Guest ypsislim Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Hey Folks, Here's the latest on the Lincoln Highway Garage in York. It looks like it's days are numbered: http://ydr.com/story/business/20209/?PHPSE...5ee2c8780687055 ypsi-slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mockturtlepress Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Greetings, All: I write tonight from the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland. The Preserving = Historic Roads in America conference has begun. It's amazing to see such a group of people coming together from all over th= e US. The conference officially gets underway tomorrow. This evening, attendees gathered inside the historic US National Bank Building on Broadway in downtown Portland. I can't possibly list everyone in attendance= . John Ridge is here from the Yellowstone Trail Association. Michael Taylor i= s here to talk about the Route 66 Corridor Act. Jim Conkle is here to work hi= s preservation magic. We've met folks here representing the Apache Trail and = the National Road. Dan Marriott, conference founder, seems pleased by the turn-out. The bank building was the perfect place for the pre-conference gathering. Beautiful building with an incredible ambiance. The Benson Hotel—once the Oregon Hotel—was built in 1912. It's one of those classic hotels that has b= een lovingly restored. I'll try to report more tomorrow as the conference officially gets underway= . For tonight, the mood is electric. This is one conference that's sure to be remembered for a long time. Thomas Repp AMERICAN ROAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Cell Phones Making British Booths Obsolete Thu Apr 22, 4:08 PM ET By MICHAEL McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer LONDON - Britain's storied telephone booths N the classic red version and its drab glass cousin N are fighting for their lives in what looks like a losing battle with the cell phone. Four out of five Britons now carry mobile phones and pay phones don't make as much money as they once did. The company responsible for them plans to remove 10,000 by the end of next year. That includes some of the country's 15,000 red booths, which first appeared nearly 80 years ago and became a British icon. http://makeashorterlink.com/?C39424A18 __________________________________ I want one! . . . Has anyone a line on where these 15,000 boothes are going? ...Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UKRoads Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] OT?: British Booths Obsolete Cell Phones Making British Booths Obsolete Thu Apr 22, 4:08 PM ET By MICHAEL McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer LONDON - Britain's storied telephone booths N the classic red version and its drab glass cousin N are fighting for their lives in what looks like a losing battle with the cell phone. Four out of five Britons now carry mobile phones and pay phones don't make as much money as they once did. The company responsible for them plans to remove 10,000 by the end of next year. That includes some of the country's 15,000 red booths, which first appeared nearly 80 years ago and became a British icon. http://makeashorterlink.com/?C39424A18 __________________________________ I want one! . . . Has anyone a line on where these 15,000 boothes are going? ..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@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UKRoads Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 These 'Telephone Boxes', as they are correctly called, are owned and operated by BT, our national telephone company. I think you will find them at www.bt.com and I'm sure there will be a link somewhere. This site also seems to sell red phone boxes, http://www.britishbits.co.uk/ Regards Walter from Glasgow ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] OT?: British Booths Obsolete Cell Phones Making British Booths Obsolete Thu Apr 22, 4:08 PM ET By MICHAEL McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer LONDON - Britain's storied telephone booths N the classic red version and its drab glass cousin N are fighting for their lives in what looks like a losing battle with the cell phone. Four out of five Britons now carry mobile phones and pay phones don't make as much money as they once did. The company responsible for them plans to remove 10,000 by the end of next year. That includes some of the country's 15,000 red booths, which first appeared nearly 80 years ago and became a British icon. http://makeashorterlink.com/?C39424A18 __________________________________ I want one! . . . Has anyone a line on where these 15,000 boothes are going? ..