back in the 50/60s my dad was a long hauler... during the summer i would get to go with him riding on the engine hump (hot hot hot) remember the teepee hotels in so cal... in the past few years JS&Me have made it to spots in ca nm az... things aren t quite what i remembered as a kid.

so how about you... keep it nice

 

Great thread...

When I was a kid, my parent's didn't travel much out of the Missouri / Illinois area but we did have some local ROUTE 66 historic favorites spots around St. Louis:

Route 66 Park-In Drive in



Ted Drewes Frozen Custard



Meramec Caverns



Coral Courts (No-Tell) Motel



Chain Of Rocks Bridge

 

Gallup NM. 14 miles long and 2 blocks wide.

 

Watching the Santa Fe Trains run along Rt. 66.

 

wow what pics from both of you

i think the diablo canyon print was part of a collection brought to the antique road show... the story was that SF didn t like the artists perspective of featuring the land scape instead of the trains... they were giving the heave hoe to 100s? lithos and orginal prints... he asked for them... got them... the lithos turned out to be worth more than the orginal artist drawing... who would ve thunk.

i have a friend down in vegas that has chased train west to east and back. i ll share this link with him

thanks!!!

 

I remember the RT66 drive in as well.. I almost watched a few movies there! Hehe...

 

Oh yes... that was a great drive-in right off Watson Rd. (Route 66) in south St. Louie...

They had a final oldies cruise night where I drove my 69' Mopar to before it closed for good.

I still have one of their drive-in window speakers in my basement diner (grabbed one right before the final demolision...)

Sad to see that place go.

 

Indeed.. I grew up less than a mile from there.. you could almost see the movies at night from our backyard.

I'm not sure on the KSHE history, but IIRC, they started broadcasting there or had done so for a long time.

Maybe, just maybe - if Gordmans and Best Buy fall out, someone will invest it back to what it once was. Could you imagine the crowds if they brought it back?