The Double R Bar isn't exactly on Sixty-Six but it's close. Apparently Roy and Dale never actually lived here though they did keep horses here and visited frequently.

I've heard Michael speak a few times and not always on Route 66. I live far enough from Sixty-Six to risk confessing a "where's the emperor's clothes?" impression about some of those times. A cynical me started to see Michael as more of a celebrity and performer than as an advocate. Early in Saturday's speech, he announced that "Tonight I feel better about Route 66 than I ever have" and somewhere along the line I kind of started to agree with him. He praised this year's summit meeting in a way that made me believe him. Seeing David Knudsen active on the scene helped. And so did hearing and seeing Dan Rice's sincerity. Maybe there is some hope for a little unity some day. I'm not holding my breath but neither am I completely writing off the possibility which is something I've really been inclined to do.

I'm going to end this page by quoting myself twice. On the eighth day of this trip I posted a picture of a briefcase in a museum and paraphrased Edith & Archie with "Mister, we could use a man like Jack Cutberth again". Maybe Dan's the man. Before heading back to my room, I told Michael that "I don't know if that's the best speech you ever made but it was the best one I've ever heard you make."