Growing up along Route 66 wasn't all kicks - The Leavenworth Times

Growing up along Route 66 wasn't all kicks - The Leavenworth Times

On warm nights when my bedroom window was open I could hear the endless stream of vehicles on Route 66. We lived in a small… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close The post Growing up along Route 66 wasn’t all kicks appeared first on The Leavenworth Times.

Growing up along Route 66 wasn’t all kicks. But it was the road that made me

On warm nights when my bedroom window was open I could hear the endless stream of vehicles on Route 66. We lived in a small house at the east edge of Baxter Springs and across the street from my window was a pasture and on nights when there wasn’t any wind the sound of escape — the rushing of tires, the shifting of gears, the bellowing exhaust of trucks hauling goods to Oklahoma or Missouri — swept across the field with the night breeze.