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@yahoogroups.comTo POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Thank you so much Walter, and here I thought it too far off topic. Still a roadside attraction as we recently talked about facing the same dilema here in America. Parts of our landscape are disappearing too. I'm one of those funny people who don't own a wireless and only realized what a rare beast I am when I recently went looking for a public phone at a particular sporting venue. . . "All gone" the man said, "they weren't doing the business, so they pulled them out!" Imagine the funny looks I got for asking. I'm a Dr Who fan too. I suppose the blue "Call-up" or Telephone Boxes are even more rare than the red ones. . . often thought I could live in one of those with the effects of "e-space" and all. . . Thanks again for the links, cheers! . . Chris --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "UKRoads" <ukroads@b...> wrote: > These 'Telephone Boxes', as they are correctly called, are owned and operated by BT, our national telephone company. I think you will find them at www.bt.com and I'm sure there will be a link somewhere. This site also seems to sell red phone boxes, http://www.britishbits.co.uk/ > Regards Walter from Glasgow > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris > To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:35 PM > Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] OT?: British Booths Obsolete > > > Cell Phones Making British Booths Obsolete > Thu Apr 22, 4:08 PM ET > By MICHAEL McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer > > LONDON - Britain's storied telephone booths N the classic red > version and its drab glass cousin N are fighting for their lives in > what looks like a losing battle with the cell phone. > > Four out of five Britons now carry mobile phones and pay phones > don't make as much money as they once did. The company > responsible for them plans to remove 10,000 by the end of next > year. > > That includes some of the country's 15,000 red booths, which > first appeared nearly 80 years ago and became a British icon. > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?C39424A18 > __________________________________ > > I want one! . . . > Has anyone a line on where these 15,000 boothes are going? > ..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 > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Larry Kinsey Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Only 1 month and 27 days until our great adventure to the Havasupai Indian Reservation. Has anyone had a stay at the Grand Canyon Caverns Inn in Peach Springs? Have considered staying there before taking the drive to Hilltop and hiking into the Grand Canyon. Larry Kinsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Reynolds Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Article forwarded from the Wasington Post Twists And Twangs By Marcus Roth With arms aloft, hands trembling, Reverend Lane shuffled down the aisle. "If you need a shot of the Holy Spirit, come on down here!" he hollered at the congregation. A young man in a baseball cap handed him a foam cup and quickly ducked away. "Ahh, water. The source of all life," he said and took a sip. "No, sir, ain't no water down there. Ain't nothing down there but dry burning heat for all of eternity!" he roared, and the Lee Smith Singers came back to the pulpit to close the service with "I'll Fly Away." We didn't approach the altar. We'd come to the Log House Church in Weber City, Va., in search of something other than the Holy Spirit; we were looking for the spirited gospel music that begat old-time music that begat bluegrass and country. My banjo-picking buddy John Moncure and I were traveling in his modest RV along Virginia's Crooked Road, a new tourist trail through southwest Virginia's Appalachian musical heritage. The region has long attracted roots music pilgrims, wandering the small-town theaters and roadhouses in search of the birthplaces of country and bluegrass. But last year the state formally organized the experience into the Crooked Road, a 250-mile string of state highways snaking through the mountains near North Carolina and Tennessee. The valleys and "hollers" are filled with fine music, hearty country cooking and scenery that has inspired a whole catalogue of songs. Our own six-day journey began in the town of Floyd, about 40 miles south of Roanoke. The Floyd Country Store has garnered a reputation for outstanding bluegrass and old-time music. Locals gather with tourists each Friday night for a public dance. When we arrived, the dance floor was a blur of youngsters, oldsters and everyone in between, flat-footing and toe-tapping to Ralph Hayden and the Barbershop Grass. "Students from Virginia Tech and Radford come out here to laugh at the local yokels, but they wind up dancing with us," said Evona Jessup, a regular. Saturday we went west, following the banjo-emblazoned signs for the Crooked Road. We stopped long enough to pull a few trout out of Whitetop Laurel Creek, a gushing mountain stream that tumbles down out of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area into Damascus. Then, a few miles beyond town on the haunches of Clinch Mountain, we found the Carter Family Fold, a large, unpainted structure that looked more like a sawmill than a concert hall. But it is a music venue established by Janette Carter, the