Tag: Route 66
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Inside John’s Modern Cabins Canon PowerShot S95 2013
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1932 Standard station iPhone 5 2013 I’m planning our Spring Break vacation, so I’ve been thinking about past trips, like the one we took in 2013 along Route 66.
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Following the signs on Route 66; dreaming of signs on the Michigan Road
Following Route 66 can be tricky. Various Interstates were built along and across its path, interrupting it. And the road itself was moved and improved many times during its life. That’s why I kept Jerry McClanahan’s EZ 66 Guide for Travelers in my lap as we drove the Mother Road. It gave turn-by-turn directions and pointed out…
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Captured: Pops!!
PopsCanon PowerShot S952013 Trip fatigue hit in Oklahoma. My sons felt it first. When we stopped for the night east of Tulsa on Wednesday, my youngest announced that he wouldn’t mind if we turned around for home in the morning. I felt for him, but we had one more day on the itinerary and (more…
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Carspotting, Route 66 edition
I photographed so many old cars along Route 66 that I just couldn’t save them for my annual end-of-the-year Carspotting post. Here they all are, from east to west. 1966 Chevrolet/Superior school bus. Bob Waldmire was one of the best friends an old road ever had. Splitting his time between Arizona and Illinois, he traveled the…
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Restored Phillips 66 service station on Route 66
They call Spencer a ghost town, but I say that there would have to be more town here for it to qualify. This dot on the southwest Missouri map has but one row of buildings, capped by this restored Phillips 66 service station. It’s the last thing you expect to find as you turn onto…
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John’s Modern Cabins on Route 66
As long as there have been cars, anyone driving a long distance has needed a place to bed down for the night. In the early days of auto travel, they camped, at first in friendly farmers’ fields and later on rented roadside campgrounds. Next, primitive cabins were built as a place for travelers to sleep,…
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A Kodak Brownie Hawkeye and expired film on the Mother Road
You’d better believe I took one of my old cameras along on my family’s Route 66 trip. Kodak’s 1950s Brownie Hawkeye undoubtedly shot millions of vacations in the middle of the last century, and it is relatively compact and dead simple to use. It seemed like the perfect companion for my family’s Route 66 vacation.…
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Great bridges on Route 66
Ok, so I’m going to level with you. I wanted to write a whole post about just this bridge. 38, count them, thirty-eight glorious spans! It’s almost 4,000 feet long! It absolutely took my breath away. I forgive you if you don’t share my enthusiasm. It’s officially known as the William H. Murray Bridge, but I…
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The giants of Route 66
If ever you drive Route 66, be sure to stop to see the many giant things placed along the way. It’s American kitsch at its finest. Our very first stop on our Route 66 trip was to see the Gemini Giant in Wilmington, Illinois. It stands watch over the road next to the Launching Pad…
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Restored Standard service station on Route 66
We were in the first hours of our Route 66 trip’s first day when we reached Odell, a small northern-Illinois town, and its wonderful Standard service station. You know how it is early on a road trip. The excitement is fresh, your eyes are wide open, and you want to stop and look at everything.…
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Old Route 66 pavement
The point of our Route 66 trip was to take in America at ground level – to experience the countryside’s changing terrain as we moved west, to enjoy the small towns that dot the route, and to take in any tourist traps that interested us. But me being me, I also wanted to see some old-road…