Some stray news items …
- The Tulsa World has a recent update on Emory Duick, the senior citizen who is traveling Route 66 by foot. He’s already worn out two sneakers, and he still has 1,400 miles to go.
- The New Mexico firefighters who were traveling Route 66 by motorcycle to raise funds for families of fallen firefighters reached Santa Monica on Wednesday.
- The Red Fork Centennial Derrick that’s being built on the west side of Tulsa is progressing nicely in its construction. It’s part of a roadside park that’s being built off of Southwest Boulevard, aka Route 66.
- The 19 murals of Pontiac, Ill., helped the Route 66 town nearly dramatically increase its tourism in one year.
- A photo from the recent Walldogs festival in Pontiac made a newspaper supplement in Scotland. Here’s a photo of it, with a mural of a certain highway shield quite prominent: