Lincoln Logs: Busy Buy-Way-- Iowa Road Trip-- 16th LHA Convention

Some New News About a Mighty Old Road.


1. BUSY BUY-WAY-- Mike Hocker from the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Assoviation (did they just mean the LHA?) drove the whole length of Ohio last weekend to see how successful it was. He reports that from Van Wert on the western edge of the state, to Delphos, there were so m,any places that he lost count.

Larry Lee of the Van Wert VCB reports that one person in town made over $1000 in the first two days.


2. IOWA ROAD TRIP-- The Iowa LHA's Road-to-Road trip, the first-ever, and hopefully not the last (I didn't get to go this time) seems to have also been a success. As of July 31st, 51 vehicles had registered, including some classic cars.

He got the idea while running the Illinois Route 66 Association's annual motor tour from 1998 to 2001.


3. 16TH LHA CONVENTION-- About 130 people from 23 states and even the country of Luxembourg registered for the convention held in Evanston, Wyoming. I would have liked to go, but some of that $11 billion-plus profit Exxon made kept me from doing so).

Evanston resident Shelly Horne ran the show. He said that the tours are always a much anticipated part of the convention. Three buses were reserved and tour guides were provided as well as spaekers at the several stops. Best of all, the tour stops included places people don't usually visit, some on private property.

Speakers on the tours and convention will discuss such items as highway architecture, automotive history and Wyoming cultural resources.

I'll definitely be at next year's convention in South Bend, Indiana, and, of course, the following year in my home state of Illinois.