ROUTE 66 CHRONICLES: AND ANOTHER CHAPTER BEGINS ON ROUTE 66

MEMORY LANE - NEXT EXIT

Welcome to Route 66 Chronicles where the neon still glows bright along Route 66, shiny new Studebaker cars roll from the factory in South Bend, the Edsel is the talk of the town, and tail fins represent the latest in automotive styling.

We at Route 66 Chronicles work hard to ensure your stroll down Memory Lane is a pleasant, enjoyable, and memorable one. In addition to regular posts by award winning author Jim Hinckley, there are numerous links to sites, including classic roadside locations, that will help in your endeavor to plan the ultimate trip along the Main Street of America and other legendary highways. In addition there are also a number of links to sites that provide technical information, as well as support, to keep your vintage car on the road.

We have also added a wide array of information about Kingman, Arizona, the self proclaimed "Heart of Historic Route 66", that is updated daily.

Before you leave meet the proprietor and learn about forthcoming projects by this author. Please take a moment to give your impressions, thoughts, and suggestions as to how we may make your visit more enjoyable.

Thank you - the Route 66 Chronicles team

Saturday, August 25, 2012

AND ANOTHER CHAPTER BEGINS ON ROUTE 66

Well, our visitors from China seem to have had a grand adventure on Route 66. Hats off to Dan Rice (the unofficial mayor of Santa Monica Pier and co-owner of 66-to Cali) for contributing your organizational skills to ensure the tour was a success and "Croc" Lile for being a delightful guide that the folks from Shanghai will be talking about for years to come.
In reading Laurel Kane's blog about her adventures at Afton Station, I learned today that a merry band from Norway is making their way along Route 66 on a grand adventure. If this highway isn't America's most famous attraction it must rate somewhere near the very top of the list.
Another series of exciting announcements came from the publishers of 66 The Mother Road this week. The November/December issue will be a special trip planning issue that will contain a calendar of events and it will showcase a new feature as a pilot program - an insert profiling a particular community.
It would seem the efforts spearheaded by Carol Young, Josh Noble, and Kristi Turman that manifested in the massive gift basket containing what amounts to a complete weekend for two in Kingman, a prize for the Big Palooza contest, are about to bear some very serious fruit. The first community to be profiled in the new featured community insert will be my adopted hometown.
I should also note that effective immediately there will be a new advertising package to ensure the initial goal of providing a voice for the Route 66 community continues into the magazines third year.
This is the response to my inquiry about the advertising package:

1) Full price for advertisement, no discount, but...

2) Place an advertisement in one issue and, with approved changes in content, it runs free in the next issue. In addition, the advertisement will be available in archived editions for up to one year.

3) Billing is sent after publication of the first advertisement, not at the time the advertisement is placed.

4) Payment must be received within thirty days of billing or the second free advertisement is canceled.

In an unrelated development, the Kingman based day trip tours are progressing. I am most excited about what this will mean to Kingman, how it will benefit the Route 66 community, and how I will fair as a tour guide.

According to the latest reports, the long anticipated New Mexico Route 66 Museum is about to become a reality. Details can be found on Route 66 News but it looks as though the ambitious folks in Tucumcari have scored another hit.

The calendar for November is still empty but until a few weeks ago so was October with the exception of our journey to Cuba, Missouri and Cuba Fest for the debut of The Route 66 Encyclopedia. Now, I have received approval for two feature articles as well as a small photo assignment, still need to finish the rough draft for the new book, and will be meeting with Dale Butel's fall tour group from Australia, something my dearest friend and I look forward to.

And so begins a new chapter, and a new season, on Route 66 -

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Jim Hinckley on Legends of America

Did you know that Henry Ford played a pivotal role in the establishment of Cadillac? Did you know that the Stanley brothers of steamer fame were responsible for the creation of Eastman Kodak? Did you know the original Chevrolet was an import? Did you know that cruise control was the creation of a blind inventor? Did you know that Buffalo Bill Cody drove a Michigan? Did you know that there are two ghost towns on Route 66 that have origins linked to the Santa Fe Trail? Did you know that there was only one lynching in Tombstone? As a fan of the Legends of America website for a number of years, it gives me great pleasure to announce that as a contributor I will be able to add stories such as these to this vast online treasure trove.