younger daughter of A.P. and Sara Carter, "the first family of country music." Janette still hosts weekly Saturday night shows with her throaty voice and chiming autoharp. Bill Lowe & Cripple Creek had the place jumping. Folks were kicking up their heels to old-time dance tunes revved up with dizzying bluegrass rhythm, punctuated by the clacking of metal dance taps. Sunday morning we headed toward Bristol, a small city straddling the Virginia-Tennessee line. Unpleasantly surprised to find the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance in a mall, I was ultimately impressed by this eclectic museum that tells the story of "Appalachian music as it moved from the front porches into the recording and radio studios." Among the items on display in the glass cases were a gourd "banjar" (African ancestor of the five-string banjo), a functional fiddle made of matchsticks, and a photo of Jimmie Rodgers signed, "To the Carter Family, hope we have many more Pleasant Recordings together." Outside we doubled back toward Duffield, one of several reversals we made to catch as many performances as possible. We camped at Natural Tunnel State Park, where Stock Creek has carved a 100-foot-high passage through the mountain. The rock walls around the tunnel's mouth form a natural band shell where bluegrass groups play in the summer. Monday morning, the Crooked Road took us north into coal country. Here the curvaceous green mountains are interrupted by flat yellow patches where coal companies leveled mountaintops to harvest the black rock. We stopped in front of a four-story Victorian in the old coal town of Clintwood, a refurbished house that is now the Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center. We arrived just as Dr. Ralph himself rolled up in his red 1989 Zimmer, a sleek, modernized version of the 1930s Duesenberg. The soft-spoken 78-year-old, who helped rekindle interest in bluegrass with his haunting a cappella performance in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," was clearly thrilled with his home town's new state-of-the art museum, which rang with Stanley Brothers music and flashed with video footage from vintage shows and documentaries. "There's not many people who ever live to see a museum that's built after them," he said. "I'm hoping it will bring a lot of people and help revive this area." Afterward, we drove 20 minutes up into the hills to see the recently renovated festival grounds where the Ralph Stanley Hills of Home Bluegrass Festival takes place every Memorial Day weekend. In Big Stone Gap, we stopped at the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority, where Executive Director Geneva O'Quinn assured us a companion CD and book would be available along the route by late summer. And soon the agency will build roadside listening posts where travelers can tune in to audio commentary on their radios. For now, a downloadable map and a visitor guide are available (see box). We made it back to Weber City in time for the weekly Tuesday night jam sessions at the Lazy Time Pickin' Parlor. In the music shop's crowded back room, a group of eight or nine musicians, mostly seniors, sat in a circle playing old country standards. People were drinking coffee as if it were beer. The atmosphere was inviting, and my friend John soon added his banjo to the mix. When the band slid into a rendition of "Walking the Floor Over You," an eightysomething lady from a nearby senior center jumped out of her folding chair, dancing and grinning . Driving home the next morning, we decided to drop in unannounced on musician and guitarmaker Wayne Henderson. He lives just off the Crooked Road in Grayson County, where Christmas tree saplings speckle the undulating hills in neat rows. Henderson is famous as a modern-day Stradivarius of the steel-string guitar (he kept Eric Clapton waiting seven years for his order) and for his sparkling old-time fingerpicking. In his sawdust-covered workshop, filled with tools, slabs of exotic wood and pieces of unfinished guitars and mandolins, he said he hoped tourism would boost a county economy once sustained by furniture and textile mills. "The Crooked Road will certainly bring attention to our music and culture, which is probably this community's best resource. And it would be real hard to move to China," he said. Southwestern Virginia, left in the dust by economic progress, now stands to gain from its link to the past. "It's not just a matter of following the signs the Virginia tourism office puts up, said Randy Sluss, a regular at the Pickin' Parlor. "The Crooked Road is everywhere: It's every back road, every holler, every church, every mountain and every front porch around here." Escape Keys GETTING THERE: The 250-mile-long Crooked Road officially begins at the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, on the campus of Ferrum College in Ferrum, Va., about 280 miles south of Washington. WHERE TO STAY: Oak Haven Lodge (323 Webb's Mills Rd., Floyd, 540-745-5716, http://www.oakhavenlodge.com/ ) is a new but rustic and affordable