In early March, Samantha and I drove out to Albuquerque for the annual meeting of the Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership. I've served on their board since I became President of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association in 2019 and I chair one of their working groups - the one that brings State Associations and Byways … Continue reading Preservation Never Ends
What happens when a hockey team adopts the famous Blue Whale as their identity? An exciting weekend of Route 66 celebration!
For the past few days, I've been out in Arizona visiting a few Route 66 communities to help spread the word about the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Route 66 Legacy Business Grant program. I've seen old friends, met with small business owners, and tried to make the most of my time out here. On … Continue reading Sunday in Seligman
Last Sunday, we had our quarterly Board Meeting of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association where we said "Thank You" to Blaine Davis, who is stepping off of the board after more than seventeen years of service. That was in Vinita, Oklahoma; I raced back to Tulsa to board a flight to New Orleans, where I … Continue reading Conference Hopping
When I woke up this morning, I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to do with my day. Those are the best road trip days - when you don't have a set agenda and can just cruise. Well, I did have one thing scheduled...but it was early. That meant I got out out of … Continue reading Taking a Sick Day
Historic Route 66 hasn't always taken the same path across the country. Many areas have multiple alignments to choose from.
The second part of our journey through Slovakia, including the Dunajec River and the High Tatras mountains.
I wrote in detail about attending the European Route 66 Festival on the Oklahoma Route 66 Association website. Check that out here! This picks up as the festival ended. We had a 'roadie dinner' the last night of the festival at a pub a block away from the event. Samantha and I joined friends new … Continue reading Slovakia Part I
So, I had a Grand Plan(tm) to post a travel blog every few days while abroad. Obviously, that didn't hold. But there's a lot more to write about our time in Prague and then Slovakia! Let's see if I can wrap up Prague minus the European Route 66 Festival ... which is the whole reason … Continue reading Prague-ress Report
"Is this your first time in Prague?" a shopkeeper asked us yesterday. Sam nodded. I replied, "Well, no, I was here in 2009/2010." The woman behind the register smiled. "So this is your first time, too?" she asked. In many ways, she was absolutely correct. The Rhys of 15 years ago is not the Rhys … Continue reading The City of 100 Spires
Rhys' Pieces 