Route 66 day; the history and nostalgia of Arizona’s stretch of the ‘Mother Road’

FEATURE — “You know Route 66? It’s still here!” That was the exclamation of an excited Lightning McQueen as he speaks to his agent over the phone after being discovered by the media while holed up in Radiator Springs in Disney/Pixar’s 2006 animated hit, “Cars.” The popular movie was largely inspired by its director’s own trip […]