Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, June 25, 2023

This special episode of Coffee With Jim is all about you. America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley, answers your questions about museums, restaurants, road trips, festivals and events, good pie, motels, and of course, legendary Route 66. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by Visit Tucumcari, Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, Uranus Fudge Company & General Store, Roadrunner Lodge Motel, RouteTrip USA and the Cactus Inn Motel in McLean, Texas. 
 
 

Coffee With Jim, June 18, 2023

On today's episode it is a free range conversation about internet security issues, the Route 66 centennial, road trips, and Route 66, America's longest small town with Jim Featherstone, creator of the One Stop 66 network (www.facebook.com/1stop66). 
Today's program is sponsored in part by Uranus Fudge Company & General Store, Visit Tucumcari NM, Roadrunner Lodge Motel, RouteTrip USA and the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. 
 

Coffee With Jim, June 11, 2023

Did you know that the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates once played basedball in Kingman, Arizona? Did you know that Mickey Mantle's boyhood home is located along Route 66? On today's program we talk road trips, sports, sports history and legendary Route 66 with author Ron Clements. 
Ron is the author of the fascinating book, A Sports Fan's Guide to Route 66. And he is a road trip enthusiast extraordinaire that enjoyed the RV life for more than four years while traveling to forty eight states, Canada, and Alaska. 
It's another smile inducing, road trip inspiring, trivia filled audio adventure with America's storyteller author Jim Hinckley. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by Visit Tucumcari, RouteTrip USA, Cactus Inn Motel in McClean, Texas, Uranus Fudge Company & General Store, Roadrunner Lodge Motel, and the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. 

Coffee With Jim, June 4, 2023

Family road trips - in the 1930s. GI’s with Harley’s at the Kingman Army Airfield in WWII. Hard scrabble life in post-depression Arizona mining towns. Establishing a family business or two n Route 66 in Kingman, Arizona. On this episode of Coffee With Jim, history comes to life as author Jim HInckley talks with Jane Marie Hout. It’s a road trip inspiring trip through time!
Grab a cup of coffee. Invite your friends. Let's share the adventure. Coffee With Jim, a podcast from Jim Hinckley's America is sponsored in part by Visit Tucumcari, Uranus Fudge Company & General Store, Roadrunner Lodge Motel, RouteTrip USA, Cactus Inn Motel, and Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. 

Coffee With Jim, May 28, 2023

Do you know the connection between singer Neil Diamond and the defunct Red Rooster restaurant on Route 66 in Victorville, California? Did you know that there is a 1959 TraveLodge hiding in plain sight along Route 66 in Kingman, Arizona? Did you know that Pearl Bailey once owned a dude ranch in the California Desert? 
Lots of trivia and road trip inspiration on this mornings episode of Coffee With Jim. America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley, visits with Delvin Harbour of the California Route 66 Museum and California Historic Route 66 Association, and Nolan Stolz, Route 66 explorer and historian, and developer of the forthcoming Route 66 Suite.
Today's program is sponsored in part by Visit Tucumcari, RouteTrip USA, Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico, and the Uranus Fudge Company & General Store.

Coffee With Jim, May 21, 2023

On this episode of Coffee With Jim, America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley of Jim Hinckley's America, talks with Liz Vincent, tourism director in Pontiac, Illinois about National Road Trip Day celebrations, Route 66, tourism, road trips, the Route 66 centennial, and the art of transforming a community into a destination. It's a road trip inspiring, thought provoking, smile inducing, fast paced half hour discussion that will leave you dreaming of adventures on the open road, and a visit to charming Pontiac. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by Visit Tucumcari, Uranus Fudge Company & General Store, the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, the Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico, RouteTrip USA, and the Cactus Inn Motel in McLean, Texas. 
 

Coffee With Jim, May 14, 2023

On today's program we talk about Route 66 adventures and Route 66 adventures in a Tesla! In this free range conversation with Mike and Jessica May of Electric Route 66 we talk about the learning curve that comes with EV ownership, evolving technologies, and adventures on the most famous highway in America. 
Level one or level two charging. Range anxiety. The world's only electric vehicle museum. Battery life and replacement. Renting an EV. All of this and more on this episode of Coffee With Jim. 
Coffee With Jim is sponsored in part by RouteTrip USA, the bespoke holiday specialists for a grand adventure in the US or Canada. It is also sponsored by Visit Tucumcari, the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, Uranus Fudge Company & General Store, and the living time capsule that is the Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico. 

Coffee With Jim, May 7, 2023

On today's episode we get a look behind the scenes in our visit with Angela and Blas, proprietors at Earl's Route 66 Motor Court in Winslow, Arizona. It's a tale of inspiration, tenacity, perseverance and adapting to the twists and turns of life. And it's a fascinating story about the history of a classic Route 66 motel and its transition from neglect to revered treasure. Today's program is also a look at the Route 66 renaissance and a glimpse of what the highways's centennial might mean to small business owners along that highway corridor. 
As our theme song by The Road Crew says, come along for the ride. This is Jim Hinckley's America where we share America's story and tell people where to go.
Today's program about an historic motel is sponsored in part by the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri. It is also sponsored by the mid century gem that is the Cactus Inn Motel on Route 66 in McLean, Texas.