Posts tagged road trip
Route 66 – Part 22 – California
Oct 22nd
Route 66 – Part 22 – California – Includes Tucumcari NM, Vega TX, Amarillo, Cadillac Ranch, China Town, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venus Beach, and The Azusa Drive In.
Route 66 – Part 23 – Springfield, Illinois
Oct 21st
ROUTE 66 – Part 23 – Springfield, Illinois – Jann heads across route 80 to the Marriot in Omaha, Nebraska on his way to Springfield, Illinois. He takes us to the Cozy Dogs in the Audi he drove, and then to the 2002 Route 66 Convention at the Renaissance in Springfield. He talks with Martin Milner from the Route 66 TV show. Then Jann visits Bill Shea at Shea’s Gas Station where there’s tons of great mother road memorabilia in the museum. Michael Wallace tells us about some history of Route 66 in Springfield and his life on the road he wrote about in his Route 66 Mother Road book.
Nebraska – Movie Trailer
Feb 2nd
Director Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants) takes the helm for this black and white road trip drama starring Bruce Dern as a tempestuous Missouri father who’s convinced he’s won a million dollar magazine sweepstakes, and Will Forte as the son who grudgingly agrees to drive him to Nebraska to claim his winnings. Bob Odenkirk and Stacy Keach costar.