Southern Living magazine cited the Mother Road during its annual Readers’ Choice Awards:
The Blue Ridge Parkway, in Asheville, N.C., the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tupelo, Miss., and the portions of Route 66 that run through Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas were named best scenic routes by readers, while editors picked The Bluegrass in Lexington, Ky.
Also, the editors chose Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in the Route 66 town of Oklahoma City as the Best Splurge Restaurant.
This is exciting to read because I used to live in Texas and in Oklahoma City, so I’ve traveled those sections on the Mother Road and been to that steakhouse (though my favorite is still the Big Texan). Now I live in Asheville, NC and I have the Blue Ridge Parkway! 🙂