Welcome to route56.com
Welcome to my anchor point on the web. For over 20 years, I have shared various subjects regarding highway, railways, local radio, and more.
I chose the name “route56” in honor of the green and white variant of the US Highway shield that the Kansas Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency used specifically to mark US 56 from its creation until the mid 1980s.
Click on the links above to access the pages devoted to the history of local radio and Kansas Highways, along with other creative outlets.
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Latest Blog Posts
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100,000
The car hit 100,000 miles as I hit 6th and Iowa coming home from Kennedy Glass after replacing the Spark Plugs, wires, and the air filter. I noticed a falloff in fuel mileage, and wanted to be proactive to prevent any problems. The spark plugs were visibly worn to the point where the excessive gap…
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Two Teardrops
Today, among the people I know, life is being given and taken away. Art Friedbloom, a member of my model railroad club, passed away in his sleep this morning. Meanwhile, my cousin-in-law was taken to the hospital where the doctors had decided to induce labor (assuming that she hadn’t already gone into labor sooner). We’re…
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You have 1 new message….
Debbie Slack left me a message on my landline voicemail today hoping I had a happy birthday.
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Lost: One Flash
Yesterday (which also happend to be my birthday) I found out my flash unit was missing from my camera bag. The last time I had it out was wendsday night, when I took the pic of my front plate for this blog. I have a flash unit on the digital camera, but I’ve always felt…
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New tags
Back in March, I went to the Treasurer’s office and applied for the new personalized “Vanity” tags. I paid the fee and went on my way. Today, I went to the courthouse to renew my tags and pick up the new plates. My car now carries my “handle” of ‘ROUTE56’ Here’s a shot of the…
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Did you ever have one of those days….
What was intended to be a simple one-hour project to move 5 users around turned out to take 3. One of those hours was spent on just being able to perform a software upgrade.
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back home
hit the house at ~1:30 this afternoon. Came home to a smelly basement. Had to completly change the kitty litter and sweep the litter box room
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returning home
At Colby, Kansas tonight Parts of old US 24 are still maintained by the Colorado Department of Transportation, including a short segment east of Burlington apparatntly to access a CDOT maintaince facility. It’s hard to tell what part of the frontage road is state maintained, as the pavement is consistant, if a little rough, all…
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Waning days
today, we returned to Elk Creek Station after having to check out of our first hotel for our second. We took the scenic route back to US 285 from Pine, which was a dirt road.
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Jayhawks in Central City
Today, after picking up my KU hat that I left in Idaho Springs, we went over to Central City where my parents did a little gambling while my brother and I played video games. At lunch, we ran into a member of the Central City opera. He was a graduate of KU and observed my…