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Guest ypsislim

I just spent a wonderful two hours on the road, the Lincoln Highway,

 

with Toshio and Hiroko, via their slide shows. Bravo!!

 

 

 

I am going to include your links in my Lincoln Highway e-newsletter

 

tomorrow, so the American Road folks will forgive the duplication,

 

but I will fix the couple broken links.

 

 

 

I invite the Koshimizu's to join the Lincoln Highway Association:

 

http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/about/application.shtml

 

<http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/about/application.shtml>

 

and join us next year as we explore the little know Colorado Loop

 

of the Lincoln Highway, at the 2007 Lincoln Highway Association

 

National Conference in Fort Morgan, CO.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Russell Rein - aka ypsi-slim

 

Director At Large, Lincoln Highway Association

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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>

 

> My wife and I drove up all the way of Lincoln Highway from New York

 

> to San Francisco on last June.

 

> Although we missed several famous landmarks, we could visit and see

 

> many landmarks and attractions.

 

> We also could find a lot of 1928 Concrete Lincoln Highway Markers.

 

> We took thousands of photos. I made slide shows of selection of those

 

> photos and posted on the net. URLs are as follows:

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Guest laurelrk66@aol.com

If there are any folks for whom all this talk of grain elevators has whetted

 

an appetite for more knowledge of the subject, there's a book out there

 

entitled "Grain Elevators", which will tell you and show you everything you

 

ever

 

wanted to know about this ubiquitous part of the American landscape.

 

Coincidentally, it was written by Lisa Mahar, a personal friend of mine and

 

also the

 

author who wrote "American Signs", Route 66 Magazine's Book of the Year

 

three years ago. Lisa really knows how to research a subject, and her book

 

managed to make even *me* interested in grain elevators! She's a photographer

 

too, so the images in the book are spectacular!

 

 

 

Grain Elevators

 

by Lisa Mahar-Keplinger

 

Princeton Architectural Press 1993

 

 

 

 

 

Laurel

 

Tulsa OK and Afton OK

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Guest roaddog_rt66

For years, travellers along Route 66 (and the superslab next to it)

 

in Illinois had the Ballard Elevator to look for between Pontiac and

 

Bloomington, but no more. It was taken down this past Friday.

 

 

 

For me, it was just one of those sites, like the old gas pump in

 

front of the slowly disintegrating building in Funk's Grove or the

 

rusting truck relic on top of the hill south of Braidwood or the

 

great old farmhouse (since burned down) and farm that had been

 

abandoned to the elements south of Dwight. It helped connect me to

 

the glory days of 66.

 

 

 

I don't know why, but these old and abandoned structures just put me

 

into a time frame as I imagine what it might have been like in its

 

heyday. Can't you just see the business being carried on? Don't

 

you see the farmer in his overalls, unloading his grain? I can even

 

see a bunch of guys sitting on makeshift chairs in the shade of the

 

structure shooting the breeze.

 

 

 

This was a much anticipated sight as we drove. "Hey, there's the

 

Ballard. Looks the same as ever." It just stood there like a

 

skyscraper out in the middle of nowhere. It definitely wasn't

 

anything to look at it, but it was ours. Now it's gone.

 

 

 

If you go to the Rt 66 Association of Illinois website, you can find

 

an excellent account of its history and a climb to the top.

 

 

 

Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. -- RoadDog

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Guest Brian Butko

If you're beginning riders, you'll enjoy the Terry Bison Ranch, on the road

 

from Cheyenne to Denver and spanning the two states. You can sit on your

 

cabin's front porch all day and watch the going-on in the rolling valleys,

 

or take a train/bus ride through bison, eat at their restaurant, or go on a

 

guided horseback ride that will wind through both states. The place is very

 

calming, but lots to sketch and photograph too.

 

http://www.terrybisonranch.com

 

 

 

In Denver, visit Lakeside Amusement Park on the west side for a throwback to

 

the 1930s-60s. Inexpensive and you don't have to buy a ride-all-day pass.

 

Loads of working neon but watch out for the wild coaster! Not fancy like a

 

theme park but imagine you're not looking for that, and you get to support a

 

classic park..

 

http://www.lakesideamusementpark.com/

 

The info/ history link is broken but is still online:

 

http://www.lakesideamusementpark.com/Park_...nformation_2005..

