Route 66 motels an endangered species

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | 5/21/07 | JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS

[ErnBatavia]

I love Route 66! Can you tell? ;-)

Me too...my AIM icon is a Route 66 sign, and I have a great retro Route 66 shirt.

Kingman, Arizona does a pretty good job promoting their ties with the highway - and there's a very nice museum and gift shop, in the town's old powerhouse.

[ErnBatavia]

I don’t remember the name, but wifey and I stopped there and had a great breakfast.

[ErnBatavia]

You might have stopped where we overnighted on our trip....Santa Rosa, NM. Stayed at a new La Quinta Inn, however - but it was right next door to a nice retro Route 66 cafe...the hot beef samwiches were great.

[ErnBatavia]

[EternalVigilance]

I think they oughta do it. The interstates are awesome, but boring, as someone has already pointed out. :-)

[EternalVigilance]

Awesome!

[Myrddin]

I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Countryside, IL recently. One night there was a huge party of what appeared to be Irish and Scottish men wearing T-shirts that appeared to be some kind of charity event focused on Route 66. Many were dressed in what appeared to be firefighter garb (heavy black pants with suspenders). The hotel is located on Joliet Rd which happens to be Route 66 in that area.

[IslandJeff]

99 is still, IIRC, mostly intact, except for long rural stretches occupied by I-5.

[Aquinasfan]

I remember the musty old motels that were old thirty years ago. Sorry, I’ll take my timeshare condo instead. But who knows. Someday it may be looked on the same way.

[Aquinasfan]

Same Sh+t, different town. Diversity my eye. With the advent of TV, even accents in speech are disappearing.

We just came back from a 1500 mile road trip.

Me: I can't wait to get to NC.

Wife: Why?

Me: I always imagine that as soon as we cross the state line there's going to be a great party we're missing.

Wife: It's the same everywhere.

Me: You'd make a great travel agent.

(She was).

[Aquinasfan]

quirky ice cream stands who sell blueberry cheesecake ice cream AND fried clams

Not to be taken simultaneously!

We must warn the others.

[VOA]

“Route 66 motels an endangered species”

Sad to see the originial “real-deal” items fade away.

But don’t worry about Route 66.
Some real money is out to assure it stays alive.

http://www.edmondoutlook.com/edmond_ok/282/pops/

[savedbygrace]

The Cadillac Graveyard was much more impressive before vandals got ahold of it.

[Malacoda]

My ganny lived in Cherokee County, OK -- right on Lake Guthrie. One of my "landmarks" was the bright, turquoise-blue roof of the Stuckey's at the exit we got off the highway. When I saw that roof, I knew we were ten minutes from her house.

I miss that place.

[Malacoda]

Lancaster Pike! There are places that have turned into suburban hellholes, but there are still lots of cool nooks and crannies. (I live about a block off of Rt. 30.)

[TC Rider]

I moved my Mom and Dad, now 83 and 88, from Vegas to near our home in NC about 3 years ago.

My Dad and I drove the U-Haul truck cross country on I-40. Whenever we got bored in OK and TX, we would hop over onto Route 66.

It was pretty sad. I-40 literally killed all of those towns. I’m not sure restoring them or saving them is the answer. But I would recommend a trip through the southwest to see what remains before they all become dust.

[WestCoastGal]

I like your tagline, I have distant memories of those signs while I traveled across country as a young girl with my parents.

[BigIsleGal]

Thanks for the memories.
Spent about 12 years living near Williams, AZ and alot of those weekends I was cruisin the “back-roads”, Highway 66. Those truck stops with the best and greasyist chicken fried steaks or biscuits n gravy. Miss it alot! That was before my high cholesterol readings, of course.

[WestCoastGal]

CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave

[EternalVigilance]

:-)