Route 66 Haiku #5 and #6

By LB Sedlacek

Ted Drewes frozen
custard won't melt when turned
upside down.


Rainbow bridge
off road in Kansas,
Riverton.

More Route 66 novels by Michael Lund

Route 66 Novel Series

Route 66 Fiction - Route 66 to Vietnam by Michael Lund

Route 66 Fiction - Route 66 to Vietnam by Michael Lund

After September 11, 2001, novelist Michael Lund found that the emerging War on Terror recalled aspects of the Cold War in the 1950s. And his experience as an Army correspondent in Vietnam (1970-71) offered clues to the demands a new generation of America's youth would face in the 21st century. Route 66 to Vietnam: A Draftee's Story traces the fate of Mark Landon and other children from Growing Up on Route 66 (an earlier novel in the Route 66 Novel Series) through Southeast Asia and on to prosperous--if troubled--times later in life.Successful highway engineer Mark Landon is irritated by a sore tooth, by a rebellious teenage son, by a daughter's lack of interest in her promising athletic career, by his wife's apparent indifference to his needs, and by Ralph Banister, whose land is blocking the path of the highway Mark must build. Beneath these everyday worries, however, memories of his time in Vietnam are stirring. To survive a mid-life crisis, he begins to fear that he must not only confront the challenges of the present but also the ghosts of his wartime experiences. In doing so he learns surprising things about his wife's past, about his children's abilities, and about Ralph Banister's vision for America.

Route 66 Haiku #4 by LB Sedlacek

Oatman burros.
Feed them carrots, corn.
Desert trip.

Route 66 Haiku #3 by LB Sedlacek

World's largest
In Oklahoma
Totem Pole

Route 66 Haiku #2 by LB Sedlacek

Catoosa.
Feel Jonah's spirit.
The Blue Whale.

Suggested Route 66 Reading - Fact, Fiction & Poetry

The Oklahoma Route 66 Association, Suggested Reading List

My Route 66 Novel

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LB Sedlacek - Route 66 Novel

The Corner of Route 66 and Route 66

In 1937, due to a change in alignment of Route 66, there is an intersection where Route 66 crosses itself. This intersection is in Albuquerque, New Mexico at Central Avenue and 4th Street in downtown. You can stand on the corner and be on Route 66 in either direction! For more Route 66 trivia, Legends of America - Route 66.