The Route 66 Chick

You may recall that my new (to me) van, Alice, had a previous incarnation as a State Farm mobile office. She came home with me from DeSoto, Missouri, still equipped with a very large ladder rack on the roof and a heavy desk and attached office chair wedged crosswise in the cargo area. So that I could get to work cleaning, measuring, and planning the interior, (and also so that my neighbors could quit wondering about my new hobby of buying white vans with ladder racks), I was anxious to get the equipment off and out of the van. Alice looks spiffier after the rack removal and a trip to the car wash. Steve Rensberry and his son Ben to the rescue! Last week they arrived one evening armed with a step ladder and tool boxes. After ascertaining that the ladder rack was bolted to the rack rails and so could be removed leaving the rails intact (and not needing to plug holes in the roof), father and son went to work. Steve removed the bolts and together on ladders they were able to sli...

Looking back at my blog posts from last year, I realized the most popular ones were not all of one category - event press releases, my travels, my fiction, or my own personal stories. The top ten were a mixture of all those. So in case you missed any of these, here they are in reverse order: #10  Looking back, looking forward (December 31)   http://route66chick.blogspot.com/2015/12/looking-back-looking-forward.html #9    Day #1 of another road trip - few signs (September 9)   http://route66chick.blogspot.com/2015/09/day-1-of-another-road-trip-few-signs.html #8    A fairy tale genealogical story? (August 24)  http://route66chick.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-fairy-tale-genealogical-story.html #7    Tentative schedule for Miles of Possibility:  the Edwardsville Conference (March 11) http://route66chick.blogspot.com/2015/03/tentative-schedule-for-miles-of.html #6    Three trips in 12 days, or, how does this happen.....