 

htm

 

(Copy and paste if the final letters bump down a line)

 

 

 

Brian Butko

 

http://www.brianbutko.com

 

 

 

 

 

> However, we ARE planning a vacation in July...flying into Denver,

 

> then driving to Cheyenne for two or three days of rodeo, then a few

 

> days at Estes Park in CO. We're traveling with another couple, who

 

> will head back home after a week. My husband and I would like to

 

> stay a bit longer, although I think we have a family wedding the

 

> following weekend, so our extension really would only be a few days.

 

>

 

> If you have any ideas for places of interest in Denver or within a

 

> couple of hours of Denver, I'd be most interested. You can email me

 

> offlist if you wish (but put the group name in the subject line so I

 

> don't delete it!).

 

>

 

> I just received a promotional brochure from the Colorado Visitors

 

> Bureau (2005 edition...duh). It seems the focus in CO is on skiing

 

> (in winter months) and horseback riding. We definitely want to

 

> ride, but are beginners, so nothing wild.

 

>

 

> Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! I am an

 

> amateur photographer and sketch artist, so am realy looking forward

 

> to this vacation!

 

>

 

> Rita in NJ

 

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Guest Bob Reynolds

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "roaddog_rt66"

 

<roaddog_rt66@y...> wrote:

 

>

 

> I came across an article saying that kudzu was spreading across

 

> Illinois. I thought that was only a southern thing but in my

 

> travels around the state, I thought I might have seen it growing on

 

> the sides of the road. Evidently, I wasn't just seeing things.

 

>

 

> According to the article in GovPro, it can grow a foot a day and

 

> individual vines can be as long as 98 feet and up to four inches

 

> thick. It was originally brought over from Asia during the 1876

 

> Centennial Exposition and was actually planted in the 1930s when it

 

> was considered a wonder plant, just the thing to stabilize eroding

 

> land.

 

>

 

> It is a relative of the soybean. It blocks out sunlight and kills

 

> off native plants. Ninety percent of the kudzu is, not

 

> surprisingly, located in southern Illinois, but there is an acre of

 

> the stuff in Evanston, just north of Chicago.

 

>

 

> It can host soybean rust which can hurt soybean production which

 

> would be a serious problem in Illinois.

 

>

 

> For the article

 

>

 

> http://www.govpro.com/ASP/ViewArticle.asp?...106670&st=1

 

>

 

> In an unrelated (?) article in Arbor Day Jan-Fed issue, the

 

> publication of the National Arbor Day Foundation, researcher Scott

 

> Lekas in Boston has shown "that by adding an extract from kudzu into

 

> beer, drinkers are likely to drink less and be just as satisfied."

 

>

 

> Almost sounds like a beer commercial, "Drink less, enjoy it as

 

> much." This probably wouldn't do much to the bottom line of the

 

> breweries.

 

>

 

> Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. -- RoadDog

 

>

 

 

 

 

 

Man, I hate to hear that:( Kudzu has been a plague down in my neck of

 

the woods for decades:(

 

 

 

I grew up near the foot of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga. There was

 

a rather squat water tank about half way up the ridge that was covered

 

in kudzu. I remember my grandmother telling me they had planted the

 

kudzu around the tank during WWII so any bombers flying overhead

 

couldn't see it.

 

 

 

BabyBoomerBob

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Guest Bob Reynolds

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "keepitreal08628"

 

<keepitreal08628@y...> wrote:

 

>

 

> I don't "speak up" on this list as I would like to, mostly because

 

> over these past months, I've been unable to get out on the road, and

 

> it makes me totally nuts to read about the adventures of others when

 

> I'm not able to travel myself.

 

>

 

> However, we ARE planning a vacation in July...flying into Denver,

 

> then driving to Cheyenne for two or three days of rodeo, then a few

 

> days at Estes Park in CO. We're traveling with another couple, who

 

> will head back home after a week. My husband and I would like to

 

> stay a bit longer, although I think we have a family wedding the

 

> following weekend, so our extension really would only be a few days.

 

>

 

> If you have any ideas for places of interest in Denver or within a

 

> couple of hours of Denver, I'd be most interested. You can email me

 

> offlist if you wish (but put the group name in the subject line so I

 

> don't delete it!).

 

>

 

> I just received a promotional brochure from the Colorado Visitors

 

> Bureau (2005 edition...duh). It seems the focus in CO is on skiing

 

> (in winter months) and horseback riding. We definitely want to

 

> ride, but are beginners, so nothing wild.

