Route 66 has provided much of the wallpaper to our lives. Music and food. Art and architecture. Grapes and wrath. This year the Mother Road celebrates her 100th birthday. She’s aged in fits and starts, triumphs and tragedies, but we love her story. Adventure on the open road. Endless possibilities big as the western sky.

Yeah, I drove every mile of every road on the Missouri highway map and lived to tell about it. But on May 14 I will lavish special attention on Route 66 when I join road trip lovers at historic Red Cedar Inn in Pacific MO. Bring your best Route 66 story. 6 pm.