No Rhyme or Rhyson

The last time I took the time to sit down and write a post here, it was January. The Drive Home tour had just come through Tulsa. I had spent a few days in Arizona and was marking the anniversary of my father’s passing. It’s been about two months since then. I just marked the anniversary of my mother’s passing while I was on the road in western Oklahoma. Things are moving so fast right now and I…

After my father passed away in 2011, I asked my Mom where she would most like to go but hadn’t had the chance to visit. She had two answers: Washington, D.C. and the Grand Canyon. I am so blessed that we were able to travel to those places together, in 2013 and 2019 respectively. Mom and me – April 2013 Mom couldn’t walk much when we visited D.C. together (her first back surgery was still…

In early March, Samantha and I drove out to Albuquerque for the annual meeting of the Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership. I’ve served on their board since I became President of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association in 2019 and I chair one of their working groups – the one that brings State Associations and Byways together monthly to talk about needs, developments along the road, and opportunities to…