 

>

 

> Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! I am an

 

> amateur photographer and sketch artist, so am realy looking forward

 

> to this vacation!

 

>

 

> Rita in NJ

 

>

 

Just below Denver is Red Rocks State Park with its natural sandstone

 

ampitheatre. It's a neat place to see, even if it isn't concert season:)

 

 

 

Also in Denver is the Buckhorn Exchange Restaurant. They specialize

 

in exotic local meats, like elk and bison. They also serve Rocky

 

Mountain oysters:) They're not for everyone, but at the same time,

 

they're not as bad as they sound:)

 

 

 

A couple of caveats. The place is upscale (read pricey!). Also, the

 

vast collection of stuffed heads on the walls may be offensive to

 

some. Nonetheless, it's a true dining experience.

 

 

 

BabyBoomerBob

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Guest dwillman66@comcast.net

Carol - Many people have offered some great excursion advice.

 

It all really depends on your tastes and what the flavor is you are looking for.

 

Are you looking for the country or city life?

 

 

 

If you want old west - plenty to do in Cheyenne and Estes Park and Colorado

 

Springs to do for the that flavor, if you want city flavor, Denver has

 

a lot of great museums (art, history, natural history), great shopping, zoo, all

 

kinds

 

of major pro sports teams (soccer and baseball in July), drive Colfax Avenue (US

 

40) at night to see a great Neon show. Go ride an Alpine Slide in Breckenridge

 

or

 

Winter Park or Golden, CO. Learn how to mountain bike at any of the resorts in

 

Colorado, Golfing in Colorado in July is awesome. Take a ballon ride anywhere in

 

Colorado, most resorts and cities have great balloon ride companies.

 

 

 

The tourism brochure is heavily focused on winter activities due to the bread

 

and butter money it is for the state.

 

 

 

But don't let that fool ya, there is so much to do, hard to list it all, I lived

 

here

 

24 years and still haven't done it all.

 

 

 

Try and go flyfishing, so many great fishing rivers and creeks.

 

 

 

Hope that helps,

 

 

 

Dave "66 Willy" Willman

 

Aurora, CO.

 

 

 

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From: "keepitreal08628" <keepitreal08628@yahoo.com>

 

I don't "speak up" on this list as I would like to, mostly because

 

over these past months, I've been unable to get out on the road, and

 

it makes me totally nuts to read about the adventures of others when

 

I'm not able to travel myself.

 

 

 

However, we ARE planning a vacation in July...flying into Denver,

 

then driving to Cheyenne for two or three days of rodeo, then a few

 

days at Estes Park in CO. We're traveling with another couple, who

 

will head back home after a week. My husband and I would like to

 

stay a bit longer, although I think we have a family wedding the

 

following weekend, so our extension really would only be a few days.

 

 

 

If you have any ideas for places of interest in Denver or within a

 

couple of hours of Denver, I'd be most interested. You can email me

 

offlist if you wish (but put the group name in the subject line so I

 

don't delete it!).

 

 

 

I just received a promotional brochure from the Colorado Visitors

 

Bureau (2005 edition...duh). It seems the focus in CO is on skiing

 

(in winter months) and horseback riding. We definitely want to

 

ride, but are beginners, so nothing wild.

 

 

 

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!! I am an

 

amateur photographer and sketch artist, so am realy looking forward

 

to this vacation!

 

 

 

Rita in NJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Guest Scott Piotrowski

For those of you who are not aware, parts of the Eisenhower

 

Interstate Highway System could have been considered eligible for

 

National Register of Historic Places Landmark status this year. I

 

have heard - but have not confirmed - that legislation was recently

 

passed in Congress, however, presenting such designations, unless

 

the segment is truly remarkable. So, for all of you two-laners that

 

poo-poo the interstates, just ponder that for a few minutes next

 

time you have to get somewhere fast.

 

 

 

Scott Piotrowski, Director

 

66 Productions

 

www.66productions.com

 

Lover of two-lane roads, understanding of the need for superhighways.

 

 

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, drivewdave@a... wrote:

 

>

 

> In a message dated 1/21/6 5:28:07 PM, you wrote:

 

>

 

> <<Of course, on the superslab,

 

>

 

> there really isn't all that much to see.>>

 

>

 

> oh really, maybe that's how it is in the midwest,

 

> there is plenty to see along I-5 here in WA.

