Update – June 11, 2019. I wrote this post in 2008 and last summer, when I was in California, I asked some Santa Monica residents about the homeless situation. Apparently, it is no better today than it was 10 years …
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Why did I take a solo trip along Route 66? Well, in 2008, I was a new empty nester, and a series of life events, including illness, death, and loss of various kinds, had left me depleted and disgusted. During …
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I arrived home at around 8:30 p.m. last night after having stopped in Cleveland, OH, to have dinner with Daughter Krista. We met a friend of hers at the House of Blues before the two of them went to a …
Route 66: Terre Haute, IN, to HOME! (20-of-20) Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
