It was looking grim Friday morning before the scheduled start of the preservation project for the closed Ray’s Motel in Clinton, Okla., as part of activities with the National Route 66 Festival. Heavy rain had fallen, and according to radar, a storm system appeared parked over Clinton.
However, shortly before the project’s 11 a.m. start, the rain lessened, the sun broke through the clouds, and nearly 15 volunteers throughout the day came to scrape peeling paint from the stucco walls of Ray’s.
Here is Michael Taylor of the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program getting into the act. He shows that preservation is more than just pushing papers.
The preservation project continues from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Most of the activity those days will center around painting the building.