 

>

 

> I kind of get the sense that 'superslab' is a bit

 

> condescending, I was that way thirty years

 

> ago when I told my aunt and uncle that I drove

 

> all the way from Tacoma to Bellingham without

 

> using the freeway.

 

>

 

> since then i am long out of 'roadie' second grade

 

> and have long got rid of bias based on number of

 

> lanes.

 

>

 

> Happy Motoring, Dave

 

>

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Guest D Gardner

Hi Matt,

 

 

 

<sigh> I guess I'm an information junkie...(being a technical

 

editor/writer, a former homeschooler and public school teacher, a

 

freelance writer, and a son of two English teachers/librarians...

 

hasn't really given me much hope in burying out of my books and

 

papers (and now my files on the computer! <sigh>) )

 

 

 

I have about 120 groups--most of them I read only at the website (no

 

email)... a few I have for important notifications of meetings and

 

such... some are for my professional organizations (Prepaid Legal,

 

Society for Technical Communication, Legal Issues, Marine

 

Biologists, etc) and some pertain more to my hobbies (Organic

 

Gardening, American Road! <grin>, Photography, Novel Writing)... and

 

some are for my other interests (Languages: Japanese, Chinese,

 

Russian. Tropical Islands and Beaches, Snorkeling, SCUBA Diving,

 

Trekking)....

 

 

 

My wife thinks I'm nuts... she's probably right...

 

 

 

Dave Gardner, CCNA, CDLP

 

Senior Specialist/Writer-Editor

 

Pacific Consultants Group

 

http://www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/davidgardner

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, <thehinge@m...> wrote:

 

>

 

> How many groups do you belong to total, Dave? And geez,

 

> how do find the time to read messages if you get them in

 

> your inbox daily? Though, I gotta admit, yahoo is very

 

> generous to offer NOT to send email or just the weekly

 

> digests to each member. Very nice feature....

 

>

 

> Matt Smallwood

 

>

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Guest D Gardner

Well... *some* kids have to be entertained. When I was a kid (yeah,

 

I know, I know.... back in the dark ages), my sis and I wouldn't act

 

up *anywhere* because we'd find my dad's foot up our butts

 

(figuratively speaking... not literal!). Restaurants, hotels,

 

campgrounds, airports, relatives' places--it didn't matter, we were

 

expected to be *seen and not heard* (and preferably, not even

 

*seen*). And we didn't turn out *too* wharped. Pennsylvania

 

Turnpike, Route 66, from Montana and New Mexico to Maine, Vermont,

 

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and through all the states in

 

between...and on through Arizona to California before heading

 

overseas for a bunch of years.

 

 

 

So... with *my* two kids, my wife and I expected much of the same.

 

Sure, we had the games in the back of the van/car--the "count the

 

cows", the "alphabet game", the "find the license plates", and so

 

on... and yeah, we put up with idiotic endless songs like "99

 

bottles of beer on the wall" and "John Jacob Jinglehiemer

 

Schmidt"...<aargh!> but generally we made it on long drives from

 

California to New Mexico and Colorado via Nevada and Arizona... and

 

from California to Vancouver, BC via Oregon and Washington...

 

without problems.

 

 

 

Our kids learned to appreciate the scenery on our drives-- both my

 

son and my daughter kept journals... and my daughter is an artist

 

(my son likes photography)... so we always were able to find things

 

they could draw or take pictures of...

 

 

 

And yes, I still am amazed at all the cars out there that have *DVD*

 

players *mounted in the seats and on the ceilings... ridiculous...

 

and totally sad.

 

 

 

JMO

 

Dave Gardner, CCNA, CDLP

 

Senior Specialist/Writer-Editor

 

Pacific Consultants Group

 

http://www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/davidgardner

 

 

 

 

 

--- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "roaddog_rt66"

 

<roaddog_rt66@y...> wrote:

 

>

 

> Kids have to be entertained 100% of the time today. I don't know

 

of

 

> many restaurants that don't have activities from crayons to full-

 

> blown playgrounds (that look like too much fun, but alas, I am too

 

> old to enjoy them and people might talk). I remember as a child I

 

> wouldn't even consider misbehaving in a restaurant as retribution

 

> would be swift.

 

>

 

> I absolutely hate the idea of those DVD players in vehicles so

 

kids

 

> can watch movies while on trips. They really should be looking at

 

> the scenery. At least with the Ipods and Walkman's they have the

 

> option of looking out the window. Of course, on the superslab,

 

> there really isn't all that much to see.

