Richard Dinkela II’s new website, HookedOnRoute66.com, has been live for a few days. But today was when he announced the launching of the site.
Dinkela, a St. Louis resident, says it isn’t just a fan site, but also a resource for those wanting to find the more obscure alignments of the Mother Road:
What most new explorers of Route 66 fail to realize Route 66 was never just one path. Since its commission in 1926, until its decommission in 1985, the path labeled “Route 66” was constantly changing and evolving. […] Today there are many hurdles finding all of Route 66. The greatest hurdle is getting to alignments of 66 that are on private property.
Hard core adventurists like me are driven to find and explore every remnant possible of the mother road. This site will be a resource for the adventurist – a place where travelers learn to go beyond what is found on tour guides. […]
Hooked On Route 66 is about assisting people in any way possible with their involvement of Route 66 and its people.
Dinkela already has posted “Virtual Tours” of Illinois and Kansas with dozens of photographs — even of the little-known stretches of Route 66. In Illinois, he found 1926 remnants of the original road, a ghost bridge near Carlinville, and plus shot a few terrific photos of the brick Route 66 near Virden.
Dinkela will post more material on the site in the coming days.
He’s really got it covered nicely, so far, or so it appears … and it’ll be interesting to see what else he adds in the coming days.
The only ‘glitch’ I found was his misspelling of “Kahokia” Mounds, on the Illinois Virtual Tour :).
Given his surname, I’m also wondering if he’s of Finnish extraction.
Rich does a good job & if you have not met him or signed his truck, do so at your earliest convience. You’ll be happy you did.
very nice pictures taken in this virtual tour and of course I am waiting for more in the next days