lodge close to downtown Floyd. Double rooms are $65. The Damascus Old Mill (215 Imboden St., Damascus, 276-475-3745, http://www.damascusoldmill.com/ ) is a small inn next to the Holston River. Rooms from $119 to $189. There are good campgrounds and plenty of beauty at both Grayson Highlands State Park (829 Grayson Highland Lane, near Mount Rogers National Recreation Area , 276-579-7092, http://www.dcr.state.va.us/ ) and Natural Tunnel State Park (Route 3, 276-940-2674, http://www.naturaltunnel.info/ ) near Duffield. WHERE TO EAT: Mama Lazardo's Pizza (205 S. Locust St., Floyd) has good pizza and a variety of beer and wine. For country cooking, try the County Line Cafe (956 E. Stuart Dr., Galax, 276-236-3201); lunch, tax and tip runs $5 to $7. MUSIC: The Birthplace of Country Music Alliance Museum (500 Gate City Hwy., Bristol, Va., 276-645-0035, http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/ ) is open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday noon to 7. The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center in Clintwood (Main Street, 276-926-5591, http://www.ralphstanleymuseum.com/ ) is open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Blue Ridge Institute and Museum (540-365-4416, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. in summer, http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org/ ) at Ferrum College has rotating exhibits on the music and culture of the Blue Ridge. Friday nights at the Floyd Country Store (296 S. Locust St., 540-745-4563, http://www.floydcountrystore.com/ ) feature gospel, old-time and bluegrass bands. The Carter Family Fold (A.P. Carter Highway; follow signs from Route 58 in Hiltons, 276-386-9480, http://www.carterfamilyfold.org/ ) has live shows every Saturday night starting at 7:30. The music shop Pickin' Parlor (Route 23, Weber City, 276-386-2654) fills with local musicians Tuesday evenings at 7. FESTIVALS: Ralph Stanley hosts his 35th annual Hills of Home Bluegrass Festival ( http://www.drralphstanley.com/ ) near Clintwood, May 26-28. Guests this year include Gillian Welch, Jim Lauderdale, Larry Sparks and Rhonda Vincent in addition to Dr. Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Grayson Highlands State Park offers a mountain setting for the Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival & Guitar Competition ( http://www.waynehenderson.org/ ), on June 18. This year's Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax ( http://www.oldfiddlersconvention.com/ ) is Aug. 8-13. INFO: The Crooked Road , 866-686-6874, http://www.thecrookedroad.org/ . Would you like to send this article to a friend? 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Guest Hodkin Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Route 66 Mother Road Museum in Barstow is making additions to www.route66museum.org, the museum's website. Check out FREE DOWNLOADS. Travelers to the Mojave Desert especially will want their own copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rwarn17588 Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 I vote for none of the above. My reasons have been oft-stated in these and other posts. Fred, by your own admission, you haven't driven Route 66 in decades. Why don't you actually drive the route before offering "solutions" that may produce no results or be even harmful? Anyone who portrays himself as a Route 66 crusader without having firsthand knowledge about the current state of the road is severely straining his credibility. And if you want a perfect example of why recertification would be bad because it would create a lot more traffic, look at what happened to the old 281 Spur in western Oklahoma. This alignment of 66 with the original Portland cement was often used by trucks as a shortcut. Because of the extra traffic and subsequent safety concerns, the road engineers tore up the road and resurfaced it -- removing the character of it. Michael Taylor of the Route 66 Corridor Act frequently uses this as an example of what is lost when Route 66 isn't adequately preserved. Route 66 needs to be a scenic road, where big trucks are discouraged. That's why the scenic byway designation is important. Ron Warnick Tulsa, OK (near Southwest Boulevard, which is old Route 66) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pat B. Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Hey Fred...You can use the "Polls" feature on the Yahoo Groups website to keep better track. It's pretty easy to use...here's a link to our's: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/AMERICAN_ROAD/polls Pat B. American Road Host Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest parsa9 Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 http://www.route66museum.org/ --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Hodkin" <kdhod@e...