This weekend, Indi and I are going to Dallas to visit her uncle. I’m taking the Netbook as it will be a good dry run for our USA leg of the trip.
I also plan to get some additional musics to listen to on the drive. I have to sit in the back seat of the truck, which is fine…I just get carsick in the back. Bleh. It’s one of those weird things where I got sick as a kid, got better, and now I’m back to not handling it well.
Oh, and on an unrelated note: the building they approved to replace the WTC towers has been renamed to ‘One World Trade Center’. They were going to call it ‘Freedom Tower’. Am I the only one that thinks ‘Freedom Tower’ was stupid? It’s like that ‘Freedom Fries’ crap they pulled. It feels too PC and contrived. One World Trade Center is the address, and they are now going with that name. Good for them. Now if they can ever just get it built…
Rhys Martin is an author and photographer from Tulsa, Oklahoma. His love of travel was awakened in 2009 when he sold all of his possessions and left the country. For ten months, he lived out of a backpack and explored southeast Asia and Europe. When he returned home, it was with fresh eyes for his home state.
As he drove the back roads of Oklahoma, Rhys discovered the significance of historic Route 66 to the greater American story. He has traveled all 2,448 miles of the Mother Road and continues to seek out the quiet Main Streets of the Midwest.
Rhys's travel writing and photography has been featured in numerous publications, including Tulsa People Magazine, This Land Press, ROUTE Magazine, Nimrod Journal, The Oklahoman and Tulsa World. He wrote the book Lost Restaurants of Tulsa, which features the stories of nearly 50 iconic eating establishments from the city's past. He has also been a contributing author to multiple Route 66-based travel and history books.
Rhys is the President of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association and serves on multiple boards and commissions related to the Mother Road and its upcoming Centennial in 2026. He loves to connect with people and share his experiences.
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