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Category Archives: Route 66
Preservation & Payne
It’s been a busy week on Route 66 in Tulsa and the surrounding area. I love a good road trip to someplace new, but there’s a lot to be said for helping others enjoy the city and stretch of highway … Continue reading
Posted in Oklahoma, Route 66, Tulsa, Uncategorized
Tagged Andy Payne, Blue Whale, Bunion Derby, Mother Road, National Park Service, NCPTT, neon, oklahoma, preservation, route 66, sign, Totem Pole Park, Tulsa
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A Teachable Moment
It’s not a shocking statement to say I spent a little time on Route 66 this weekend. What made this trip much different, though, is the fact that the time I spent cruising the Mother Road wasn’t behind the wheel … Continue reading
Posted in Oklahoma, Route 66, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, Chandler, Davenport, education, Mother Road, OklaEd, oklahoma, route 66, Stroud, teachers, travelok
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Making Time
You can’t control inspiration. You can seek it studiously, you can create circumstances that foster it, you can dig through tedium until you find it…but, after all is said and done, it’ll come when it pleases. Convenience has nothing to … Continue reading
Posted in Oklahoma, Route 66, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged art deco, Conoco, historic marker, Mother Road, neon, road trip, roadside, route 66, Shamrock, station, Texas, U-Drop Inn, Will Rogers
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Back to the Route
I hadn’t taken a Route 66 specific road trip in quite a while. Sure, I followed a Military Vehicle Convoy in September…but that wasn’t really about the road itself. I did spend some time on Mother Road with Michael Wallis … Continue reading
A Veteran Affair
As much as I like to take a road trip to a new location, it’s also nice when the scenery comes to ME. I took the day off today not so I could turn miles on an Oklahoma back-road or … Continue reading
Comanche Territory & Frontier Towns
When I have a road trip planned, it’s easier to wake up early. Granted, I don’t usually leave at 5:00 AM, but on Sunday that is what I did. I was attending a quarterly Oklahoma Route 66 Association meeting in … Continue reading
Posted in Oklahoma, Route 66, Texas, Travel
Tagged abandoned, bridge, Carnegie, cinema, Elmer, Frontier, gas station, oklahoma, Post Office, Red River, road trip, roadside, rural, small town, Stafford, Texas, theater, tire salon, travel, Vernon, Weatherford, Wichita Mountains
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A Model Ford
I celebrated Independence Day near the banks of the Arkansas River in Tulsa. My perch was an exterior stairwell on the sixth floor of the Sophian Plaza, about a mile away from the city’s largest nighttime fireworks display. Lately I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Route 66, Tulsa
Tagged author, automobile, burger, classic car, diners, Ford, historian, Model A, oklahoma, research, road trip, route 66, station wagon, travel, Tulsa, vintage, woodie
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