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A New Era on Route 66

by jimhinckleysamerica | May 31, 2022 | community development, Kingman Arizona, Lifestyle, RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS, Route 66 Events, Route 66 restaurant, Travel, urban exploration | 0 Comments

If a community is to become a destination for people looking for a place to raise a family, to retire, and to open a business it must be first transformed into a destination for travelers and tourists. That transformation includes appealing streetscapes, a diverse...

From Arizona to Germany on Route 66

by jimhinckleysamerica | May 10, 2022 | Adventure, community development, Kingman Arizona, Lifestyle, Miscellaneous, Route 66 authors, Route 66 Events, Route 66 history, Route 66 restaurant, Travel, urban exploration | 0 Comments

My pa was full of million dollar quips that he wove into a rich and colorful tapestry that illustrated how to live life with a proper perspective. But Brad, a weathered old cowhand that I worked with on the Sierra Mesa spread along the Mimbres River in New Mexico, was...

A Burro By Any Other name

by jimhinckleysamerica | March 21, 2022 | Adventure, ghost town, Lifestyle, National Old Trails Road, Route 66 authors, Route 66 Events, Route 66 history, Route 66 restaurant, Travel, Uncategorized, urban exploration | 2 Comments

Walter is the honorary mayor in Oatman, Arizona, a ghost town on Route 66 that is often busier than Time Square on New Years Eve. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting him this past weekend during a book signing at Jackass Junction. I would be remiss if it were not...

A One Armed Lawman & Other Tales

by jimhinckleysamerica | Feb 22

He was a legend on the southwest frontier in the late 19th century. He had a well-deserved reputation as a fearless lawman and a career that spanned more than fifty years even though he lost use of his left arm during a gun battle in Fairbank, Arizona. The incredible...

Take The Bull By The Horns

by jimhinckleysamerica | Feb 15

Route 66 continues to provide communities along that highway corrdior with unique opportunies for economic development and historic distric revitalization. These opportunities will be magnified as we draw closer to the Route 66 centennial in 2026. This is in stark...

Hard Times, Good Times & Odd Times

by jimhinckleysamerica | Jan 11

The family has graciously offered to share their story, a true tale of inspiration and of a family of immigrants that built a small empire along Route 66 in the desert southwest. I eagerly await their email as this should make for some interesting reading. I stumbled...

Lost Highways, Old Friends & And A Hearty Breakfast

by jimhinckleysamerica | Sep 23

What do you call a day that includes a Route 66 road trip, an awesome possum breakfast at a classic Route 66 restaurant, exploring not one but three historic highways and seeking out Arizona railroad history, and a shared adventure with an old friend? Well, in normal...

Great Pie, Excellent Tacos & The Best Beer

by jimhinckleysamerica | Feb 29

Ideas on what constitutes the ideal road trip are as varied as the people that embark on these adventures. However, most everyone will agree that two components needed to to ensure a memorable odyssey are unique restaurants that offer good food as well as regional...

Dawn Of A New Era?

by jimhinckleysamerica | Oct 22

For those willing to simply see where the road leads, and an ability to develop flexible plans, life can be a grand adventure full of surprises. The fall tour has been just such an adventure, endless opportunity for surprises. It has been maddening, fun, interesting,...

An Adventure Along Memory Lane

by jimhinckleysamerica | Oct 13

I have been traveling the back roads of America since 1959. I have been tellling people where to go since 1990 (as a writer as well as through Jim Hinckley's America) and since at least 1976 as a manifestation of a low tolerance for stupidity, grifters, and...