Photographer sending Route 66 Polaroids to contributors April 17, 2013
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A couple that will honeymoon along Route 66 for three weeks in June will send unique Polaroid photographs to contributors of their Kickstarter campaign.
The campaign already is a success, with more than $1,200 raised. The fundraising goal was $1,000, and 29 days still remain in the campaign. However, those wishing to receive the photos can by contributing with pledges ranging from $10 to $250.
Eric Swanger, who is traveling the route with his fiancee Sarah, wrote:
Rather than self-publishing a book of our photos via a vanity press many months after the trip, we want to send the original, one-of-a-kind photos to you from one our many stops along Route 66.
We want to travel Route 66, take photos with vintage Polaroids and send them to people – friends, family, even strangers. Each photo will necessarily be a one of a kind, you will have the only copy in existence. We won’t even have one! . Each will be taken along Route 66 and will in some way capture the essence of the old road.
This isn’t the first attempt to document the Mother Road with Polaroid images. Christopher Robleski published his “Fading Nostalgia” book of Route 66 signs.
Still, Swanger’s bid to essentially give away the images is unique.
If Swanger’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he traveled Route 66 in a Vespa scooter in 2008.
A closer look at Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum March 13, 2013
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KWTV in Oklahoma City filed this report about the Seaba Station Motorcycle Museum on Route 66 in Warwick, Okla.
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You can read my report on Seaba Station’s initial opening in 2010.
Route 66 in six minutes December 20, 2012
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Motorcycle tour guide Gary Behr posted this video of a series of quasi-time-lapse photos from Richard Alexander’s mounted GoPro camera. The images come from Route 66 (and a side trip or two) from Chicago to Victorville, Calif. — about 2,600 miles worth.
Behr has a blog here.
A word from our sponsor … October 8, 2012
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This video advertisement for Europe-based Route 66 Experience motorcycle tours is about as enticing as you can get:
The song is “The Seeker”, originally by The Who and covered by Rush.
Tour group partners with movie studio for “Easy Rider” tours October 5, 2012
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EagleRider, a motorcycle rental and tour firm, has joined with Sony Pictures to lead clients next year on the exact course that Captain America and Billy took in the 1969 hit film “Easy Rider,” according to a news release.
The company has teamed up with Sony Pictures and Easy Rider movie experts to offer a two-week motorcycle tour that follows the exact path laid down by “Billy” and “Wyatt” during the production of the movie. The tour will offer participants the chance to visit locations where the movie was filmed and ride from the highways of Southern California, to Death Valley, and down to New Orleans to experience the jazz and blues music that the city has to offer.
Furthermore, riders will get to see behind the scenes movie props. The tour will be offered six times throughout 2013, starting in May and ending in October. Click here for more information on the Easy Rider Movie Tour by EagleRider. [...]
“Easy Rider, one of our most coveted classic films, culturally celebrates the American motorcycle lifestyle. EagleRider’s strong reputation makes them the ideal partner for the Easy Rider Movie Tour,” said Greg Economos, SVP Sony Pictures Consumer Products. “We are excited to offer motorcycle enthusiasts the opportunity to engage in the film’s history and thrilled with our partnership with EagleRider.”
EagleRider already offers Route 66 tours. And the “Easy Rider” tour will include a good part of the Mother Road as well, especially the desert Southwest. In 2009, Alan Dunn (aka Mr. Zip66) provided a detailed then-and-now look of the “Easy Rider” filming locations.
You can watch the full version of “Easy Rider” here:
The YouTube site for the film also provides links to specific scenes in the film.
A new Route 66 website worth watching August 10, 2012
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It’s not often you see a new Route 66 website with a fresh angle to hook travelers.
However, Route66MC.com has one — it’s to attract and guide motorcyclists onto the Mother Road.
The “MC” part of the site’s URL stands for Motorcycle Club.
The website aims to provide bikers this information:
- Turn-by-turn directions both east and west.
- Biker-friendly bars, restaurants, motels, and campgrounds.
- Route 66 motorcycle shops.
- The closest motorcycle shop to each Route 66 town.
- Motorcycle rallies along Route 66.
- Route 66 casinos.
- Motorcycle clubs along Route 66.
- “A link that will allow you to tell us about biker bars, motorcycle shops, motorcycle club news, rallies and other events along Route 66, as well as the ripoffs that should be avoided.”
- Helmet and other motorcycle laws for each Route 66 state.
The fellow behind Route66MC.com is Sam Allen, an attorney now in private practice who says he’s traveled Route 66 for over 20 years. He also owned a motorcycle shop for a few years, and founded the Deacons of Deadwood Motorcycle Club in 2002.
And there’s this on his biography:
He has led a colorful life that included fighting in Madison Square Garden and publishing an article about the experience in New York Magazine. After that, he was featured in People magazine and on NBC Nightly News as New York’s boxing lawyer.
Allen said in an email he is publishing an e-book that contains helpful material about Route 66 for motorcyclists. As for his plans for the site, Allen said:
I plan to sell advertising, so hopefully it will become a profitable venture one of these days. I also hope to get feedback from foks who have businesses or along Route 66 so I can have an evolving site that stays up-to-date and has an ever-expanding database. In addition to the e-book, we are coming out with some apps for iPads and other notebook-type devices, and a GPS download.
If you’re a fan of motorcycles or the Mother Road in general, it may be advisable to bookmark this website.
Get your motor running June 2, 2012
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I really like this video about a couple of pals on motorcycles touring Arizona, California, and Nevada, including Route 66:
Music is by Mumford & Sons.