View allAll Photos Tagged Router
From my road trip: Route 66 Cross Country USA 2012.
Check out Drivelapse+Timelapse Videos, Maps, Data and a Summary of the trip here:
www.defreesproductions.com/road-trip-route-66-cross-count...
The Route-6 16.10 Poole to Tower Park service worked by More Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban 2207 HF54HFW Liz Yelling is seen pulling out from Poole Bus Station onto Kingland Road on Monday 17 June 2013.
Waiting to depart from Poole Bus Station is Yellow Buses Volvo B7TL East Lancashire Vyking DA426 HF03ODR working the Route-1C 11.55 Poole to Somerford service on Saturday 20 July 2013.
I've said it before in my stream, usually when someone says "I gotta do Route 66 someday"... go NOW! Every year something else disappears. Restaurants & motels close, faces who've been on the highway all or most of their lives pass away. I waited until 2006 to finally do it end-to-end, though I'd done a lot of it (Amarillo, TX east through OK & MO) in 2003, and I still kick myself for letting things keep me from doing it earlier when the thought first struck me. (Around late '99, early 2000)
Every day you wait you're taking a chance that something you want to see will no longer be there. Hell with the "retro" along the route, you want the vintage, the real deal. See it now before it's gone. (or sadly, vandalized by morons)
Don't think "Oh, it's historic, so it's protected"... it ain't, brother, and even historical status doesn't mean some idiot developer won't flatten things for a new strip mall, condo or other junk we don't really need.
Buy yourself a copy of this book, this book, and maybe this book (for historical background), and hit the road!
Oct. 21, 2021: Route 66 El Trovatore Motel in Kingman, Arizona. Developer John F. Miller from 1937-40, built the motel, gas station, and cafe. Celebrities staying at the motel included Jeff Chandler, Charles Bronson, Jane Russell, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Don Knotts. Unfortunately, in later years, the motel fell into disrepair.
But about a decade ago, the rundown property was closed and facing foreclosure. Sam and Monica Frisher took over the motel in 2012 and renovated it - twenty rooms became Hollywood-themed rooms. In addition, workers repaired old signs and murals. Painters added new murals. A 206-foot Route 66 map decorates one side of the main motel building.
Driving Route 66
I traveled Route 66 between the Kansas/Oklahoma state line and Oklahoma City. Equipped with a 1961 Road Map and a GPS, i am trying to find the remains of old Route 66
Photos taken at the 2010 Route 66 Rowing Regatta, presented by the Tulsa Rowing Club. For a slideshow of more images visit www.rjbphoto.com/sports/regatta2010/