 

>

 

> Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. -- RoadDog

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

> ---.

 

> >

 

> > There are many families who never leave the house, when they

 

> aren't

 

> > going out to school or work, due to these reasons and so they

 

fill

 

> > the time and entertain themselves with these passive activities.

 

> >

 

> > Going on even a Sunday pleasure drive takes some amount of

 

> planning

 

> > and if you have children, even more so, and the destination has

 

to

 

> > have the same appeal as the stay at home entertainment, i.e.,

 

the

 

> > trip has to go to Disney World, or some other entertainment

 

> > destination because TV has taught us that it's that kind of

 

> activitiy

 

> > which is pleasure, and if it isn't that kind of activity, then

 

> it's

 

> > boring.

 

> >

 

> > (Lest anyone be mistaken, I don't think that, but I believe

 

that's

 

> > what has been taught by the content of the TV broadcast/shows,

 

> etc.)

 

> >

 

> > John in Maine

 

> >

 

> >

 

> > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, egyptianzipper@a... wrote:

 

> >

 

> > > I've noticed an opposite trend. When I was a kid, we would

 

take

 

> > Saturday or

 

> > > Sunday drives in the afternoon many weeks in nice weather.

 

> > <Snip>

 

> > > It seems like most families don't do this anymore. And they

 

> weren't

 

> > doing it

 

> > > prior to the recent runup in gas prices, so it isn't that. Any

 

> > ideas?

 

> > >

 

> > > Tom Hoffman

 

> > > Pearisburg VA

 

> >

 

>

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Guest D Gardner

Hi Rita,

 

 

 

Estes Park outside of Denver/Longmont/Boulder area in Colorado is

 

absolutely *beautiful*... we were there two Christmas's ago.... and

 

the herd of elk hanging around the lodge was great for picture

 

taking (be sure not to get to close to the elk --they *do* have

 

horns and can get nasty). We were there during a wild snowstorm...

 

and it was nice to be in the lodge drinking hot chocolates in front

 

of the big blazing fireplace ...

 

 

 

The road from the Longmont area up to Estes Park has interesting

 

rock outcroppings, and the scenery as you come around some of the

 

bends overlooking the resort area is also spectacular!

 

 

 

Have a safe and happy trip!

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Dave Gardner

 

Senior Specialist/Writer-Editor

 

Pacific Consultants Group

 

http://www.prepaidlegal.com/cdlp/davidgardner

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Guest Jerry McClanahan

Speaking of grain elevators, I just sent in my Route 66 Kicks article for the

 

summer issue of American Road, which features the great little town of Atlanta,

 

Illinois. Among its attractions is the J H Hawes Grain Elevator Museum, the

 

only restored wooden grain elevator of the National Historic Register, and a

 

fascinating tour (call (217) 648-2056 or 648-5077 to arrange a tour).

 

 

 

This historic relic was seemingly doomed after years of abandonment, before the

 

town rallied to save what others would deem a lost cause.

 

 

 

There's lots more to see in this friendly, preservation minded community.

 

 

 

 

 

Long live Two-Lane highways, and the people that live alongside!

 

 

 

Jerry McClanahan

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Guest egyptianzipper@aol.com

In a message dated 1/23/06 10:57:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,

 

rt66prods@yahoo.com writes:

 

For those of you who are not aware, parts of the Eisenhower

 

Interstate Highway System could have been considered eligible for

 

National Register of Historic Places Landmark status this year.

 

====================================================================

 

Surely the Pennsylvania Turnpike would qualify, at least the oldest section

 

from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. That was opened in 1940.

 

 

 

Tom Hoffman

 

Pearisburg VA

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Atlanta is an amazing community. It has certainly put a whole new emphasis in

 

recent years on its Route 66 heritage. I encourage anyone who travels 66 in IL

 

to spend a little time there. It's a tiny little place with some big

 

attractions.

 

 

 

Bob Harmon

 

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Speaking of grain elevators, I just sent in my Route 66 Kicks article for the

 

summer issue of American Road, which features the great little town of Atlanta,

 

Illinois.

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On the way to the tunnel you can take a ride up the Mt. Evans Auto

 

Road. I believe it is the highest paved road in the country, possibly

 

the world. I found it less crowded than Pike Peak (although unlike

 

Pikes Peak, there are no services at the top anymore, but there are

 

the ruins of an old restaurant). The last couple hundred feet to the

 

top of the mountain you have to do on foot, which looks pretty easy

 

until you realize how thin the air is up there.

