“Mother Road” Munch Time 

In what ways have you gone “retro” in daily living?

“ I think, food, culture, people, and landscape are absolutely inseparable.” ( Anthony Bourdain)

Do you sometimes tire of looking at endless fast  food restaurants sprawling around your town? Do you also tend to lose your patience waiting in those long takeout lines to order food from your vehicle? So imagine a different America when Burger  King, McDonalds, Wendy’s…chains did not usually exist in your town in the mid 20th century. You might then have chosen then to enter a hometown looking diner to order your  favorite foods with a pleasant hostess while chatting with surrounding customers as desired. 

Consider then how uplifting it felt for me to turn back the clock and cruise along intact sections of Route 66 on our west bound road trip last weekend. In particular, I took some time during our stays in Tucumcari, New Mexico and Williams, Arizona to hone in on that old fashioned spirit both outside and inside those surviving dining vestiges of that 1950s time.

So imagine ordering along “The Mother Road” that juicy hamburger, a carb filled basket of fries, and a thick chocolate milkshake as I present some iconic photos taken during that leg of our journey.