As you might guess, I’m on my way home. I’ll pull into my hometown on Monday evening. Today’s drive was uneventful as far as interesting tourist sites go. However, the highway is never boring, is it? There was a one-hour …
Route 66: Amarillo, TX, to Tulsa, OK (18-of-20) Read more »
Today as I was leaving my hotel in Flagstaff, AZ, I saw a white horse next door. I went over to her and she walked over to me and let me rub her nose. I took her picture and posted …
Route 66: Meteor Crater! (17-of-20) Read more »
When I was driving to Flagstaff, AZ, today, I saw the exit for Lake Havasu and London Bridge. I remembered that when the Brits were going to replace the bridge, a wealthy benefactor brought the bridge to the US and …
Route 66: Arcadia, CA, to Flagstaff, AZ (16-of-20) Read more »
Yesterday, I attended taping of the Chelsea Lately show. Chelsea Handler is one of my favorite comedians. She’s the best-selling author of My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands and Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea. In her …
Route 66: Taping of Chelsea Lately and a Taste of Traffic (15-of-20) Read more »
One of the biggest highlights of this trip must be watching the taping of Jeopardy! I left my hotel 75 minutes before I had to be at the Sony Studios in Culver City, which would have been plenty of time—if …
Route 66: Live Taping of Jeopardy! (14-of-20) Read more »
I went on a stars’ homes tour on Monday, which originated at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. In front of the theatre, Superman, The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, and the clowny thing from Saw posed for pictures. A sign warns that these characters …
Route 66: Stars’ Homes Tour (13-of-20) Read more »
I took a walk to the Santa Monica Pier this morning and saw a multitude of homeless people in various degrees of awakening. Affluent people stroll and jog past the homeless as if they aren’t there. I saw a nice …
Route 66: Santa Monica Pier (12-of-20) Read more »
Santa Monica is the official end/beginning of Route 66. It should have taken about four hours to get to Santa Monica. . . . Unfortunately, I took a route that went northwest instead of southwest! Then, because I wanted to …
Route 66: Barstow, CA, to Santa Monica, CA!!!! (11-of-20) Read more »
I recorded lots of notes from yesterday’s ride and for some reason, I can’t retrieve them. So, I’ll try to remember yesterday. . . . Seligman, AZ, is a cute town with a funny gift shop area that has old …
Route 66: Williams, AZ, to Barstow, CA (10-of-20) Read more »
Yesterday I got my first look at really big mountains, the San Francisco Peaks. It was raining so the mountains were beautiful shades of purple and grey. In Flagstaff, I hunted down one of the motels we stayed in when …
Route 66: Gallup, NM, to Williams, AZ (9-of-20) Read more »
