Model A's at the Sophian Plaza in Tulsa, which is also celebrating 100 years this year!
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Photographer, writer, and traveler from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prez of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association and Preserve Route 66 Manager for the National Trust for Historic Preservation (views are my own, though.) Puns.
Model A's at the Sophian Plaza in Tulsa, which is also celebrating 100 years this year!
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I'm so excited about this project!
"When can we expect to see those plans?"
TWO WEEKS TO GO, BUDDY
"If you read that name Reese's that's an apostrophe-S. Reese-apostrophe-S, on the end of that name. That means the candy bar is his, I didn't know that! Next time you're eating a Reese's candy bar and a guy name Reese comes by and says "Let me have that," you'd better hand it over."
Looking at my calendar every day in 2026
It's a busy year at @oklahomaroute66.com! If you're looking for events to plan a Route 66 trip around, this is a good start! Tickets are on sale for the Big Band Hangar Dance in April and registration is open for our Centennial Car Show in Sept. More information at: oklahomaroute66.com/events-1
CAN'T BUY A BUCKET
Perhaps some people do not have the...capacity to believe.
Yessssssssss
The restored neon of the Skyliner Motel in Stroud, Oklahoma. The rest of the Route 66 motel has been renovated, too!
this is who runs this account
A KINGLY GIFT
every mood
Growing up, we'd get Chicago's WGN-TV in Tulsa and all I remember from it is Bozo the Clown. Judging by them letting me on their airwaves today, not much has changed.
After a snowstorm that shuts everything down for a few days, ask yourself, "What local business(es) would I be absolutely gutted if they closed?" and go support them!
Hey, so our basic itinerary is now up at www.route66caravan.com! Coming this June to the Mother Road... (full press release to come)
The Centennial YearΒ Begins
We're only halfway through January and it's been a whirlwind. That is not a surprising fact to my peers in the Route 66 world, as we've all been building towards 2026 for some time now. In fact, when I was elected President of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association in 2019β¦
I will never get tired of how incredulous the dog is when I've taken his toy. AGAIN.
This little motel in Prescott is the bee's knees! Appropriately called The Motor Lodge.
What an incredible landscape at Lake Havasu City I talked about Route 66's past, present, and future today at the annual Xscapers Bash. They obviously love a good road trip!
Well, I guess that answers that.
When the flight is only half full, it feels like luxury.
I've been looking at this Centennial logo on letterhead and web pages for years and now it's showing up in the Real World. Feels kinda surreal, but the Centennial is HERE! Beautiful 1960 Chrysler 300F by the way.
Bless
A brown and white dog adopts a protective embrace around a plush yule-log toy in anticipation of it being taken and thrown by his owner, who is just out of frame.
DO NOT TAKE he says
Today I am thinking of my late cousin, Ron Bridgeford. He was a wonderful pianist and we talked a few times about his favorite compositions. Rachmaninoff was at the top of the list, this piece especially. It simultaneously moves and settles me.
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Relaxing by sorting my email inbox and writing press releases please help