roadside America Tag

Avalon Hotel is Classic Miami Beach

  The Avalon is a classic Miami Beach hotel. I spent a few days here several years ago and while walking...

06 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

Giant Catsup Bottle, Collinsville, Illinois

The Giant Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, a masterpiece of engineering, was originally built in 1949 as a water tower by W.E.Caldwell Company...

14 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Muffler Man with American Flag

One of the joys of cruising Route 66 is being on constant alert to unexpected finds like this Muffler Man...

13 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Sally Carrera from the movie “Cars”

Incredibly, I had picked up this toy car (Sally Carrera from the movie "Cars") at a funky antique shop on...

10 October, 2014 / 2 Comments

Cruising on Route 66

There's just nothing like the feeling of cruising the open road on Route 66 with the windows open and the...

09 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Yukon’s Best Flour, Oklahoma City

We cruised by the massive Yukon's Best Flour plant at the end of a long day of driving Route 66 while...

09 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Pops Soda Ranch, Route 66 Oklahoma

Just before you get to Oklahoma City while you're traveling on Route 66, you'll come upon Pops Soda Ranch. This...

09 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Texas Panhandle Landscape

We had 400 miles to travel between Oklahoma City and Amarillo, Texas, across the narrow northern Texas Panhandle. Much of...

08 October, 2014 / 0 Comments

Cattleman’s Club and Cafe, Amarillo, Texas

If you drive into Amarillo on old Route 66  (the former commercial strip full of motels and restaurants) you'll bump right into the...

07 October, 2014 / 0 Comments