A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway-- Part 2

Some more previews of the show.

1. INDIANA-- Jeremy D. Bonfiglio in the October 25th South Bend Tribune said the 1915 Lincoln Highway in went through Fort Wayne in the east, through Elkhart, Osceola, Mishawaka, South Bend, New Carlisle, LaPorte, and Valporaiso.

In 1928, this northern stretch was abandoned for a more direct Ft. Wayne to Valporaiso route through Columbia City, Warsaw, and Plymouth.

Rick Sebak and crew ate three times at B & J's American Cafe in LaPorte and during the rest of their trip, never ate at any other place more than once.


2. THAT OTHER ROAD-- Rick Kushman of the Sacramento Bee said that Channel 6, PBS, there, will be running "Mother Road" right after the Ride. This features a mother-daughter get-to-know-each-other trip across Route 66. Her mother was born the same year Route 66 was. Good show as well. Here in Chicago, WTTW PBS didn't show it.


3. OH, REALLY???-- Rob Owen in the Oct. 27th Toledo Blade said, "Unlike past Sebak productions, Lincoln Highway offers more of a historical focus with less emphasis on oddball Americana (or maybe Lincoln Highway enthusiasts just aren't prone to saying wacky things)." It appears Rob also missed the general idea of what a seedling mile was all about.

Personally, it is the oddball stuff on these old roads that really get my attention. The odder, the better, I always say.


Cruisin' the Old Lincoln. That's for Me. --RoadDog