> wrote: > Route 66 Mother Road Museum in Barstow is making additions to www.route66museum.org, the museum's website. Check out FREE DOWNLOADS. Travelers to the Mojave Desert especially will want their own copy. > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Kruser Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 I vote for number 3 also. Bill Kruser > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:34:41 -0500 > From: "BringBackRoute66.com" <fredmcain@bringbackroute66.com> > Subject: U.S. ROUTE DESIGNATION POLL > > Dear Group, > > I would like very much to conduct a poll of all e-group members > concerning a > new, official AASHTO U.S. Route designation for Old Route 66. > > Which one of the following proposals would you favor the most? > > 1) Re-designate the Old Road as a new, "Historic Bannered" U.S. Route by > designating a new mainline parent U.S. Route on the freeway that would > provide the support necessary for the paired bannered route. In other > words, an arrangement similar to the paired toll road/scenic route > U.S. 412 > in eastern Oklahoma. > > 2) A new Official U.S. 66 designation on the old road itself > co-designating > on the Interstates for short distances to bridge gaps where an older, > historic alignment is simply no longer available. This scenario would > assume no significant "improvements" would be mandated to the historic > infrastructure. > > 3) A new, "Historic Bannered" U.S. Route designation on the old road > that > would simply have no mainline "parent". (Would require a modification of > AASHTO guidelines. > > 4) A new, official U.S. Route designation not specified above. (Please > share your idea with us.) > > There are nearly 200 members in our group. It would be so wonderful > if we > could here from all of you. I already know that a few of you are > opposed to > a new U.S. Route designation under any circumstance. Could those of you > opposed to a new U.S. Route designation share with us as to whether or > not > you might change your mind *IF* certain criteria were to be met? What > needs > to be done to make this concept acceptable to more (if not all) > supporters > of the "Mother Road"? > > Fred M. Cain, > U.S. Route 66 Re-commissioning Initiative > http://www.bringbackroute66.com > ***************************************************************************** > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CRuth Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Absolutely, positively, NONE of these. Your ideas will lead to the ruination of the road Ron and Emily are dead on right. I traveled the road in 1988,1990 and 1992 - I studied maps, got "temporarily misplaced" a few times, stop and talked to the people who live along 66, explored, enjoyed, bumped along some old sections, enjoyed the Portland Cement stretches, the old narrow bridges and did all this without needing to see an "official" shield - sure, some historic signs were missing, but that's what makes exploring the old roads great. And I certainly couldn't have enjoyed it speeding along on the new and improved signed lanes, while an 18-wheeler tries to drive up my tailpipe. Carol BringBackRoute66.com wrote: > Dear Group, > > I would like very much to conduct a poll of all e-group members > concerning a > new, official AASHTO U.S. Route designation for Old Route 66. > > Which one of the following proposals would you favor the most? > > 1) Re-designate the Old Road as a new, "Historic Bannered" U.S. Route by > designating a new mainline parent U.S. Route on the freeway that would > provide the support necessary for the paired bannered route. In other > words, an arrangement similar to the paired toll road/scenic route > U.S. 412 > in eastern Oklahoma. > > 2) A new Official U.S. 66 designation on the old road itself > co-designating > on the Interstates for short distances to bridge gaps where an older, > historic alignment is simply no longer available. This scenario would > assume no significant "improvements" would be mandated to the historic > infrastructure. > > 3) A new, "Historic Bannered" U.S. Route designation on the old road > that > would simply have no mainline "parent". (Would require a modification of > AASHTO guidelines. > > 4) A new, official U.S. Route designation not specified above. (Please > share your idea with us.) > > There are nearly 200 members in our group. It would be so wonderful > if we > could here from all of you. I already know that a few of you are > opposed to > a new U.S. Route designation under any circumstance. Could those of you > opposed to a new U.S. Route designation share with us as to whether or > not > you might change your mind *IF* certain criteria were to be met? What > needs > to be done to make this concept acceptable to more (if not all) > supporters > of the "Mother Road"? > > Fred M. Cain, > U.S. Route 66 Re-commissioning Initiative > http://www.bringbackroute66.com > ***************************************************************************** > > > > 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 > <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=1299lt41o/M=29...001176/D=groups /S=1707284507:HM/EXP=1088048535/A=2128215/R=0/SIG=10se96mf6/*http://companion.ya hoo.com> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > <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 