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Angela Yosten is brilliant.. just Brilliant!
Her newest book is geared to boys... and I LOVE IT! She has such a clever idea to mix up road signs, railroad crossings and other things into fun and functional quilts, bags and even a shower curtain for boys. (big boys too!). I interviewed Angela on the Radio August 6, 2012 and we chatted about the book.
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I LOVE the Route 66 sign... as I have a LONG love affair with this highway.
Before you 'cruise' on down the list of prior blog stops below to get inside scoops on the book projects.... I am going to share a few of my favorite Route 66 finds
First you have to know there is a WEBSITE for Route 66 HERE
How about the Wigwam Hotel ... park next to your tent!
How about some car art?
A few drive ins? I miss those!
And some Great Icecream spots!
Now how would YOU like to own Angela's book?
*** Tell me YOUR Favorite Car Travel Memory
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Favorite Car memories... when we moved from MI to CA. We were on Route 66 and got pictures. Drove lots of twisty roads, seen the Grand Canyon and Four Corners! shuttermom77 at gmail dot com
Posted by: Stephanie O | Friday, August 17, 2012 at 10:34 PM
My family drove to Mt. Rushmore one year and we took about two weeks to do it stopping at every stop on the way and doing every hike we could find, I have great memories with my family from that trip.
Posted by: Erin | Friday, August 17, 2012 at 12:47 PM
When I was a kid we used to drive to my Aunt's house in Northern Utah. We always sang as loud as we could the "I would walk 500 miles" song. But there was this little canyon that we had to drive through between two mountains. My parents called them the "squishy mountains" and had me convinced that if we made any noise, the mountains would squish us. I guess they were just tired of the singing by that point.
Posted by: Tiffany | Friday, August 17, 2012 at 12:33 PM
When I was little, my family moved A LOT, and always by car. I remember a trip from Maine to Washington State, supposedly sleeping in the back of the station wagon on all the blankets and such, but really staring out the window at night, squinting at the lights to make them look like those starburst shapes. It was magical for me. I also remember getting out of the car in some remote spot in Montana and just feeling awe at how BIG and OPEN the space was out there, very different from the New England landscape to which I was accustomed. Thanks for the chance to share and win!
Posted by: Erin Hutchinson | Friday, August 17, 2012 at 12:13 PM
In the evening about 11p.m. my husband has an idea to drive to Ark. sounds like a fun quick roadtrip mind you we live in Missouri which is only 3 hrs. away I have no idea where he got directions from but not only did it start pouring rain about 45min. from home but his directions took us 15 HOURS to get there curvy winding back roads the whole way there at one point the state troopers are rerouting traffic no help.At the 15th hour I asked him to drive at which point he decided to get a hotel.We had a blast but made it home in 3hrs. when we did leave.thank-youBecky
Posted by: becky derry | Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 09:50 PM
I have fond memories of our yearly camping trip on the edge of the Trinity National forest near Forest Glen, CA. Mom & Dad 2 boys & 4 girls dry camping in the forest. We stayed for 2 weeks and set out each day on an adventure. One day we drove on an old logging trail till the road was washed out by a creek. On the other side of the creek stood an old broken down log cabin. We crossed the creek and explored the inside of the cabin and found a 1930's Montgomery Wards catalog and several colored glass bottles. Our parents let each of us take a small treasure home to remind us of that adventure. 43 years later I still have my little green pill bottle placed on my mantle waiting to tell its story to my grandchildren. :)
Posted by: Joan Rodriguez | Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 09:24 PM
Favourite car memory? My orange VW beetle with no heating, driving home after visiting my brother through snow with my husband to be at my side!
Posted by: mary | Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 05:21 PM
My favorite is when we would drive down Route 66 when we lived at Fort Leonard Wood, MO and pass Frog Rock. It was always a game with the kiddos as to who could see it first.
Posted by: Amanda W | Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 09:14 AM
Car trip memories- I love car trips, although I'm not sure my children do. Favorite part-when they play well together and it's peaceful in the van. Least favorite part-when the playing well together part gets old!
Posted by: Nyla-Jean | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 11:29 PM
We just had a memorable van adventure in July traveling from VA to TX...our first trip there. Nothing special happened on the trip, but it was so fun to see different scenery and to be with our adult children on the trip.
Posted by: Deb | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 11:07 PM
One of my favorite car travel memories was the day that my husband and I traveled 75 miles to pick up our four adopted children. What a ride...and it hasn't stopped! Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Sherri I | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 10:08 PM
Our favorite family trip was the camping trip to the East Coast: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI - it was awesome... so we did it again 2 years after!!
