66 Motor Palace

Merry Christmas! We're hitting the road Monday. Not sure where but we'll post updates as time, wi-fi, and motivation permit. Lori drank this Christmas Eve and was out before the "Muppets Christmas Carol" was half over.  Christmas Eve Egg-Burger-Dog. Santiago Canyon Road in Orange. Close to 80 degrees. Sidecars are fun!

Christmas 2011 It’s raining outside the Benz looks like crap. The noise from the radio’s Jingle Bells Rap. You beat up a guy for his Occupy Tee. Now off for the park to chop down a tree. The wife’s on your iPad doing live request cam, so you head for the market to steal a fat ham. Your phone starts to buzz as you head out the door. The In-laws again, they’re trying to score. Christmas will be here in just one more night, bring ’em a bottle they’ll stay out of sight. The kids left last Friday to go out and play, they always come home for the big holiday. You ride by a church and think about mass, but you know ol' Santa don’t give a rat’s ass. Arrive at the mall and the parking lot’s packed, the really good cars have already been jacked. The soon bankrupt Center’s a mile away. You snag a good space it might be your day. Down near Wet Seal you hear a loud sound. The cops have your daughter hog-tied on the ground. Y...

Back on December 2nd we loaded the L-Rod with cash and warm Made in USA clothing and headed to Cambria in search of a new/old truck. Lori wants a Panel Truck and I'm thinkin' '70s Stepside 4x4. I know-I know get the Panel, but I've wanted a Stepside Chevy since high school. L-Rod and Lori at Cambria Palms Motel. Check it out! Room 6...that's 66 less a 6 and the address is 2 66 2 Main Street. Coincidence? I think not. We had dinner at the Sow's Ear. This place is great, the Chicken Fried Steak is real steak.  (View from Lynn's Fruit Bin) This is Camozzi's. I was never thrown out of Camozzi's...for sure.  This a patio/garden area behind the Motel. The air was 45 degrees but the sun was so hot I had to take off my Jacket.   After breakfast we drove to to see a '62 Panel in Los Osos with short stops in Harmony and Cayucos. Harmony: Population 18. Next time you're on Highway One you should stop there. Lor...

Here's a few pictures taken around Route 66 at night. Some have been published on websites, Facebook, and other blogs others have been sitting in our archives for years. We'll post 'em in small batches so you don't get sick of them all at once. Just Cruisn' Car Show. They have a burnout contest on Friday night. Lori at La Posada 66 Motor Palace La Posada around Christmas

It was about 38 degrees when I made it to El Mirage for the 6:45AM patrol meeting. It rained a little overnight which means dust was low, the track was hard and the air was dense. There was even a little tail wind for an extra push down the 1.3 mile course. It was a fast day and records fell. Ready for duty! Just after patrol meeting and a breakfast burrito. I joined Gear Grinders about seven years ago with the intention of racing a Buell Blast. By the time I found a bike I figured out I was too lazy to mess with it but I stayed in the club just in case. As a member of an SCTA racing club you do "patrol" duty every year or so. Patrol is sort of like being a flag person at a regular race but since the course is so long and nobody would see the flags, you alert the "tower" on a CB radio if anything happens. My Patrol Station. Officially known as "Tower 8." The RVs in the background are "Return 7 or 8." the course is wide. Here...

Brian Jr. (no relationship) and I met up in Jawbone for a ride through Death Valley. The weather was  great and other than my chicken out on the Racetracks Playa road the trip was perfect. Brian JR. at Jawbone Store It's dark out there Panamint Restaurant after closing time We spent our first night in Panamint Springs. The staff here is very friendly and they have clean simple rooms, cabins, and a camp ground popular with motorcyclists. We even ran into a few friends from Irv Seaver Motor Cycle. The hand made chile was accompanied with live entertainment consisting of a roving drunk and a patient Sheriff's Deputy. We were lucky, the drunk didn't visit our table 'til breakfast the next morning. Friendly guy and if you're looking for a completely stock shovel with an FX front end and Branch built S&S motor that hasn't been run in twenty years hit me up. He gave me his number and I'll be happy to pass it on. Disappointed Brian Jr. ...