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