Coffee With Jim: A Visit With Annie Mouse

Route 66 Oasis, May 11, 2025

Dream big. Then dream bigger. Add a healthy dose of passion, vision, tenacity, infectious enthusiasm, and ambition. That is the recipe used by Lenore Knudtson and Tim Webb. The result is the transformation of an entire block along Route 66 in Kingman, Arizona, and a major contribution to the renaissance of that community's historic business district.

On today's program we talk with this dynamic duo about Tin Can Alley, Mudd on 66, Scoops on 66 and a bicycle rental company housed in a refurbished 1940s gas station. Weed and trash strewn vacant lots, a long shuttered 1930s cafe and 1950s roadhouse, and a decrepit old garage and gas station have been given a new lease on life. And the Route 66 traveler now has a new place to lay a weary head, enjoy some gourmet ice cream, savor delicious coffee and fresh baked pastries, and an opportunity to explore Kingman on two wheels. 

Today's program is sure to inspire a road trip or two. And, perhaps, it will inspire you to chase that dream, and to make a difference in your community.

Today's episode of Coffee With Jim, the weekly podcast from Jim HInckley's America, is sponsored in part by fans that keep the wheels rolling through Patreon. It is also sponsored by our friends at RouteTrip USA, Wagon Wheel Motel, Two Lane America, Gilligan's Route 66 Tours, Enchanted Trails Trading Post & RV Park, and the Cactus Inn Motel. 

Next week we take a road trip detour and visit with Jim Featherstone and Olivia Golaszewski of Internet Transformed to discuss the changing face of internet security, and its importance to small business owners. 

 

Meet David Schwartz Jim, May 4, 2025

If today's visit with photographer David Schwartz of Pics on 66 had a common theme it would be inspiration. Inspiration to chase the dream. Inspiration for epic road trips. Inspiration for living life. 

For legions of Route 66 enthusiasts David Schwartz is known for his visual storytelling in Route magazine that captures the infectious magic that is the Route 66 experience. That, however, is only one facet of David's artistry. 

On today's program author, humorist, and historian Jim Hinckley and David Schwartz talk road trips, the difference between photography and taking pictures, evolving technology, the power of the Route 66 community, and the importance of chasing dreams. It's another shared adventure from Jim Hinckley's America!

As our theme song by The Road Crew says, come along for the ride! 

Today's program is sponsored in part by the magic of crowdfunding through Patreon. It is also sponsored by the Cactus Inn Motel, Two Lane America, Roadrunner Lodge Motel, Gilligan's Route 66 Tours, Wagon Wheel Motel, Enchanted Trails Trading Post & RV Park, and RouteTrip USA.