On our return to LHC yesterday, we drove historic Route 66 for several miles, stopping in Seligman for lunch. Seligman is one of several small AZ towns that capitalize on the tourism value of Route 66. The standard shtick is a 50s motif with diners, cars, signs, gas pumps, movie posters, Burma Shave signs, jukeboxes and the like. It's fun to cruise through these little towns and see the creative, period stuff the business owners have come up with.
Route 66 ran from LA to Chicago. It figured prominently in Dust Bowl times, the movie Grapes of Wrath and, of course, the TV series of the 60s, and the Get Your Kicks song. It had many nicknames: Main Street of America, The Mother Road, The Will Rogers Highway, and The Great Diagonal Way. The interstate highway system replaced the popular road for the most part, with only short segments of the original road remaining.
I don't know if there's a connection between roadkill and Route 66 other than the Roadkill Cafe in Seligman where we had lunch. Who could resist the siren call of Roadkill Cafe? Not me. No way. I simply had to stop there, no choice whatsoever. Don't know if Trish was similarly driven but she readily agreed in any case. The lunch, BLTs for both of us, was okay but not remarkable.
T-shirt front.
T-shirt back.
Obviously you didn't buy the t-shirt! I mean, is Trish gonna wear a shirt that says, "Canine Cuisine - Poodles and Noodles"? Not!
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