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We dumped our plan to head for Tucumcari, NM, to stay at the iconic Blue Swallow Motel. Mitch visited Tucumcari for a photo shoot yesterday, and reported depressing decay and rotted buildings all around the town, except for the Blue Swallow…so we passed. Instead, today became a laid-back driving day, on some of the best…

Woke up in Clinton’s Fairfield Motel, where the staff had allowed me to park Aardvark under the main door canopy overnight. Fantastic exposure for our charities: plenty of people asked us about the car and charities displayed on it. Hoping that made some dent in our donations goal!  We drove into town for an interview…

We dodged a bullet last night, Oklahoma tornados missed us but high winds tore the car cover off Aardvark. Everything inside was soaked by the torrential rain. Solution: take the top off the car, towel everything off as much as possible, sit on plastic bags to avoid the pond in the drivers seat, and hit…

May 5 & 6: Two days different than we planned, but really great anyway. After being towed in to the hotel in Springfield, IL, and deposited in the foremost parking site where everyone who came to the hotel had to walk right past Aardvark. It was a SUNDAY; we called for help from the FFR…

CFF Great Strides event and Cobra Show with Chicago-area FFR lovers. Great start to the Route 66 Charity Campaign

Col. Gale Larson (USAF retired) and wife Lainie, drove down from their home in Michigan to Valparaiso, IN, to meet up with Aardvark and me today…Gale purchased this Factory Five Racing Mk4 roadster kit almost 10 years ago! Life, health, family and other concerns kept him from building the car for 7 years or so,…

Lulu! We made it to Jeff Kleiner’s without incident. The Factory Five Racing Roadster is road-worthy in every respect, thanks to incredible community support, advice, and hard workl!

Wow, this has been a brutal Month of April preparing for the Route 66 trip. Blog, website, and social media-type participation took a back seat  to hard core wrench-turning, problem solving, and parts-acquisition. Aardvark was picked up from that ever-artistic perfectionist, Jeff Kleiner, in early April. Why? Well, Jeff spent the winter disassembling the Aardvark…

One of the real blessings in our Route 66 fund raising campaign is getting to meet and collaborate with Jerry Cahill. He is the founder and head of Team Boomer, the physical activity and healthy living component of Boomer Esiason Foundation, dedicated to conquering Cystic Fibrosis and assisting those in the community to live full,…

Newsletter from Colorectal Cancer Alliance author Stacey Sheehan explains C3on66.org trip and goals for three charities, Colorectal Cancer Alliance, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Team Boomer