pirateofwallst Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Parents say i was born in a hospital, but i believe i was born in the back of the vw micro bus. Been to every state in the country except hawai, i guess i cant drive there so i havent been. Been all over the world but this is the american road board. I trade stocks to prove a living to my nomadic existence, best part a internet cafe is never to far away and i can work any where. So right now im sweltering in NH east coast humidity, but be gearing up from the road. I hear the highway calling.... So as i go from state to state i will report my adventures on the bi ways and highways. I also will update u all on my traveling stock picks.... Take a look im good, we all got to make extra cash to pay for these gas prices. Anyone rocking a hybrid car let me know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pirateofwallst Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 --- Hows ashville ? maybe time for me to go back there.... Been back and forth coast to coast 10 times last year, i am nutty for the road.... In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Teri" <clanhanna@b...> wrote: > > Hello from NW of Nashville, TN! Can't believe I found a group that > is as nutters about road trips as my husband and I are! Last 2 > springs we have done a major road trip. > > In '04 we went thru the SW USA (8000 miles)-- Arkansas High Point - > Magazine Mt., "Heifer Project, International" HQ - AR, Dallas TX, > Texas Hill Country, San Antonio TX, LBJ Ranch NHP, TX, west TX along > hwy 90 (Langtry), Carlsbad Caverns NP, NM, El Paso TX, Juarez, > Mexico, White Sands NP, NM, Valley Of Fire, NM, Petroglyphs NP, NM, > Petrified Forest NP, AZ, Meteor Crater AZ, Sequoia NP, CA, Yosemite > NP, CA, down the Sierra Nevada Mts, CA, Manzanar NHP, CA, Death > Valley NP, CA, Las Vegas NV, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon AZ, Monument > Valley UT, "Four Corners" , Mesa Verde CO, Royal Gorge CO, Colorado > Springs CO, thru the Rocky Mts (Leadville), Lawrence KS and back home. > > And on another trip to NC we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway from > Asheville to Cherokee. With that trip, we have now driven the entire > parkway. > > Just back a few weeks ago, we're back from a trip (6700 miles) thru > the Dakotas and then back by "The Great River Road" (from the > headwaters of the Mississippi River to the tip of Illinois). > > For the "Great Plains" portion of the trip, we departed from > Clarksville, thru MO by way of Carthage (Laura Ingalls Wilder home, > George Washington Carver NP and Marlon Perkins memorial) to > Independence MO (Truman NHS) and up along western Iowa and on to > Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sioux Falls west across the state to the > Black Hills (Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument). Quick jag > into Wyoming to the Devil's Tower (I hate that name!) and back to SD > heading up to North Dakota. Travel along west part past Roosevelt Nat > Park and up to the Minot area, then we will drop down to Bismarck on > our way east to head out of North Dakota at Grand Forks. > > Entering Minnesota we went to the headwaters of the Mississippi River > and then came down the center of the state to hit another Laura > Ingalls site - Walnut Grove. From St. Paul we followed "The Great > River Road" along the MS river all the way back to KY. In MN we > visited the small towns along the way and saw family. In Iowa, we > visited "the field of dreams" site, Herbert Hoover NHS and the Amana > Colonies. In MO we made a stop in Hannibal and Clarksville. We > crossed the river north of St. Louis by ferry into Illinois and > headed on home. > > We climbed the "high points" in Iowa, North Dakota and Illinois. > > Most of our trips are much shorter! We enjoy going out for a weekend > or maybe a week. > > > > Teri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Denny Gibson Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 US 62 didn't mean much to me couple of months ago. Then, in May, I drove a stretch that crosses the OH-PA border and a stretch in KY about a month later. Those were both very enjoyable drives and caused me to look into just where this highway goes. Another business trip to Pennsylvania gets me within striking distance of its eastern end so I'm heading for Niagara Falls with plans to follow about a third of the route. Even though I've only touched 62 briefly, I've been on my own time since noon yesterday so I'm thinking the trip has started. Stuff leading US 62 is up at http://www.dennygibson.com/rt62east with more to follow. NEW WITH THIS TRIP: When I'm on a drive involving more that one day, my goal is to make daily posting of my travels. Sometimes that's impossible and sometimes it just doesn't happen even though it is, technically, possible. Plus, when postings do occur, it is rarely at a predictable time of day. One possibility of dealing with that is to send off an email message when a new page