It’s really worth reading this op-ed piece by Beverly Kelley for the Ventura (Calif.) County Star.
A sample:
Willingness to tackle a job despite impossible odds is the operational definition of the American “can-do” spirit. It’s the same confident courage that a bride donning something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue exhibits, even though she is fully aware of the depressing statistics concerning divorce.
Route 66, these days, is that bride. Never mind the time-saving speed of the interstate and/or the comfort level provided by the predictable chain hotel or restaurant located on the next offramp, folks choose to travel Route 66 because they realize that a renaissance has come to the Mother Road and they want in on it.
Read it here.