright MCMLXXXVI is for the 1987 edition, already obsolete. > > seems to me like banning the alien messages is not very friendly, > since we are all adults here maybe be can handle a little weirdness > not and then. I get more offended by what comes over the TV > > have a nice day, Dave > > PS let's have more 'strange messages' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ganderson35 Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Associated Press February 19, 2004 Eds: Also moved in advance for use Friday and thereafter By JOE MEYERS Connecticut Post Growing up in Bridgeport at the tail end of its industrial glory days in the 1950s and '60s, "Cheers" star John Ratzenberger believed the Park City was the center of the manufacturing universe. "I thought that we made everything," Ratzenberger said of the Bridgeport area in a recent phone interview from his Los Angeles home. The actor-director-producer has drawn on his own Connecticut background for the new Travel Channel series "John Ratzenberger's Made in America," in which he visits factories and shops all over the country. A recent episode featured footage Ratzenberger and his crew shot at Sikorsky Aircraft in Statford last fall. When he was growing up in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, Ratzenberger said that no one ever needed a repairman because "if you couldn't fix it, then certainly one of the neighbors (could)." "Everybody in the neighborhood could put their hands to something," the actor added. "I thought people who worked with their hands were like Renaissance men," Ratzenberger said. "They could do anything." The star always hated the TV and movie stereotype of the uncouth working-class man; his truck driver dad was a Civil War scholar, and one of the Black Rock neighbors wrote poetry in his free time. "They were smart and they could do things," he said. Ratzenberger believes there is a factory worker or craftsman behind nearly every artist. "You can't be much of a rock 'n' roll artist without somebody who made the guitar," he said. When the Travel Channel approached Ratzenberger with the idea for a TV road trip series that would take him all over the country in a big RV, he jumped at the chance. "This is something I've always done," Ratzenberger said of heading out on the open road. "I definitely have my (trucker) father's DNA." Ratzenberger's first Jack Kerouac-style jaunt was at the age of 18. Last summer, the 56-year-old Ratzenberger took a 6,000-mile cross- country trip in his Airstream trailer to visit colleges with his 16- year-old son James. "I'm comfortable on the road," he said. "It feels like home to me." Ratzenberger asked the producers to add Sikorsky to the list of factories he would visit on his TV road trip. The Stratford stop included a reunion with Ratzenberger's old Bridgeport buddy Neal Leonard, who now works as a helicopter pilot. "It was one of the best parts of doing the show," Ratzenberger said. "I hadn't seen him for years and he gave me an aerial tour of Black Rock." The performer has kept busy since 1993 when he hung up Cliff Clavin's postal worker's uniform from "Cheers" (the costume is now on view at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.). Ratzenberger holds the distinction of being the only performer to do voice work on all of the Pixar animated movies (he just finished next year's "The Incredibles"). The performer has also directed episodes of many TV series and has his own production company, Fiddlers Bay Productions. Ratzenberger hasn't been interested in signing on to another weekly situation comedy, however. "I was just approached about another series but it was not that funny," he said. "The things they're writing these days tend to want to go below the belt for laughs and that makes me uncomfortable." The performer said his road trips and regular return visits to Black Rock demonstrate that network TV executives tend to be out of touch with average Americans. "As nice as they are, they really don't know a lot about (places other than Los Angeles and New York). One of them didn't know what a truck stop was," Ratzenberger said. "He didn't know such a thing existed." "I'm much more comfortable on a factory floor than I am at Spago," he added of the chic L.A. eatery presided over by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck. Copyright © 2004, The Associated Press Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Conkle Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Good Morning to all our roadie friends, This will be short and a more detailed report to follow later. Our DC Caravan was a total success. For those that were there my deepest thanks to each of you for being there and your contributions to the success. Folks we could have not had a better group representing us in DC, then these super passionate people. Please give each of them a big hug when next you see them. What we accomplished in just a few short days is nothing short of unbelievable. Never before in modern day history of Route 66 or any other major road/corridor has such a group come together to push our cause to such a different group of folks in DC. Yes, Cyrus and others in their day did so and we were honored to continue that effort. Where they were working on getting the road started we were working to preserve what they accomplished. Even the weather was beautiful for us. And the Route 66 display at the Smithsonian brought tears to our eyes. I hope that