 

 

 

I've been pretty lucky so far about not being harassed for taking

 

pictures, although it is something that is always on my mind these

 

days. In some places, like the George Washington Bridge, luckily I

 

took pictures before 9/11 and the ban on picture taking. In other

 

places, the police have stopped a few times, but it was just to make

 

sure I was OK, not to give me a hard time. The only time I really had

 

any problem was in Atlanta when I was taking a picture of US 19 and

 

the city skyline. Apparently there was someone sitting in the bus

 

station a few hundred feet down the road (you can just barely see the

 

guy's tiny leg in the picture), who saw me take the picture and came

 

after me because I took of picture of him. Luckily I was already back

 

in the car and the doors had locked before he reached me and was able

 

to drive away with him cursing at me, but I always try to watch for

 

that kind of thing now.

 

 

 

 

 

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> Rita,

 

>

 

> Now, if you want to take photos of some road engineering,

 

> you could start with the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70.

 

> Though, you might attract some unwanted attention from the

 

> employees and subsequently, the police, for taking pictures

 

> of the tunnel.....post 9/11 paranoia and all. It's a

 

> shame, you want to take pics of any large structure and you

 

> may be suspected of being a terrorist. I myself did in

 

> downtown Philly last year after I took a digital pic of a

 

> QUILT in an office building lobby. Seems some woman

 

> imagined I took a picture of her and reported me to

 

> building security. Talk about paranoid...geez.

 

>

 

> I don't want to sound like an apologist for George Bush's

 

> "keep alert" vision of American security. I am pretty

 

> liberal and I don't believe law abiding citizens should be

 

> subject to wire taps, email monitoring, etc. But, how else

 

> do you catch terrorists? Well, as long as wire taps and

 

> email intercepts to catch terrorists don't turn into

 

> arrests for other criminal activity, I guess I'm okay with

 

> it. Had I been arrested in Philly, I would have had a

 

> lawyer on the phone.

 

>

 

> Matt Smallwood

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Grain elevators - otherwise "Kansas (or whatever state you happen to be in)

 

Skyscrapers",.

 

 

 

Happy Traveling

 

 

 

Hudsonly,

 

Alex B

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry McClanahan <jerrymc66@earthlink.net> wrote:

 

Speaking of grain elevators, I just sent in my Route 66 Kicks article for the

 

summer issue of American Road, which features the great little town of Atlanta,

 

Illinois. Among its attractions is the J H Hawes Grain Elevator Museum, the

 

only restored wooden grain elevator of the National Historic Register, and a

 

fascinating tour (call (217) 648-2056 or 648-5077 to arrange a tour).

 

 

 

This historic relic was seemingly doomed after years of abandonment, before the

 

town rallied to save what others would deem a lost cause.

 

 

 

There's lots more to see in this friendly, preservation minded community.

 

 

 

 

 

Long live Two-Lane highways, and the people that live alongside!

 

 

 

Jerry McClanahan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I've been pretty lucky with the photo thing, too, Roadman.

 

Just the one incident in Philly, never any crazy people

 

confronting me directly. Now, there was a member of the

 

Route 40 group, Mike, who's a claims adjuster in eastern

 

Ohio. So taking pictures is part of his job and he's

 

questioned by some officer just about every month. Mike,

 

are you a member of this group? I can't recall.

 

 

 

Matt Smallwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:07:08 -0000

 

"usroadman" <bobgrps@usroadman.com> wrote:

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

> On the way to the tunnel you can take a ride up the Mt.

 

> Evans Auto

 

> Road.  I believe it is the highest paved road in the

 

> country, possibly

 

> the world.  I found it less crowded than Pike Peak

 

> (although unlike

 

> Pikes Peak, there are no services at the top anymore, but

 

> there are

 

> the ruins of an old restaurant).  The last couple

 

> hundred feet to the

 

> top of the mountain you have to do on foot, which looks

 

> pretty easy

 

> until you realize how thin the air is up there.

