Saving the kicks on Route 66 Enthusiast heads up Hampton Inns' preservation caravan By David Flaum flaum@gomemphis.com July 16, 2003 If Jim Conkle was road-weary after 9,000 or so miles on the road since late April, he didn't show it Tuesday. Talking about U.S. 66, his route for much of his travels, gets his adrenaline pumping. "We wanted to make Americans realize that within hours of where they live was a historical icon," said Conkle, the 62-year-old leader of the Route 66 Caravan that is being financed by Hampton Inns as part of its four-year-old Save-a-Landmark program. Conkle drove in...