each of the members of this illustrates group will also post their feelings. Guy will be putting all his photos and text on to our web site as the final chapter in the Caravan or is it the first chapter in the new movement? We accomplish what we set out to do and had great fun doing it. We are truly blessed to be a part of the Route 66 family and we want you our brothers and sisters to know that all of you were with us in sprit. What we learned, the people we met and the ideas/suggestion/support that was given to us is going to pay big dividends for all of us in the future. In fact, Glen Duncan and I will be going back to push our causes again in March as a part of the National Trust team, thanks to the generous offer and support of Hampton to cover our expenses. So while I am at the thanking of folks it is my great pleasure to tell all of you that the Caravan (where we started the petition signing), this past DC trip and the next ones have come about because Hampton started, supported and helped our cause. They too deserve a hug and our thanks. James M. Conkle CEO Route 66 Preservation Foundation P O Box 290066 Phelan, CA 92329-0066 760 617 3991 cell 760 868 3320 760 868 8614 fax jim@cart66pf.org www.cart66pf.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Adams Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 I have always been attracted to factory tours and this show is a great idea. It would be even better if they'd hire a good writer. The dialogue (and monologues) need some work. Nonetheless, I'm sure any regular in this forum would love to get paid for driving backroads in an RV and chatting with factory workers. I always envied Charles Kuralt - and now Ratzenberger. -----Original Message----- not repeated for brevity. Glenn Adams gfa77@earthlink.net www.lasvegasregion.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rich Rheingold Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 -I also like this show and would love to do this as well. Does anyone know how to contact the show to see if they would do an episode about route 20? -- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Glenn Adams <gfa77@e...> wrote: > I have always been attracted to factory tours and this show is a great idea. It would be even better if they'd hire a good writer. The dialogue (and monologues) need some work. > > Nonetheless, I'm sure any regular in this forum would love to get paid for driving backroads in an RV and chatting with factory workers. I always envied Charles Kuralt - and now Ratzenberger. > > > -----Original Message----- not repeated for brevity. > > > Glenn Adams > gfa77@e... > www.lasvegasregion.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pat B. Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 These guys have really dropped the ball on this!! Check out the route from OK City to Amarillo. Quick, someone send them a copy of Here It Is, The Map Series! WEDNESDAY'S ROUTE - MARCH 24 From Oklahoma City, OK we will head West on State Highway 66 to US 81 South. From US 81 South we will connect with State Highway 152 West towards Texas. Once we enter the State of Texas we will connect with US 60 into Amarillo. --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Pat" <roadmaven@a...> wrote: > Hi all...There's a neat thing SPEED TV is doing the next couple of > weeks. The host of their Tuesday night show "2 Wheel Tuesday" and a > partner are riding 50cc Yamaha Zuma scooters from Lowes Motor > Speedway in Charlotte, NC to Fontana, CA. Their route takes them > through OK City, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Flagstaff, up to Las Vegas, > and down into Fontana. Since these are illegal on the interstates, > it's only logical which road they'll be on from OK City into Arizona. > A complete itinerary can be found at the SPEED website: > http://speedtv.com/features/562/ > > Also, watch for updates Monday through Thursday night on > SPEED's "Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain", 10-11pm EST. If any of you > business owners out there on 66 encounter them in the next two weeks, > let us know! > > Pat B. > Speedway, IN > http://roadtripmemories.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beckyrepp Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 GREETINGS FROM AMERICAN ROAD STAFF! Spring has sprung and summer drive time is just around the corner. We hope you are enjoying the Spring 2004 issue of AMERICAN ROAD. It mailed to subscribers February 9 and should have arrived in your mailbox. Our supplemental mailing (if you subscribed after January 15) will be mailed at the end of March. You should receive your copy in the mail in mid to late April. IN THIS E-NEWSLETTER: -PRESTIGIOUS "MR. MAGAZINE" RANKS AMERICAN ROAD AMONG MOST NOTABLE US MAGAZINE LAUNCHES OF 2003! -AMERICAN ROAD FOUNDER'S CLUB CERTIFICATES ON THE WAY -AMERICAN ROAD READER SURVEY -PRESERVATION ALERT—MEADOW GOLD SIGN ON ROUTE 66 -ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR A MOTHER'S DAY OR FATHER'S DAY GIFT? -MANY THANKS TO THE ADVERTISERS IN AMERICAN ROAD -PARK PLACE: YOUR CURBSIDE CALENDAR -RENEWALS PRESTIGIOUS "MR. MAGAZINE" RANKS AMERICAN ROAD AMONG MOST NOTABLE US MAGAZINE LAUNCHES OF 2003! AMERICAN ROAD "Brings a new voice to the travel niche with a focus on US road trips," says Samir Husni in the latest issue of FOLIO. FOLIO is the periodical industry's magazine. Dr. Samir Husni, aka "Mr. Magazine," is professor of Journalism at the University