Meet the greatest concret dinosaur that ever was! This is Generation X's Purple Dinosaur, Dino Flintstone, a Snarkasaurus. Yes, before the big purple Millennial dinosaur Barney there was Dino of Fred Flintstone fame. Concrete Dinosaur Photo from 1976 I purchased this...
The Blue Whale, Catoosa | Route 66, 1981 My father lived for roadside attractions along the rural byways of America. He loved to take Sunday afternoon drives and he loved to take long trips across the country. Born in 1930, he was a member of the Silent Generation. He...
The fate of the Carlyle Motel sign on Route 66 in Oklahoma City is worse than I thought. Click here for my original post on the subject. Both sides of the sign (referred to in the promotion as east and west) are being sold off as puzzle pieces. Most of the pieces have...
Future generations will not be able to enjoy Oklahoma City's world famous Carlyle Motel sign on Route 66. It is gone. The owners sold it back in January and replaced it with this ugly backlit piece of junk. I noticed it today driving home from the kids' soccer game on...
The Big Texan Motel ...When that sun is high in that Texas sky I'll be bucking at the county fair. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo I'll be there. -- From Straight and Amarillo By Morning Another summer has come gone. I'd be a liar if I didn't confess how sad it's made...
"When Route 66 was closed to the majority of traffic and the other highway came in, I felt just like I had lost an old friend. But some of us stuck it out and are still here on Route 66." --Lillian Redman, former owner, Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari, New Mexico This...
The Lasso Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico was bulldozed in February 2010. Who knows when it roped in its last customer, but as far back as 1970, it was creating hellish experiences for travelers. Get a load of this comment I swiped from Flickr user, butitsmine: "In...
We were gone just a little more than two days during our recent trek down Route 66 to Tucumcari, New Mexico, but it was long enough to realize that sadness, beauty and hope are still alive on this old American highway. Early Wednesday morning while everyone slept, I...
Robert and I took the kids on a jaunt down a portion of the Mother Road, Route 66, earlier this week. It was a quick trip through Amarillo, final destination: Tucumcari, New Mexico. I'll be sharing my photos in a several upcoming posts. There's just too much Route 66...
My dad always told me to keep my eyes peeled. It was just one of those funny things he always said, like "talk 'til I'm blue in the face." He always said that when words alone couldn't convince someone of something. Sometimes, when he had nothing to say at all or when...
"I guess when you've lived longer than your house and your family, then you've lived long enough." -- From Trip to Bountiful Luther, Oklahoma, A Route 66 railroad crossing just off the Mother Road | November 2011 This photo reminds me of my father and all the stories...
The Blue Dome Building, located in downtown Tulsa, was at one time a 1920s gas station that attracted travelers along Route 66. Today, it is the center of the Tulsa's nightlife. I took these pictures while attending the Oklahoma Arts Conference in Tulsa in late...