American Road Magazine Spring 2022 Back Issue

AMERICAN ROAD finds itself at the beginning of its twentieth year in publication. We at its helm had long planned to commemorate our two-decade anniversary with special editions that looked back at the best of our past. And, somehow, the electronic Route 66 issue we produced at the pandemic’s onset has become part of that equation.

Requests began arriving: “We love the Route 66 issue, but isn’t there a way we can have a copy on paper?” One day, the idea was presented plainly. “Why don’t you print that issue in celebration of the magazine’s twentieth anniversary year—and in honor of the country surviving the past two?”

Here is that issue on paper, as a tribute to the last two years we’ve all endured, and a tribute to the two decades AMERICAN ROAD has been in the car with you. It’s not an exact copy, of course; we’ve updated all the letters, news, and other timely sections. But the features are here. The large photo-essay “Neon Route 66” that showcases the best and brightest Route 66 has to offer. “The Whale’s Tale,” that pays homage to the famous blue leviathan of Catoosa, