Day Seven on Route 66: Last Updated June 23, 2020. Your travel reporter Buzze A. Long was up before the sun and drive across #Route66 to America’s Most Advertised Fast Food Joint ™ in Barstow, California. In Barstow, the fast food shares billing with Barstow Station. Keeping my no-junk-food pledge from yesterday, Read more…
Day Six on The Mother Road US Route 66 Last Updated: April 31, 2020. #IDroveTheMotherRoadRoute66 #Route66 is waiting. Your U.S. Route 66 correspondent Buzze A. Long was up early, the laundry is spinning and the gate of the secret compound is unlocked. As I pack up the Mystery Montana, I’m Read more…
Last updated April 30, 2020: Ol’ Buzze A. Long made it into Flagstaff, AZ on the evening of Day Five on Route 66: Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Just soaking up the solitude and relaxing at the secret compound. Smelling the pine & juniper. Driving around town and getting re-acquainted. Also Read more…
Day Five on IDroveTheMotherRoadRoute66 Last Updated: April 26, 2020. Yesterday was a long day on The Mother Road. Your peripatetic host Buzze A. Long was up early and pushed West on I-40 toward #Route66 in Grants, NM. Taking the east exit off I-40, I came into town while it is Read more…
Route 66 | Day Four On The Mother Road Last Updated: April 25, 2020 Your travel reporter Buzze A. Long left Route 66 in Elk City, OK about 7:10 AM, then onto the SuperSlab I-40 toward the Lone Star State – which put in its appearance quickly. Luckily, I stopped Read more…
Day Three on The Mother Road Route 66 Last Updated: April 24, 2020. This morning, your host Buzze A. Long left Mizzurah ( Missouri ) via #Route66 for Kansas. See Day 3 Page One for Kansas. Kansas, having the least mileage of the 8 States Of Route 66, didn’t take Read more…
Kansas, the State Route 66 Forgot Last Updated: April 23, 2020. Day 2 of Driving America’s Memory Lane covered the span of Missouri. Left Joplin, MO about 6:10 AM after a night at Pontiac Palace. Driving west on MO66, this signage snuck up on me: Should I take it or Read more…
Day Two on The Mother Road Route 66 Last Updated: April 22, 2020. Day 1 on The Mother Road is in the can. Yesterday afternoon on America’s Memory Lane. Day Two on Route66 began with wakeup in the Pontiac Palace in Pontoon Beach, Illinois. Slept overnite in Flying J on Read more…
Day One Continues On The Mother Road Route 66 Last Updated: April 21, 2020. Earlier today, I began my Odyssey on Route 66, The Mother Road. This is a great country, the greatest one on Earth. It is wonderful to see a celebration of freedom leading up to our country’s Read more…
Day One on Route 66, The Mother Road Last updated: April 20, 2020. I’m your host, Buzze A. Long. Welcome to Route 66, America’s Mother Road! From Adams Street in Chicago, we’ll wind over 2,000 miles through the most beautiful country in the world; ending up at Santa Monica Pier Read more…
Day Zero on Route 66, The Mother Road Last updated: April 20, 2020. Why Day Zero? Haven’t actually started on Route 66 The Mother Road yet.Day Zero began with laundry, fluid checks on the vehicle and lunch at El-Canelo on Peach St in Erie, PA. For the foodies out there, Read more…
Summer is here and what better way to celebrate than drive #Route66 from Chicago to Santa Monica Pier. This great highway travels through the heart of America. I’m Buzze A. Long and I’ll be sharing my adventures on the Mother Road beginning Friday June 24th, 2016. The drive will be Read more…