Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, March 17, 2024

When it comes to Route 66, Texas is short on miles but long on smiles. On today's road trip inspiring episode we visit with Penny Clark of the Texas Route 66 Visitor Center. Her enthusiasm for Amarillo and Route 66 in the Lone Star State is infectious.  
It's a free range conversation about ghost towns, classic diners, good pie, Route 66 side trips, Amarillo, and what makes this storied highway special. Come along for another shared adventure from Jim HInckley's America. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by RouteTrip USA, Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, and the Uranus Fudge Company & General Store. 

Coffee With Jim, March 10, 2024

How do you explore, and survive, the Route 66 corridor in the Los Angeles metropolitan area? Will Route 66 in the Mojave Desert ever reopen? On today's program we answer these questions and talk with Scott Piotrowski, President of the California Historic Route 66 Association, about a neon sign museum, exploring Route 66 via use of the light rail, ghost towns, the National Old Trails Road, and much, much more. 
This is another shared road trip inspiring adventure from Jim Hinckley's America. Come along for the ride!
 

Coffee With Jim, March 3, 2024

A fascinating conversation about the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66 with Ron Romero, the founder, director and CEO, kicked off today's program. But it soon evolved into an inspirational program about the magic of Route 66, how tourism can be used to build a sense of community and community purpose, the Joliet renaissance, and the opportunities represented by the fast approaching Route 66 centennial. 
Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66, 9 W Cass St, Joliet, IL
Today's program is sponsored in part by RouteTrip USA, the bespoke holiday road trip specialists for a worry free adventure in the US or Canada. It is also sponsored by Roadrunner Lodge Motel, Tucumcari, New Mexico, Cactus Inn Motel & RV Park, McLean, Texas, Uranus Fudge Company & General Store, and the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. 

Coffee With Jim, February 25, 2024

Today's program is a road trip inspiring conversation with Roy Pickerell, owner of the quirky and delightful Pink Elephant Antique Mall along Route 66 in Livingston, Illinois, and author Jim Hinckley of Jim Hinckley's America. Housed in a repurposed school built in 1926, this roadside gem has it all - great burgers and ice cream, antique toys, a candy store with old fashioned favorites such as Stuckey's pecan logs, one of a kind photo opps, and delicious fresh fudge. 
More road trip inspiration is provided with a conversation about regional restaurant chains of the past, upcoming events along Route 66, and recommendations for lodging, dining and travel planning. Join us for another shared adventure in Jim Hinckley's America.   
Today's program is sponsored in part by RouteTrip USA, the bespoke road trip holiday specialists. It is also sponsored by Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri and Route 66 Navigation, the ultimate turn by turn navigation and travel planning guide for historic Route 66.
 
 
 

Coffee With Jim, February 18, 2024

This mornings wide ranging conversation with Professor Nick Gerlich will definitely inspire a road trip or two. Cut from the cloth of Indiana Jones, Gerlich has traveled thousands of miles to photograph vintage neon signs, historic theatres, and the intriguing aviation navigation arrows from the 1920s. 
Through photography he has documented the history of more than 150 forgotten Texas Panhandle towns, the sites along lost highways such as U.S. 64, the fast vanishing wooden grain elevators in the prairie provinces of Canada, and of course, legendary Route 66. 
Join author, historian and humorist Jim Hinckley, and Professor Nick Gerlich for a rod trip inspiring audio adventure. 

Coffee With Jim,February 11, 2024

Cool Springs in the Black Mountains of western Arizona is a landmark where the entire evolution of Route 66 is made manifest against a backdrop of stunning natural beauty. On today's epsiode we visit with Ned Leuchtner, owner of this revered roadside time capsule and talk about its history, its resurrection, its Hollywood connection, and its future. 
This shared adventure is sponsored in part by the delightful Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico. It is also sponsored by the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, RouteTrip USA, the bespoke road trip holiday specialists, and the Cactus Inn Motel, another roadside time capsule in McLean, Texas. 
 

Coffee With Jim, February 4, 2024

On today's program Angie Paterek of Route 66 Information Station joins author Jim Hinckley of Jim Hinckley's America for a wide ranging conversation about the allure of Route 66, that highways forthcoming centennial, festivals, the business of Route 66, and great American road trips. Paterek also shares the story of how she was influenced by the animated film Cars, travel tips for the single female, and thoughts on what makes Route 66 different from other historic roads such as the Lincoln Highway. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by RouteTrip USA, the bespoke road trip specialists for a grand adventure in the US or Canada. It is also sponsored by the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, the living time capsule that is Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, and the mid 1950s Cactus Inn Motel and RV park in McLean, Texas. 

Coffee With Jim, January 28, 2024

Join us for an inspiring and exciting adventure along Route 66 in Oklahoma. On today's episode we visit with Kerry Wiseman Barrick of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Oklahoma Route 66 Association.
Possessed with an infectious enthusiasm and palpable excitement Barrick joins author Jim Hinckley for a free range conversation about the Route 66 centennial, Route 66, and how that highway can be used for building a sense of community and community purpose as well as economic development and historic district revitalization. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by the Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, Cactus Inn Motel in McLean, Texas, and the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri.