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Route 66 motels an endangered species
AP via Yahoo! News ^
| 5/21/07
| JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS
Posted on 05/21/2007 6:53:47 AM PDT by libertarianPA
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To: EternalVigilance
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.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:00:29 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
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To: Calpernia
I don’t remember the name, but wifey and I stopped there and had a great breakfast.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:02:06 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
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To: Chuck Dent
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.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:06:37 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
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To: Chuck Dent
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:08:03 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
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To: GreenLanternCorps
I think they oughta do it. The interstates are awesome, but boring, as someone has already pointed out. :-)
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:09:55 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Any politician who supports amnesty is deader politically than Teddy Kennedy's liver...)
To: ErnBatavia
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:10:25 AM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Any politician who supports amnesty is deader politically than Teddy Kennedy's liver...)
To: libertarianPA
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.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:15:50 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: GreenLanternCorps
99 is still, IIRC, mostly intact, except for long rural stretches occupied by I-5.
To: libertarianPA
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.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:34:27 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: kylaka
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).
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:37:46 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
quirky ice cream stands who sell blueberry cheesecake ice cream AND fried clams Not to be taken simultaneously!
We must warn the others.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:40:13 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: libertarianPA
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:40:28 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: EternalVigilance
The Cadillac Graveyard was much more impressive before vandals got ahold of it.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:59:08 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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.
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posted on
05/21/2007 12:11:08 PM PDT
by
Malacoda
(A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Lancaster Pike! There are places that have turned into suburban hellholes, but there are still lots of cool nooks and crannies. (I live about a block off of Rt. 30.)
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posted on
05/21/2007 12:12:50 PM PDT
by
Malacoda
(A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
To: libertarianPA
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.
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posted on
05/21/2007 12:14:15 PM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution ? 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
I like your tagline, I have distant memories of those signs while I traveled across country as a young girl with my parents.
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posted on
05/21/2007 12:30:10 PM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
( The JUNIOR NATION is VERY proud of our driver. You drive we'll follow! There ain't no turning back!)
To: EternalVigilance
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.
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posted on
05/21/2007 12:34:44 PM PDT
by
BigIsleGal
(Love to all on Rainbow Bridge and Luck to Us Who Aren't)
![](http://www.runningscared.org/files/ron-BurmaShave2.jpg)
![](http://www.richardfranke.com/r5066/burmas3.jpg)
CAR IN DITCH
DRIVER IN TREE
THE MOON WAS FULL
AND SO WAS HE.
Burma Shave
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posted on
05/21/2007 12:37:40 PM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
( The JUNIOR NATION is VERY proud of our driver. You drive we'll follow! There ain't no turning back!)
To: BigIsleGal
:-)
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posted on
05/21/2007 12:40:37 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Any politician who supports amnesty is deader politically than Teddy Kennedy's liver...)
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