Ten Minutes With Jim: The International Nature of Route 66

There are active Route 66 associations in Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Japan, and Canada. Tour companies that specialize in Route 66 tours operate from Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand. Long ago Route 66 morphed from highway to icon. The old highway was pictured as a magical place where adventures were guaranteed. Today it is perceived as a sort of theme park where the best of America, the romanticized image, is distilled, refined, and preserved, a living time capsule. On this weeks episode of Ten Minutes With Jim we discuss the international nature of Route 66 and the highways future.  

This weeks program is sponsored in part by Antares Point Route 66 Visitor Center and Grand Canyon Caverns, the crown jewels on what is billed as "160 miles of smiles", Route 66 in western Arizona.