of Mississippi. FOLIO reports "he carefully tracks the flow of new magazines into the U.S. market. Not much escapes his notice." There were 948 launches in 2003. In the March 2004 issue of FOLIO, Dr. Husni focuses on the 30 titles considered as the most notable launches of 2003—AMERICAN ROAD made the list! How do magazines make the list? The winners are publications that are innovative and will have an impact on the industry. Several factors, including the amount of buzz the launches generate, how original they are and how well they fit the target audience play into the decision. Thomas Repp, Executive Editor of AMERICAN ROAD, states, "We're honored to be on this prestigious list of notable magazines for 2003. Combined, our team of expert writers and staff has more than 100 years of experience. This reflects well on everyone who is a part of AMERICAN ROAD." For a complete copy of the FOLIO Magazine article visit http://foliomag.com/ar/marketing_launches_year/index.htm.. AMERICAN ROAD FOUNDER'S CLUB CERTIFICATES A large batch of FOUNDER'S CLUB certificates is being mailed to those individuals that subscribed in the second half of 2003. The certificates mailed yesterday bulk rate. They should take approximately 2-4 weeks for delivery. AMERICAN ROAD READER SURVEY Please take a few moments to complete our subscriber survey at: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2DEP7TUUR We value your input on how we may better meet your needs. PRESERVATION ALERT—MEADOW GOLD SIGN ON ROUTE 66 The new owner of the property housing the historic Meadow Gold sign on Route 66 in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, is going to expand his business. The owner has graciously agreed to donate the sign IF it can be relocated. The Tulsa Foundation for Architecture is raising funds to relocate the sign to another spot along Route 66 and restore its long-dimmed neon. Time is short. The Oklahoma Route 66 Association is asking people to donate funds to this effort. Questions can be directed to Rick Schmigle at 918-492-2822 or route 66@webzone.net. The Tulsa Foundation for Architecture is a non- profit organization, so donations are tax deductible. ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR A MOTHER'S DAY OR FATHER'S DAY GIFT? Search no more. American Road is the perfect gift that they will enjoy all year long! Order today by calling toll-free 1-877-285- 5434, or order on-line (www.mockturtlepress.com). We will send a gift notice—and we can personalize it with a message from you! If you subscribe before March 15, 2004 they will become a Founder's Club member, too! And, don't forget all the great gift ideas advertised in AMERICAN ROAD! Tell them you saw it in AMERICAN ROAD! MANY THANKS TO THE ADVERTISERS IN AMERICAN ROAD They help make AMERICAN ROAD possible. When you patronize them be sure to tell them you saw them in AMERICAN ROAD: Anderson Productions California Route 66 Museum & Gift Shop Carthage Convention & Visitors Bureau Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau Cycle Barn Ghost Town Press GRandall Web Design International Tulsa Route 66 Festival Jerry McClanahan Roadside Artist Lincoln Highway Association Mobil Travel Guide Motorcycle 101 Motorsports Show Munger Moss Motel Nebraska Department of Tourism Ollie's Shirt Factory Pop Up Times Roadworks Gifts & Souvenirs Route 66 Mother Road Museum RV Companion Magazine Twisters 50s Soda Fountain Virginia Main Street PARK PLACE: Your curbside calendar March 1 –31, St. Louis, Missouri—Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery exhibit. The State of Missouri's panel exhibit chronicling the Corps of Discovery's journey will be on display at St. Louis Union Station. The free exhibit is located on the second floor of the Station's festival marketplace near the Union Station Memories Museum. March 29 and 30, King County Library System, Washington. Route 66: The Romance of the West. Once the West was wild. And so was the automobile ride from the eastern edge of New Mexico through the great Mohave Desert. Hear fascinating stories and see photographs of the people and places that shaped western Route 66, presented by Thomas Arthur Repp—Executive Editor of AMERICAN ROAD and a veteran writer, photographer, and historian—who has spent nearly a decade traveling Route 66. (March 15, Richmond Beach Library, Shoreline. March 18, Bellevue Regional Library, Bellevue. March 29, Newport Way Library, Bellevue. March 30, Fairview Library, Renton.) April 22-25, Portland, Oregon—Preserving the Historic Road in America Conference. Join historic roads advocates from across North America and abroad for four days of tours, educational sessions, dialogue and debate during the fourth biennial (and only national) conference addressing the identification, preservation, and management of historic roads. More information is available by contacting 202-558-6204 or by e-mailing syd_scott@nthp.org. April 30-May 2, Seligman, Arizona— 17th Annual Route 66 Fun Run. Sponsored by the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona, this three-day event begins in Seligman, Arizona, and travels 140 miles of Route 66 to Topock/Golden Shores. The event is open to "anything with wheels that runs in 2004!" You'll enjoy the classic cars, fabulous food, and of course the drive! Be sure to stop by the American Road booth in the Power House Museum in Kingman on Saturday. Registration is required. Visit www.azrt66.com or phone (928)753-5001 