Author: Mary Anne Erickson

Addicted to Route 66, Williams, Arizona

Addicted to Route 66 is a store in Williams, Arizona that sells all things Route 66 - and if you’ve...

04 May, 2016 / 0 Comments

Yellowhorse Trading Post, New Mexico

I was entranced by the brilliant red rocks as we turned the bend and the Yellowhorse Trading Post came into...

04 May, 2016 / 0 Comments

Twin Arrows Trading Post, Arizona

This classic old roadside attraction, Twin Arrows Trading Post, has fallen into a frightening abandoned mess....

04 May, 2016 / 0 Comments

The View from Cool Springs, Arizona

This is the coolest old restored gas station with a great pale green pick up truck....

04 May, 2016 / 0 Comments

Henry’s Hot Dogs

In 2012, my husband Richard and I set off to explore the first section of Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois...

26 April, 2016 / 0 Comments

Revisiting Henrys Hot Dog sign, Cicero Illinois

I first discovered Henry’s Hot Dogs on a short Route 66 adventure from Chicago to St. Louis in 2012. That day...

16 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Route #66chix hit the road

  When Jen Dragon and I (the Route #66chix) set out on our Route 66 adventure on The Ride for the...

16 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Montana Charlie’s Little American Flea Market

Not long after you work your way out of the suburban Chicago maze of highways, you’ll find yourself on what’s...

16 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Ambler’s Texaco station, Dwight, Illinois

On the second day of our Route 66 adventure from Chicago to Los Angeles, we found the beautifully restored Ambler's...

15 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Gemini Giant, a muffler man with a heart

The Gemini Giant in Wilmington, Illinois is a retrofitted Muffler Man from the 1960’s. He was given the name by...

15 October, 2014 / 0 Comments