This picture is from my 2008 Visit to Garth. In the real world, Route 66 is about 300 miles from my home. On TV, it’s only 60. The very first episode of the Route 66 TV series was set in the small out of the way town of Garth. Filling the role was the equally small and out of the way town of Concord, Kentucky. My visit was just a day trip, but — I’m serious about that out of the way thing — was pretty much a full day trip. I’m happy to report that I did get a much better reception than Tod and Buz had forty-eight years earlier.

Trip Peeks are short articles published when my world is too busy or too boring for a current events piece to be completed in time for the Sunday posting. In addition to a photo thumbnail from a completed road trip, each Peek includes a brief description of that photo plus links to the full-sized photo and the associated trip journal.