Some stuff of interest I've come across recently.
1. BRITAIN's Daily Telegraph editor Toby Harnden is driving part of Route 66 and gauging the political climate of America regarding the upcoming presidential election. He posted from Clinton, Oklahoma,on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ .
He said there are 33 towns named Clinton in the US, but it would not appear that Hillary Clinton is going to do well in her namesake Sooner town.
"Her reluctance to commit herself on even the most straight forward of issues and the relevation this weekend that her campaign has been planting softball questions at her public events underlines the feeling that she is a calculating and over-managed candidate."
Clinton resident Denise Pachard said, "It was bad enough having to listen to the jokes about Bill Clintona and his shenanigans."
Harnden wrote, "Oklahoma is solidly Republican and Clinton, where people recall the days when Elvis Presley would stay at the town's Trade Winds Inn en route from Memphis to Las Vegas, is no exception."
Imagine Clinton not going for Clinton.
2. GOLFING DOWN ROUTE 66-- Something you don't think about when the name Route 66 comes up is golfing. However, John Strege in the November Golf Digest website says that there are up to 80 courses located along the Rt 66 Corridor. You can even get to golf near the termini of both ends of 66: the International Golf Center in Chicago and the Rancho Park Golf Course in LA.
He interviewed Jim Conkle of the Route 66 Pulse and said he was an avid golpher and had been end-to-end on 66 a total of 49 times.
Perhaps someone will play golf at all 80 courses some time and write about it. It won't be me as I am definitely not a golfer. I'd just as well watch a car race, poker, or a tennis match as watch a golf game.
3. RON WARNICK'S ROUTE 66 NEWS BLOG-- had a great "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" video on You Tube by the Count Bishop's. Well, the music was great, but the video could cause some eye strain due to double exposure for the whole thing.
I liked this version just as well as I do what I consider the best effort by Asleep at the Wheel.
Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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