When most people talk about the beginning of Route 66 in Chicago, they think about downtown. There’s a sign with the Route 66 shield that says “End” under it. There’s a cute little marker around the corner from that. The City of Chicago recently decided they were going to move the end of 66 to … Read more
I’m not sure exactly what to call this, but there’s a moment that happens a few miles down the trail on hikes. Sometimes it happens you’ve set up camp, settled in, and you’re trying to go to sleep. You notice something not because it’s there, but because it isn’t. The noise of the world isn’t … Read more
In my past posts, I shared stories from the journey across California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, a little corner of Kansas, and Missouri. Now, it’s time for the last state we crossed on Route 66. Starting with a pretty metal bridge and ending with Chicago, Illinois was anything but boring. The Chain of Rocks … Read more
When most people talk about Route 66, it’s all about visiting the past. Neon lights, the movie Cars (especially in my last post), space age cars with fins and faux jet nozzles, and everything else from the good old days washes over our minds. But, that’s not all that Route 66 is about. Sometimes, getting … Read more
One of the biggest things that kept Route 66 in the public imagination over the last few decades was the 2006 Disney/Pixar movie Cars. While it obviously wasn’t a true story, it did tell people what really happened to town after town when roads like I-40 replaced Route 66. What you might not know is … Read more
In my last article, I told the tale of having a blowout that almost ended the trip. With some help from an RV tech, five new tires, and some DIY repair, we were hoping to leave all of that kind of excitement behind us! And, for a couple of days, we did. Leaving Albuquerque with … Read more
After leaving Meteor Crater, we got our tire repaired, took some bad advice from a tire shop in a small town, continued down Route 66, and spent a stressful day in Albuquerque having things repaired. Follow along on a tale of both fun and sorrow! Having A Tire Patched & Plugged In my last article, … Read more
After we finished our tour of Grand Canyon Caverns, it was time to continue the journey along Route 66. In this post, I’m going to talk about how bad things can happen. Sometimes, it’s a meteor striking the earth. Other times, it’s a nail going into a tire on your trailer, setting off a sequence … Read more
Earlier this year, I posted a lot about an upcoming EV trip not only along the length of Route 66, but then to the east coast and then back to New Mexico. If you’ve been following along, you probably noticed the updates on CleanTechnica abruptly stopped after we hit Kingman, Arizona. I continued posting photos … Read more
For two years, a chunk of old concrete sitting in a rushing Smoky Mountains river left me wondering about its history. It looked like the washed-out remains of a bridge for cars, but the truth is a lot heavier, both physically and emotionally. That decaying block is actually the scar of an environmental disaster. Even … Read more
You CAN get there in an EV!