REMEMBERING- "GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66?"

           During the early 1960's, there was a T.V. series called Route 66. It was about two guys traveling that highway in there Corvette and doing and getting into all kinds of situations. I was reminded of this show when the song was done during a dance routine at the recent dance recital here in Williamsburg.

      A classmate, Tracy Miiller, and I during that time, like thousands of other boys and men, talked about one summer getting in a car and following that highway west. If we ran out of money we planned to just get a part time job, then keep going. A fun dream anyway!

     Another classmate, Tony Preston, and I, a few years ago, traveled from his home in Prescott, Arizona through Kingman, Arizona on our way to the Grand Canyon. That town was mentioned in the original song and along its main street were many store fronts with all kinds of Route 66 memorabilia and souvenirs.

     The original highway went through St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Gallup, New Mexico, Flagstaff, and Kingman, Arizona on to San Bernardino, California. Check out the song sometime. They are all there. Those were great days for American highways!