Route 66 - The Mother Road

I came home today to find 3 wonderful features. Two are in the Route 66 group: “Udderly Awesome” and “Dino Encounter” and one is in the Outsiders group: “Cherry Blossom …

Just arrived back on Route 66! / Having zig-zagged down from Denver, I’ve picked-up where I left off last year, here in Albuquerque, so hopefully lost more images of the Mother Road soon. / In …

Wow… My Barbershop blues just got featured on Route 66 the mother Road I am so excited.. If any of you are familure with the pixar film Cars .. in the bonus features cunducting interviews this …

I am very honored (and excited!) to be chosen as one of three hosts of the group, Route 66 – The Mother Road, which was originally formed by Dennis Jones. I will be working closely with Dennis…

I could not believe it, I have been gone for a while, due to being so busy this last week at work, and come back to find that I have been featured in the Red Barn, and Route 66 groups…… t…

Sir Paul McCartney spent the night in one of our local hotels last week as he passed through town on his “Route 66 Tour”….a few lucky folks got to meet him and speak with him, but …

We were blessed this past week to be able to take a road trip to the past on the great Mother Road, Route 66. We had a safe trip, beautiful weather, laughter, fun, and terrific memories. / About dus…

It was another gorgeous day in Oklahoma. While we have been out west, there have been storms east of us but we have been blessed by gorgeous blue skies and clear weather every day of our trip down R…

LEAVING TEXAS! / As we left McLean, the Texas sun was low on the horizon. Who knows what time it is or what day it is on road trip? We looked at our watches and then the calendar. Bad news! We ha…

MCLEAN, TEXAS / The sun was dropping on down when we arrived at McLean. In the downtown area, the road split into one-way east and west bound segments, divided by a city block. / Although closed for…

CONWAY, TEXAS / Next stop after leaving Amarillo was the tiny town of Conway. A large section of the old town was entirely fenced in, containing a junkyard of Route 66 relics and dilapidated buildi…

Driving east with the sun at our backs, we came into the outskirts of Amarillo, Texas late in the afternoon. It was here with the flat grassy plains stretching into infinity on both the north and so…

After leaving Tucumcari, we headed east to San Jon, our last stop in New Mexico. San Jon is another small town on Route 66 with abandoned motels and businesses. The photo below shows a rusty sign t…

We were cruising down Route 66 in eastern New Mexico to our next stop, Tucumcari (pronounced too-come-carry). We were really looking forward to this stop because we had heard that there was a sectio…

After our side trip to Taos in New Mexico we began heading back to Route 66. Upon the recommendation of one of the locals, we picked up Highway 518 just south of town as our route back to The Mother…

After two days of straight-through driving, Monty and I stopped at Santa Rosa, New Mexico, just south and east of Santa Fe. We found a hotel right on the main drag through town, a little highway cal…

I have been given the wonderful opportunity to interview artists for the Emotive Photography group’s Artist Spotlight section. I think this is going to be a great project for all of us to get to know…