 

>

 

> I've been pretty lucky so far about not being harassed

 

> for taking

 

> pictures, although it is something that is always on my

 

> mind these

 

> days.  In some places, like the George Washington

 

> Bridge, luckily I

 

> took pictures before 9/11 and the ban on picture

 

> taking.  In other

 

> places, the police have stopped a few times, but it was

 

> just to make

 

> sure I was OK, not to give me a hard time.  The only

 

> time I really had

 

> any problem was in Atlanta when I was taking a picture of

 

> US 19 and

 

> the city skyline.  Apparently there was someone

 

> sitting in the bus

 

> station a few hundred feet down the road (you can just

 

> barely see the

 

> guy's tiny leg in the picture), who saw me take the

 

> picture and came

 

> after me because I took of picture of him.  Luckily

 

> I was already back

 

> in the car and the doors had locked before he reached me

 

> and was able

 

> to drive away with him cursing at me, but I always try to

 

> watch for

 

> that kind of thing now.

 

>

 

>

 

> --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com,

 

> <thehinge@m...> wrote:

 

> >

 

> > Rita,

 

> >

 

> > Now, if you want to take photos of some road

 

> engineering,

 

> > you could start with the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70.

 

> > Though, you might attract some unwanted attention

 

> from the

 

> > employees and subsequently, the police, for taking

 

> pictures

 

> > of the tunnel.....post 9/11 paranoia and all. 

 

> It's a

 

> > shame, you want to take pics of any large structure

 

> and you

 

> > may be suspected of being a terrorist. I myself did

 

> in

 

> > downtown Philly last year after I took a digital pic

 

> of a

 

> > QUILT in an office building lobby.  Seems some

 

> woman

 

> > imagined I took a picture of her and reported me to

 

> > building security. Talk about paranoid...geez.

 

> >

 

> > I don't want to sound like an apologist for George

 

> Bush's

 

> > "keep alert" vision of American

 

> security.  I am pretty

 

> > liberal and I don't believe law abiding citizens

 

> should be

 

> > subject to wire taps, email monitoring, etc. 

 

> But, how else

 

> > do you catch terrorists?  Well, as long as wire

 

> taps and

 

> > email intercepts to catch terrorists don't turn into

 

> > arrests for other criminal activity, I guess I'm

 

> okay with

 

> > it.  Had I been arrested in Philly, I would

 

> have had a

 

> > lawyer on the phone.

 

> >

 

> > Matt Smallwood

 

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Hi all....

 

As some of you may or may not know, there is a gentleman by the name

 

of Steve Vaught walking cross country to lose weight. He's currently on

 

US 40 in Indianapolis heading east. If any of you along 40 happen to

 

see him, pull over & say hi or give him a honk & thumbs up as you pass

 

him by.

 

 

 

http://www.thefatmanwalking.com/page/65313/

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

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Speedway, IN

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Matt,

 

I would like to talk to Mike. I'm getting ready to start classes next

 

week, to get the license, so I can be an adjuster. I'd like to talk to someone

 

who is already an adjuster, to get an idea what I'm in for...LOL. If you can

 

get him to e-mail me (off list), I would appreciate it. Thanks for your time.

 

 

 

Jim

 

N. Carolina

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...and the K car is a classic vehicle (or is about to be)! Tsingtao Kip

 

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Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 9:54 AM

 

Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] Re: superslab

 

 

 

 

 

> For those of you who are not aware, parts of the Eisenhower

 

> Interstate Highway System could have been considered eligible for

 

> National Register of Historic Places Landmark status this year. I

 

> have heard - but have not confirmed - that legislation was recently

 

> passed in Congress, however, presenting such designations, unless

 

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Guest Shellee Graham

Hey Folks,

 

 

 

I don't often post so don't get too excited. Hehe. For my birthday (Friday,

 

Jan.20th) my boyfriend JIM ROSS and I met up in Springfield, Missouri. He

 

brought along another girl -- his little dog MURPHY -- a miniature

 

Dachshund.

 

 

 

We all stayed in Room 15 of the REST HAVEN MOTEL

 

on Kearney Street. This is a very cute motel

 

with older stone cabins.

 

 

 

Our room had a king-sized bed that was just perfect for 2.1 people/critters.

 

The room was clean, bathroom had great vintage black & white tile on the

 

floor and an authentic '50s boomerang pattern on a vanity table (with 3

 

mirrors above it).

 

 

 

Of course, anyone who's anyone knows the AWESOME neon sign out front.

 

Wonderful, colorful and authentic. (I think I have this right: The first

 

owners of the Munger Moss Motel were so impressed with the REST HAVEN MOTEL

 

neon sign, they copied it when they updated their sign in Lebanon, MO.)

