Route 66 author Michael Wallis preaches the gospel to the Tulsa World about some of the Mother Road’s mom-and-pop motels.
“You can still find motels on Route 66 where people care if you have enough blankets and covers and pillows,” said Wallis, who has written several books that have documented the famous highway, including “Route 66: The Mother Road.”
“I’ve stayed in motels to this day that don’t even have phones, and they will come by at 5:30 in the morning and wake you up with a gentle tap on the door,” he said.
The article mentions the Chelsea Motor Inn in Chelsea, Okla., one of the good mom-and-pop places, complete with a pet bison.
Wallis will be speaking about Route 66’s endangered motels at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore, Okla.