Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Huh! I was on TV in Oklahoma City today! Galen Culver did a piece on my project for his “Is this a great state or what?” series on KFOR. Here is the link. Yesterday was nutty. The Oklahoman’s photographer John Clanton and reporter David Zizzo came over to the Burners’ house to shoot stuff for […]
Is this a great state or what?
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Simmer down, it’s not how it sounds… I found a lot of passion on the Route over the past few days. Passion for Route 66, that is. Let’s start with Galena, Kansas. A few days ago, I crossed into this somewhat abandoned town and was greeted with a lovely restored ‘40s-era KanOTex gas station run […]
Passion on the Route
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Got lots to say about yesterday but once again, it is very late and I did not get much sleep last night, thanks to the earplug-busting trains running right past my head all night next to the Wal-Mart parking lot… but a short post is better than no post, yes? Yesterday I crossed into Kansas. […]
I’m not in Kansas anymore
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
This post is about navigation. Actually, it’s about navigating the Route by printed book and map, while driving a standard vehicle that’s towing a trailer, while handling a time-lapse camera, while trying to look around and actually see what you are driving past. Route 66 may sound like it’s pretty easy to follow. It’s not. […]
south = east = %@#$*?!
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