 

 

 

Anyway -- Jim and I just wanted y'all to know that we would go back and stay

 

again. This was our first time staying at the REST Haven Motel. (not to be

 

confused with the Rail Haven ... :-)

 

 

 

KEN, the owner was nice enough but I'd like to see him get into the Spirit

 

of Route 66 just a little more. If you get the chance, stop by and talk with

 

him. As you know, enthusiasm is contagious.

 

 

 

Next time you're in Springfield, Missouri

 

--give the REST HAVEN MOTEL a try.

 

I'm glad we did.

 

 

 

Shellee G.

 

aka Coral Court gal

 

 

 

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I saw at least three of those closed bridges with the brick approaches in

 

that area. I assumed they were formerly on US-50 but based that on nothing

 

more than the fact that the abandoned road paralleled the current US-50. Now

 

I've got your photo & caption backing me up.

 

 

 

I know I'm a week late on this but a completely unassociated discussion just

 

now reminded me that I intended to respond to this when it was posted.

 

 

 

--Denny

 

 

 

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Well, the future has finally arrived for me.

 

 

 

I never got into starting and maintaining my own road/travel website; blogging

 

was always on the back burner; my photographic images are either not yet

 

developed or buried in boxes or albums; and, the precious few notes I've

 

scribed, well, who knows to where those have scattered exactly.

 

 

 

For years it seems, I've had a keen eye out for a simple, yet robust solution

 

for my desire to document past, and potential, roadtrips and other explorations.

 

At the end of such a long journey, I believe I have finally found the treasure.

 

 

 

It is called CommunityWalk ( www.communitywalk.com ) and I am having a blast

 

creating fantastic multifaceted maps of my travels! Real and imagined. It's just

 

as great for making notes of where you want to go in the future.

 

 

 

Now, this area of "informational, interactive, and engaging" mapping is

 

definitely a rising star in the Web 2.0 arena, so I'm sure there will be many

 

enhancements to the technology. Not to mention the many developers who will push

 

forward a wave of competing sites. I like the website I've mentioned, but if

 

anyone is aware of others, let us know.

 

 

 

Check out the first map I've completed:

 

 

 

Central North Carolina Roadtrip Loop

 

http://www.communitywalk.com/map/3332

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

John

 

 

 

p.s. Sorry for the crossposting if you're on multiple lists.

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi John,

 

 

 

Now that's cool, tho I do find the multiplicity of

 

"push pins" a little confusing - but, what the hey,

 

I'm nearly 70 so even simple things get confusing now

 

and again. LOL

 

 

 

I, myself use FreeWebs - my site for road travels is

 

at http://www.freewebs.com/yankeetraveller/ .

 

 

 

Looking forward to more of your trips. Safe

 

travels.

 

 

 

Hudsonly,

 

Alex B

 

 

 

 

 

--- John Sullivan <xploreusa@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

 

 

> Well, the future has finally arrived for me.

 

>

 

> I never got into starting and maintaining my own

 

> road/travel website; blogging was always on the back

 

> burner; my photographic images are either not yet

 

> developed or buried in boxes or albums; and, the

 

> precious few notes I've scribed, well, who knows to

 

> where those have scattered exactly.

 

>

 

> For years it seems, I've had a keen eye out for a

 

> simple, yet robust solution for my desire to

 

> document past, and potential, roadtrips and other

 

> explorations. At the end of such a long journey, I

 

> believe I have finally found the treasure.

 

>

 

> It is called CommunityWalk ( www.communitywalk.com

 

> ) and I am having a blast creating fantastic

 

> multifaceted maps of my travels! Real and imagined.

 

> It's just as great for making notes of where you

 

> want to go in the future.

 

>

 

> Now, this area of "informational, interactive, and

 

> engaging" mapping is definitely a rising star in the

 

> Web 2.0 arena, so I'm sure there will be many

 

> enhancements to the technology. Not to mention the

 

> many developers who will push forward a wave of

 

> competing sites. I like the website I've mentioned,

 

> but if anyone is aware of others, let us know.

 

>

 

> Check out the first map I've completed:

 

>

 

> Central North Carolina Roadtrip Loop

 

> http://www.communitywalk.com/map/3332

 

>

 

>

 

> Cheers,

 

> John

 

>

 

> p.s. Sorry for the crossposting if you're on

 

> multiple lists.

 

>

 

>

 

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