tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post4975577129309274173..comments2023-10-19T11:27:25.565-04:00Comments on Nutwood Junction: Kicks: Day Fifteen (Dead ends and an ice cream cone)Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-53460286905282505342012-06-09T16:56:31.251-04:002012-06-09T16:56:31.251-04:00Though I agree with the "if you build it, the...Though I agree with the "if you build it, they will come", the interstate choked off quite a few of the small towns that depended on the Route for survival, and I think that nostalgia did not build up over the old route over night. America consumes its past, and additionally, if you cannot cope with the evolution around you, you are going to suffer the consequences. <br /><br />What I am cheered by is how parts of Route 66 is being reclaimed by nature and the Cowboys who live with the environment and not in spite of it. That would have been cool seeing them herd the cattle around your travels!Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-74954610297339197382012-06-09T14:53:58.299-04:002012-06-09T14:53:58.299-04:00It just seems sad to me that this part of our coun...It just seems sad to me that this part of our country has been left to decline. Generations of people enjoyed this scenic by-way and now it's almost lost forever. :(Linda's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726098611180439141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-75027202676810867942012-06-09T08:25:58.744-04:002012-06-09T08:25:58.744-04:00I am back after a few weeks absence, and it wonder...I am back after a few weeks absence, and it wonderful to be greeted with such an intriguing travelog. You and Ken are on a sojourn that makes me jealous. Really enjoyable.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278403041887060649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-90964588784354645192012-06-09T05:22:57.927-04:002012-06-09T05:22:57.927-04:00"I honestly don’t understand any town on Rout..."I honestly don’t understand any town on Route 66 that doesn’t invest in developing that aspect of tourism. People come from all over the world to do this trip, and if you build it, they will come!" AMEN, a thousand times AMEN to that!!!!!<br /><br />So glad the trip is going well!Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.com