Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, March 16, 2025

A Texas Panhandle ghost town with a Route 66 connection. A murder mystery. Passionate people with an eye on building a sense of community. Writing a new chapter in Route 66 history. That is just a hint of what to expect from today's inspirational and fascinating conversation with Blair and Blanca Schaffer on Coffee With Jim, the weekly podcast from Jim Hinckley's America.
Jericho is more than just an old ghost town. It is a tangible link to Texas and Route 66 history. It is a high plains time capsule with a storied history that is being uncovered, and shared, one layer at a time by Blair and Blanca Schaffer. Together this dynamic husband-and-wife duo are blending entrepreneurship and leadership that builds a network of cooperative partnerships with a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that is Schaffer Farms.
Today's program is sponsored in part by Two Lane America. "We make it stress-free with our multiple guided tour options. Whether you want to hit the road in your own car as part of our car caravans or sit back and let us do the driving on one of our motorcoach tours, we have you covered." 
It is also sponsored by Gilligan's Route 66 Tours. "Outstanding 18-day tour from Minneapolis to New Orleans via some ‘roads less travelled’ Like our Route 66 tour, our tour down the Mississippi is a driving tour for the adventuresome, but unlike Route 66 – this tour has more than one common theme."

Coffee With Jim, March 9, 2025

I have looked forward to this conversation with Ryan Thibeault, the owner of Tebo Barn LLC in Milton, New Hampshire, for a long time and wasn't disappointed. Inspiration to live the dream, inspiration to embrace the adventure that is the great American road trip and inspiration to life life to the fullest. 
Ryan took his driving test in his grandfather’s 1929 Ford Model A Phaeton. In high school and college he repaired and restored antique cars, and his daily driver was often a 1930 Ford Model A Town Sedan. In 2022 Ryan, decided to chase the dream, walked away from the day job, and began transforming his hobby and passion into a business. Then, to inspire a new generation of vintage car owners he began sharing epic adventures such as driving a 1929 Ford across America, covering 8,011 miles in 4 weeks! And to this he is now adding adventures in a Stanley steamer. 
On today's program Ryan and author Jim Hinckley talk about road trips, barn finds, Route 66 adventures, the Route 66 centennial, chasing the dream, and the timeless allure of the Model A and Model T Ford. It's another shared adventure from Jim Hinckley's America. 

Coffee With Jim, March 2, 2025

Today's program kicks off with tales of Buster Keaton, Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, Clark Gable, Edsel Ford and their surprising connection to landmarks in Kingman, Arizona. And in the second half of the program we visit with Sarah Elizabeth of Kingman Main Street to discuss the exciting Hotel Beale facade renovation project, the city's historic district renaissance, and community building initiatives such as Kingman Tours. 
Join us for a thought provoking, inspirational, road trip enticing conversation. And next week, March 9, it's a bit of time travel. 
Our guest will be Ryan Thibeault, the owner of Tebo Barn LLC in Milton, New Hampshire. He took his driving test in his grandfather’s 1929 Ford Model A Phaeton. In high school and college he drove a 1930 Ford Model Town Sedan, and repaired and restored antique cars. And to inspire a new generation of vintage car owners he set out on epic adventures such as driving a 1929 Ford across America, covering 8,011 miles in 4 weeks!
Sharing America's story. Inspiring road trips. It's what we do at Jim Hinckley's America. 

Coffee With JIm, February 23, 2025

It's a smile inducing episode of epic proportions! What happens when you get two natural born storytellers with an off center sense of humor and an insatiable curiosity about everything on one program?
Today’s guest on Coffee With Jim is Marlo Anderson, a futurist and serial entrepreneur that is dedicated to turning bright ideas into transformative ventures and to bringing people together with banana bread, margaritas and road trips. Anderson is co-host of The Absurdists podcast, produces a daily one-minute tech-and-lifestyle segment for national morning shows and with the official National Day Calendar encourages people to “Celebrate Every Day.” 
On this episode of Coffee With Jim, the weekly podcast from Jim Hinckley's America, host and author Jim Hinckley talks with Marlo Anderson about quirky restaurants, National Road Trip Day, the Route 66 centennial, the importance of finding commonalities, fun events and festivals, and discovering humor in the absurdities of life. 

Coffee With Jim, February 16, 2025

On today’s program we visit the land of the giants. Our special guest is Joel Baker of the American Giants Museum in Atlanta, Illinois. He is also the host of the fascinating American Giants YouTube channel where he documents fascinating giant stories, his search for giants, and their resotration.
These larger than life spacemen, cowboys, lumberjacks, and gas station attendants were once found all along the American roadside. They cast long shadows at gas stations, restaurants, tire stores and trading posts. Generically known as Muffler Men they are icons with a fascinating story. And now they are being given a new lease on life all along Route 66.
Join author and host Jim Hinckley of Jim Hinckley's America for another smile inducing, road trip inspiring shared adventure. 
 

Coffee With Jim, February 9, 2025

We have something very special (and inspiring) for you with this program. Our special guest is Liz Vincent, Director of Community Enrichment, City of Pontiac in Illinois. Often referred to as the quintessential Route 66 community Pontiac is a vibrant destination for visitors, the land of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a well spring of inspiration for community organizers.
This is more than another smile inducing, road trip inspiring shared adventure from Jim Hinckley’s America! This is opportunity knocking, and a community changing conversation.
 

Coffee With Jim, February 2, 2025

On this thought provoking and road trip inspiring episode, with Gary Sosniecki of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society as our guide, we journey to Lebanon, Missouri and discover where to find great pie, catfish, and barbecue. And we learn a bit about how a community can be transformed with vision, passionate people, and leadership that can inspire a community, build a network of cooperative partnerships, and embrace new ideas. 
As a bonus Gary shared some fascinating Route 66 history, provided an update about the future of a Route 66 icon, and invited the world to a delightful Route 66 festival. We even squeezed in some talk about the Route 66 centennial, and a book about a murder that hit close to home written by Gary. 
As our theme song by The Road Crew says, come along for the ride!

Coffee With Jim, January 26, 2025

In the Lonestar State legendary Route 66 comes up a bit short on miles. But there is no shortage of opportunities for smile inducing, memory making adventures, for enjoying a neon lit night, for savoring some great pie, for enjoying a delicious dinner in an authentic Texas steakhouse, or for a restful nights sleep in a magical place that blurs the line between past and present. 
On this episode of Coffee With Jim, author and host Jim Hinckley visits with Gary Williams of the Old Route 66 Association of Texas. Chock full of travel tips, event information, exciting Route 66 centennial updates, and talk about classic diners it's another road trip inspiring, shared adventure from Jim Hinckley's America. 
As our theme song by The Road Crew says, come along for the ride!