gets posted and I'm going to try doing just that. But I know that not everyone receiving this would welcome another piece of email (I'm sure that some are not exactly pleased to get this one.) so the message will only be sent to those who have "opted in" to a mailing list. There are actually two lists available. One is for those daily posting announcements I spoke of. The other is for only messages like this announcing a trip start or end. The lists are easy to join and just as easy to leave. All that is required is an email address. Just go to http://www.dennygibson.com/listmailer/?p=subscribe&id=1 and select whichever list you prefer. Let's see if this thing works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xtabber Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Took a most excellent daytrip to Bixby, Missouri with the motorcycle club. Bixby is one of the gazillions of small towns in southeastern Missouri that sprung up to support 1) mining or 2) the railroad. Not even sure what the population is, but the major business that I visit is the Bixby Country Store, which has delicious deli sandwiches, which you can eat while sitting in a converted railroad caboose. The ride, is, of course, the thing. Leaving from West St. Louis County, we traveled SR 109 to CR W and then to SR 30. South on 30 until CR FF, through twisty, gorgeous farmland (cattle and horses mostly), to SR 47, south to SR 21 and Potosi, a sizable town of about 3000 folks. From there, SR 8 to CR P to CR DD and SR 32. Here, the road takes on banks in addition to twists, heading through former mining country with iron ore and cool rocks on both sides of the road. In Bixby, a lunch break at the afforementioned Country Store, then retracing steps back to SR 8, but this time, heading west to Steelville and SR 19, up through Cuba, Missouria and back home on I-44 / Rt. 66. All told, a 300 mile journey on two wheels through 90+ heat, but good food, many stops and terrific Ozark foothills scenery. X Next week, Gasconade, Missouri, the location of the Gasconade River Train Bridge disaster of 1855 (http://cprr.org/Museum/Gasconade_Disaster.html) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George Ashburn Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I'm from the Columbus Area and a Season Ticket Holder with the Cleveland Browns, so I know this area. Holmes County is nice. The Restaurants on US 62 are always packed. Have any football fans? Take them to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. It's about an hour south of Cleveland just off I-77. The Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland. Right on the lake about a Block East of Cleveland Browns Stadium. There is also a Science Museum between The Rock Hall & Browns Stadium Just west of Jacobs Field (where the Indians Play.) there is an Open Air Farmer's Market open on the weekends that's nice. Anymore questions: email me at jamdawg1@yahoo.com George Ashburn http://www.geocities.com/jamdawg1/index.html Annkur@aol.com wrote: LeRoy said, "Take a ride on the double-decker bus"! Sure caught my attention after what happened in London today. My son is getting married in mid-October in Ohio (east of Cleveland). Can anyone suggest a road trip? Can one drive east or west along the Great Lakes? Any ideas? Thank you, Ann/CA 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 LINKS Visit your group "AMERICAN_ROAD" on the web. 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. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest egyptianzipper@aol.com Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 In a message dated 7/11/05 7:13:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, pirateofwallst@yahoo.com writes: I trade stocks to prove a living to my nomadic existence, best part a internet cafe is never to far away and i can work any where. ===================================================================== Are you a day trader? I read a couple of books on that, but I quickly figured out that I don't have the stomach nor the nerve to do it. Or do you mean that you buy and sell stocks for clients? I sell postcards on Ebay. I suppose I could do that while traveling, if I was willing to take my inventory and mailing supplies with me. Tom Hoffman Pearisburg VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest egyptianzipper@aol.com Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 In a message dated 7/11/05 2:40:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, becky@mockturtlepress.com writes: Port Huron also has the Palms Krystal Bar and Restaurant still serving the famous "Chicken in the Rough!" ==================================================================== Please tell me what Chicken in the Rough is. There used to be a restaurant in Front Royal VA that advertised it on a big neon sign. Tom Hoffman Pearisburg VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beckyrepp Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Hi. I saw that John had questions re: things to see/do in Michigan. If you have time, check