Route 66 Hotel
Route 66 Hotel is a period hotel, but in the middle of a remodel. It is using furnishings from the era. My room seemed to be 50's or 60's flavor.
Hey, they did that for real at the Bates Motel!
Day 21 - Williams, California to Wilsonville, Oregon
Over 500 miles today in about 10 1/2 hours of drive time. I was tempted to get past Portland tonight in order to miss the morning rush hour, which is brutal. Oh well, I guess I will just have to sleep in and wait for traffic to clear! A few things made today more interesting. Somewhere around Medford, OR a patrol car came onto the freeway in no special hurry, but then turned on their lights and started weaving down all three northbound lanes. They did this for maybe half a mile while slowing down the whole way. It was effectively herding the traffic into to a group of slow moving vehicles. When the patrol man/woman had us all down to a walking pace, she parked her patrol car across the three lanes, jumped out and grabbed a truck tire from the middle of the freeway. She drug it to the side, ran back to her car and took off! Never been part of a car herding event before. Next up was meeting Ken Tidwell in Salem. He is a member o...
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Great narrative. Ive seen other hot rods have you talked to others like you other than trying to get an invite to a BBQ?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I tried to get a free dinner. Oh well...I have seen no other hotrods making the journey. Really strikes me as odd, but it is early in the season - just look at the weather I am dealing with! I would not do it this early again, but it sure makes it an adventure!
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