As my schedule got increasingly messy, I let this event slide out of consideration. It again caught my eye when organizers announced an extension of the early-bird cut off and I realized that I could fit it in. So I’m off to the only annual conference dedicated to Historic Route 66. This is the eighth year for the conference, my fourth time attending, and the first time I’ve made it to two in a row. The conference actually starts Thursday morning but there was an associated concert on Wednesday and I planned the staging drive to include a major new attraction on the route. The first day of the journal is now in place.

This entry lets blog-only subscribers know about the trip and provides a place for comments. The journal is here.