Servant Leader, Historian, Writer
I put in about eight hours of driving today. You can get a lot farther sooner when traveling on Interstates than on the back roads of Route 66. It took me ten days on Route 66 to get to California. …
Route 66: Tulsa, OK, to Terre Haute, IN (19-of-20) Read more »
The landscapes are more and more beautiful with orange hues and dramatic shading. The Sandia Mountains are breathtaking. New Mexico has “living snow fences.” I found that living snow fences are trees, shrubs, or grasses that create a vegetative barrier …
Route 66: Santa Rosa, NM, to Gallup, NM (8-of-20) Read more »
On the way out of Amarillo, I stopped at Cadillac Ranch where ten Cadillacs are buried nose down. Adrien, TX, claims to be the halfway point between Chicago and Santa Monica, CA. Along the way, I took a deep breath …
Route 66: Amarillo, TX, to Santa Rosa, NM (7-of-20) Read more »
Yesterday morning, at the motel in Chandler, a cute yellow cat walked around meowing. I gave him some food and water, but all he wanted was to be petted. I let him come in my room, but a few minutes …
Route 66: Chandler, OK to Amarillo, TX (6-of-20) Read more »
Yesterday, I drove from Normal, IL, to Lebanon, MO. I got lost trying to get out of Normal and made a few wrong turns. This set me back a bit so late in the afternoon, I realized that if I …
Route 66: Normal, IL, to Lebanon, MO (4-of-20) Read more »
I stayed in Elkhart, IN, last night. Elkhart is only about 30 minutes from the University of Notre Dame, so I thought I’d like to drive over and take a look. Unfortunately, planning for today took a lot longer than …
Route 66: Erie, PA to Elkhart, IN (2-of-20) Read more »