out M-25 in Michigan--around the Michigan Thumb area. Lots of great places--including the Powers Diner in Port Huron on the cover of the Summer issue of American Road. Port Huron also has the Palms Krystal Bar and Restaurant still serving the famous "Chicken in the Rough!" Lexington is another great stop--be sure to visit the vintage General Store downtown. You might want to check out the Summer 05 issue (the current issue) of American Road as it has a feature article on M-25 around the Thumb. Safe Travels, Becky Repp becky@mockturtlepress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morningglory1955 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I've been wanting to try the Palms Krystal for ages--when I was a graphic artist for the phone company, I worked on their ad, and it always made me hungry! Gotta love that chicken in the golf outfit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avaocps Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Just returned from a trip down in Asheville. It was very rainy most of the day - at least twice a day! Got to do some river rafting at the NOC so the trip was a wet one any way. It was cool at night in those mountains. Very pleasant even with the rain. --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "pirateofwallst" <pirateofwallst@y...> wrote: > --- Hows ashville ? maybe time for me to go back there.... > Been back and forth coast to coast 10 times last year, i am nutty for > the road.... > > > In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Teri" <clanhanna@b...> wrote: > > > > Hello from NW of Nashville, TN! Can't believe I found a group that > > is as nutters about road trips as my husband and I are! Last 2 > > springs we have done a major road trip. > > > > In '04 we went thru the SW USA (8000 miles)-- Arkansas High Point - > > Magazine Mt., "Heifer Project, International" HQ - AR, Dallas TX, > > Texas Hill Country, San Antonio TX, LBJ Ranch NHP, TX, west TX along > > hwy 90 (Langtry), Carlsbad Caverns NP, NM, El Paso TX, Juarez, > > Mexico, White Sands NP, NM, Valley Of Fire, NM, Petroglyphs NP, NM, > > Petrified Forest NP, AZ, Meteor Crater AZ, Sequoia NP, CA, Yosemite > > NP, CA, down the Sierra Nevada Mts, CA, Manzanar NHP, CA, Death > > Valley NP, CA, Las Vegas NV, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon AZ, Monument > > Valley UT, "Four Corners" , Mesa Verde CO, Royal Gorge CO, Colorado > > Springs CO, thru the Rocky Mts (Leadville), Lawrence KS and back home. > > > > And on another trip to NC we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway from > > Asheville to Cherokee. With that trip, we have now driven the entire > > parkway. > > > > Just back a few weeks ago, we're back from a trip (6700 miles) thru > > the Dakotas and then back by "The Great River Road" (from the > > headwaters of the Mississippi River to the tip of Illinois). > > > > For the "Great Plains" portion of the trip, we departed from > > Clarksville, thru MO by way of Carthage (Laura Ingalls Wilder home, > > George Washington Carver NP and Marlon Perkins memorial) to > > Independence MO (Truman NHS) and up along western Iowa and on to > > Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sioux Falls west across the state to the > > Black Hills (Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument). Quick jag > > into Wyoming to the Devil's Tower (I hate that name!) and back to SD > > heading up to North Dakota. Travel along west part past Roosevelt Nat > > Park and up to the Minot area, then we will drop down to Bismarck on > > our way east to head out of North Dakota at Grand Forks. > > > > Entering Minnesota we went to the headwaters of the Mississippi River > > and then came down the center of the state to hit another Laura > > Ingalls site - Walnut Grove. From St. Paul we followed "The Great > > River Road" along the MS river all the way back to KY. In MN we > > visited the small towns along the way and saw family. In Iowa, we > > visited "the field of dreams" site, Herbert Hoover NHS and the Amana > > Colonies. In MO we made a stop in Hannibal and Clarksville. We > > crossed the river north of St. Louis by ferry into Illinois and > > headed on home. > > > > We climbed the "high points" in Iowa, North Dakota and Illinois. > > > > Most of our trips are much shorter! We enjoy going out for a weekend > > or maybe a week. > > > > > > > > Teri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Gassmann Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Has anyone heard that "Talk of the Nation" on National Public Radio will be talking about unusual architecture and roadside attractions this coming Monday, July 27...? A friend emailed me saying the program was requesting road trip photos. I just looked at the NPR web site: http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/ ...not a whole lot of info, but i did find that the show runs 1 to 3 here in the St. Louis area. Mike www.catsupbottle.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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