Posted by: Mimi | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 06:40 PM
That's easy. After my daughter's HS graduation I took my three kids on a cross-country road trip from NY to CA. We saw the cars in your picture. I am going to see them tomorrow again because I am driving back to NY from a cross-country trip to CA again (10 years later) after dropping my son off at college in San Diego and will be driving right past the cars again when I go through Amarillo, Texas (I'm in NM tonight)
Posted by: Debby, Chester NY | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 01:28 AM
My Hubby and I went on A road trip here in Australia for our honeymoon almost 5 years ago now. We travelled down the South East coast of NSW into Victoria along the coast to Melbourne and up the Great Ocean Road to the 12 Apostles - One of the most amazing natural wonders in the world. It was truly a Wonderful experience filled with many little discoveries and adventures along the way.
Posted by: Jodi R | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 08:50 PM
My favorite memory is when the whole family {mom & dad, 7 kids} piled into the old station wagon with the camping gear on top. We went camping to a state park for 2 weeks during the summer. We didn't have video games, i-pods/pads,or a DS back then. We made up our own games and played the usual car games on the 3hr. ride. So much fun!
Posted by: Wendy | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 08:42 PM
One of our summer camping trips (my family there were 10 of us) was a trip around Lake Superior ! I was 13 and remember that fun trip in our huge station wagon. Lots of singing and car games and reading! thanks for being part of the hop for this great book!
Posted by: Lee | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 08:07 PM
We did all our travel that way when I was a kid. Mostly I remember going to my Uncle Herman's farm in Iowa. I think we went almost every summer for a lot of years. That farm was the best place to be a kid. Nothing smells like that place.
Posted by: charlotte | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 06:29 PM
When I was about 7 years old, my family moved across the country from Ma to Ca. It was just before the holidays so Christmas was on my mind.
I do believe that I sang the Twelve Days of Christmas the entire 2 weeks we were on the road!(we made many stops to visit friends along the way) My Grandma would get so tired of the me singing it, so she would try and change the words to confuse me. It didn't work though, just made me laugh and sing even more.
Such a fun child hood memory for me..not so sure if it is for my Grandma!
Posted by: Angelique Bandy | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 05:11 PM
My favorite car travel memory is when my father would take us for a Sunday afternoon drive with no destination in mind, just exploring. Sometimes there were dipsy-doodles in the road and he drove fast so our stomachs would drop like on a roller coaster as went over the bumps. We were in the country and would drive for miles without seeing another vehicle.
Posted by: MarciaW | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 12:35 PM
We just got back a couple of weeks ago from our RTE 66 trip! We are splitting it up, we drove from LA to Amarillo, TX this trip. We stayed at the Wigwam hotel in AZ, Would have eaten at the Snowcap, but they were closed. Saw the cadillac ranch too. I posted my pictures on my blog. It was a lot of fun, I've even started a pinterest board!
Posted by: Missy | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 09:53 AM
We never really traveled as kids, but we would go for Sunday afternoon "rides". All five of us would pile into whatever big 'ol Chrysler we owned at the time and ride around in neighboring counties on country roads. We would sometimes stop at a store and get a Sugar Daddy and a grape soda. Riding with all the windows down, a Sugar Daddy and long hair. Not always a good combo :c)
Posted by: Tammy Mabry | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 09:12 AM
We went camping for a month each summer and went all over the US. I remember one night we were driving down a country road going to the Mississippi River. It was so dark and the trees came up right to
both edges of the road. The road was hilly and we thought that every hill meant we were going to drive off into the river. Of course, I don't remember the end, just the scary part. lol
Posted by: Sarah in Houston | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 08:24 AM
Angela's book looks fun! Packed with great ideas.
The summer I turned 6 I got to spend 3 weeks with cousins in Miami Florida....alone, without my sister...and had my very first rootbear float. But the most 'exciting' part....being the youngest in a very packed car filled with relatives I 'got' to ride in the floor board of the back seat for 14 hours! These were not the days of seatbelts, car seats, door locks!!! Thinking about it, I can still smell the exhaust, my cousins feet and sesame seed candy and oranges. Yes, we stopped at the BIG Orange. :D
Posted by: Beulah | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 07:55 AM
Thank you, Pat, for sharing your Rte 66 memories and photos. Congratulations on being chosen as one of the blog stops for the Boy Power book!
Almost every Saturday we would pile in the car and drive 50 miles to Grandma's house upstate. If we were really good (that means we didn't kill each other, yell at and/or poke each other the whole way), Dad would stop at a road-side ice cream store and get us root beer floats. I still crave those root beer floats to this day!
Posted by: DianeP | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 07:49 AM