A friend of ours, Kelly, said she was eating a bowl of cereal a while back and was really surprised when she read the back of it and saw that it was about good old Route 66.
The cereal is Millville's Honey Crunch 'n Oats with Almonds and is sold by Aldi here in the Midwest. Aldi is a low-cost, no-frills grocery store chain with some really fantastic prices. I do a lot of shopping there, but have never looked at the back of any cereal boxes.
This one is titled "Historic US 66: Explore American Pop Culture. It shows a map of the states it passes through along with Chicago and Los Angeles along with red dots for Springfield, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Amarillo, Texas; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Albuquerque, NM; and Gallup, NM.
Then, on to Arizona with Winslow, Flagstaff and Gallup; and then Barstow and Los Angeles, California.
HISTORY: One of the original federal routes, US 66 was established November 11, 1926. It originally ran from Chicago, Illinois through St. Louis, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California before ending at Los Angeles (well, Santa Monica actually) for a total of 2,448 miles.
More to Come. --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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