for more information. June 10-13, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma—International Tulsa Route 66 Festival. Drawing thousands of visitors from around the world, this four-day event in Tulsa's historic Brady Village will feature numerous entertainment venues, celebrities, street festival, classic car shows, motorcycles, food booths, lots of souvenirs to purchase, Route 66 memorabilia, Mother Road workshops, film festival, a 5k run, Oklahoma Route 66 Association exhibit, Route 66 Authors & Artists Expo, annual Steinbeck Awards Banquet, Mother Road sightseeing tours, Art Deco tours and more. June 11-12, Seaside, Oregon—Downtown Seaside's First Annual Muscle Beach Cruz. The Seaside Downtown Development Association and Flashback Promotions present a brand-new event. Festivities include a welcome party, poker run, show and shine, walking poker run, cruise, and a dance. Be sure to stop by the American Road booth and say hello! Muscle car entry details may be obtained by calling 503- 717-8530 or e-mailing flashbac@pacifier.com. June 12, Stevens Point area, Wisconsin—Yellowstone Trail Days. The festivities take place at Heritage Park from 12-5 pm, antique cars, re-enactors, old time entertainment, presentations, crafters, food & refreshments. Call 1-800-236-4636 for information. June 16-19, Chester, West Virginia—Lincoln Highway Association 12th Annual Conference. Experience the fun of visiting three states traversed by the Lincoln Highway, America's first coast-to-coast highway! Contact conference co-coordinator Bob Lichty at (330) 456- 7869 or rrubin@neo.rr.com with questions. Also visit www.lhtp.com for info. RENEWALS Check the address label on you latest issue of AMERICAN ROAD. If the label indicates 0 following "Bal" then your subscription has expired and its time to renew! Renewal notices were mailed at the end of February. 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Guest Robert Droz Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Yes, road fandom has spread, and fragmented into specialties. I manage a group based on the US numbered highway system, to preserve, celebrate and protect. In a baldfaced measure to gain new mwmbers, I scanned the earliest US highway route logs from 1925 and 1927 into the Adobe PDF format. If you want to see them, you'll have to join. -- Robert V. Droz http://www.us-highways.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ushwys/join Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lulupic66@aol.com Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Hi all! While on the computer and halfway listening to the TV, I came across this program and I thought you "Roadies' might be interested One of my fave programs is called "Unwrapped" The show goes to different places and it shows how your fave foods are created. For example, they went to the "Peeps, factory or how pickle relish is made, etc. This episode was called "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" A look at food consumed while traveling, includes diners. The program showcased how Airplane food is prepared, then they went to how food was prepared on the Railroad, {wait guys there is a payoff here There is a gentleman who collects china from the "Railroad Era" Some from the Sante Fe RR. Then they showed a diner that was moved from New Jersey to Michigan It is call "Rosie's Diner" in bright neon. The commercial for the "Quicker, picker, upper" { A paper towel product} was filmed in this building. Then they stopped at the Dixie Truckers Home in McClean IL The Dixie was opened in 1928. The name Dixie was chosen to invoke Southern Hospitality, When Mr Geske opened, he buried the keys in the cement with a vow to never close. It did close for a few hours when there was a fire at the place. The program concluded with how Cruise Ships feed their guests. I found it fascinating, but that's me. This channel reruns a lot of their programing, if interested, you might want to check out your local listings, just a head's up, Lulu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Worley Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 --- roamndav <roamndav@verizon.net> wrote: > For those of you visiting Texas or the SW this summer, I invite you > to visit my Hwy 80 pages where I've compiled some very detailed > driving directions based upon 1930/1934/1936-40/1948/1961 maps. > [...] > http://bygonebyways.com/texas_80.htm > Cheers, > Jeff Jeff, Wow - what a great site! Thanks for the tip. As a matter of fact, I just might have the opportunity to see a lot of US 80 in the next few years. My son Nick just got accepted to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, so starting this summer we will be driving quite a bit out west around I-20 between Dallas and Sweetwater. I think an alternate route down 180/80 would be more enjoyable if time permits! We actually got a preview of sorts over the past few months: our high school basketball team made it all the way to the State Championship game, and we followed the team throughout the playoffs. A regional semi tournament was in Abilene, then the following week the regional championship tournament was in Midland. So we logged about 1,000 miles going back and forth on I-20 in a nine-day span. Thanks again, Bob Worley Cedar Hill, Texas www.worley-world.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25? http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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