Tag Archives: road trip

Route 66 Retrospective: Lessons Learned

Posted on February 18, 2019 by danocan

With so many people planning their own Route 66 trips, I thought I would share a number of my random thoughts and lessons learned from our trip taken over sixteen days back in September and October last year. In my … Continue reading →

Posted in Route 66, Travel | Tagged lessons, Mother Road, road trip, Route 66, travel | 2 Comments

Route 66: The Finale!

Posted on December 18, 2018 by danocan

We reach the end of Route 66… Continue reading →

Posted in History, Route 66, Travel | Tagged Bottle Tree Ranch, California, Mother Road, Rancho Cucamunga, road trip, Route 66, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Pier, USA | Leave a comment

Route 66 – Episode 13

Posted on December 6, 2018 by danocan

So, Day 13 actually started slightly unlucky for us. For the first time on the trip I forgot to unplug the 12V electric cooler we had in the backseat and when we emerged from our wigwam and went to set … Continue reading →

Posted in drone, History, Route 66, Travel | Tagged Arizona, Jack Rabbit Trading Post, Meteor City, Meteor City Trading Post, Meteor Crater, Mother Road, Parks Auto Tour, road trip, Route 66, Twin Arrows, USA, Williams, Winona, Winslow | 1 Comment

Route 66: On to Springfield, MO

Posted on October 26, 2018 by danocan

Our fourth day on the road did not start as planned. I awoke and, as I usually do when I first wake up, I reached over to the table beside the bed and picked up my tablet to see what … Continue reading →

Posted in Route 66, Travel | Tagged Bob's Gasoline Alley, Cuba, John's Modern Cabins, largest rocking chair, Mainstreet of America, Meramec Caverns, Missouri, Mother Road, road trip, Route 66, Saint James, Vacuum Cleaner Museum | 1 Comment

2016 In Review: Explorations, Visitations, and Tribulations (Part 2)

Posted on January 1, 2017 by danocan

Well, in sitting down to write Part 2, I realized I made a glaring omission in Part 1. I completely overlooked that Emily had a tradeshow in Atlanta at the end of June and I flew down to Georgia to … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Alberta, Arizona, Atlanta, BBQ, Bryce Canyon, church, Dorothy, Drumheller, Georgia, ghost towns, Grand Canyon, Heritage Park, history, Jeep Liberty, museums, pizza, railroad, road trip, Route 66, Rowley, Saskatchewan, schools, Utah | 2 Comments

Badlands Exploration

Posted on January 31, 2016 by danocan

There are so many things to see in the badlands of Alberta that it is impossible to see them all in one trip. Our normal strategy is to simply pick a couple key things to target and then try and … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Badlands, bridge, church, Dorothy, drone, East Coulee, grain elevator, history, pizza, road trip, Rosebud, Rosedale, Rowley, suspension bridge | 3 Comments