[Buzz123]

Cruise into yesteryear along scenic Route 66 - Living - ReviewJournal.com

Margo will be the guest speaker next week at a monthly luncheon I sometimes attend.

Another local author that wrote about desert trips in books such as Out From Las Vegas, Adventures a Day Away, and Mojave Desert Trails, might be a big help to you treasure hunters, is Florine Lawlor. Google her too.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

Cruise into yesteryear along scenic Route 66 - Living - ReviewJournal.com

Here's an area where I simply am not liberal. If Route 66 enthusiasts want to preserve that stretch of largely-abandoned highway, they can pay for it themselves.

Asking government to keep a road open that almost nobody uses -- for the nostalgia of baby boomers -- is a waste of tax dollars. Boomers should suck it up and realize that Martin Milner is dead. And so is Jack Kerouac and Route 66.

[MadManofBethesda]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Boomers should suck it up and realize that Martin Milner is dead.

That would probably come as a shock to his wife. Not to mention himself.

[Buzz123]

What about the economic advantages it brings to depressed areas, and the jobs it would provide to people in those areas that were thoughtlessly left to die by Ike and his interstate builders? I appreciate the interstate, but as a tourist, I enjoy the nostalgia of taking trips to those places.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

What about the economic advantages it brings to depressed areas, and the jobs it would provide to people in those areas that were thoughtlessly left to die by Ike and his interstate builders? I appreciate the interstate, but as a tourist, I enjoy the nostalgia of taking trips to those places.

Why should my tax dollars pay for it? You want to save Route 66? Write a check. The business owners who might benefit can write a check, too.

We're not talking about schools or museums or anything else of benefit to humanity. It's a strip of freakin' asphalt. One that was made obsolete by a better strip of freakin' asphalt. Let the desert retake it.

What's next? Historic fast food joints?

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Why should my tax dollars pay for it? You want to save Route 66? Write a check. The business owners who might benefit can write a check, too.

We're not talking about schools or museums or anything else of benefit to humanity. It's a strip of freakin' asphalt. One that was made obsolete by a better strip of freakin' asphalt. Let the desert retake it.

What's next? Historic fast food joints?

Maybe you should just re-read the article.

[Buzz123]

FYI, busloads of tourists cruise old Rt 66 daily, along the part of the route this article is about, spending money, having a good time. Thousands of others in cars, and on motorcycles, do the same. Did anyone see anything in the article about taxpayer money being used by that association? The highway has been there for local use since the freeway went in back in the late 1960s/early 1970s, so the state (of Arizona, not Nevada) has been maintaining it all along anyway. This article is about promoting the route for tourism, which is a good thing to most people. But I-15 bypassed those towns from too far away, and hurt them economically. It's not about asphalt, it's about towns. Towns are made up of people who work and raise families. What would life be like here if I-15 had been routed miles away from town? What would the tiny towns of St. George be like if they hadn't found a way to run I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge, and right through the town? And, it's about things people enjoy doing and are willing to pay for. It has nothing whatsoever to do with wasting tax money that I can see.

[Buzz123]

BTW, the original post is for the benefit of those asking about places to go around here with metal detectors. There are lots of books available on local areas worth exploring, written by local people who have been there and done that.

[dynimagelv]

I LOVE making the trip down route 66....been a few years tho....used to be a prairie dawg village on the N side of the highway....somewhere past peach Springs...was kinda neat....


and Scoopie....your tax dollars aren't paying for it....mine are.....yours can pay for something else thats worthless to me.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

Maybe you should just re-read the article.

"Alarmed at the demise of the famous highway and the damage to towns along its route, concerned groups in several states urged preservation of Old Route 66. In 1987, the Arizona Route 66 Association pressed for special designation of the segment still intact as Historic Route 66."



And it's maintained by the National Park Service, using tax money that could be better spent on damned near ANYTHING.

National Park Service Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program

This is a bunch of bikers and Corvette enthusiasts getting the government to pay for their nostalgia.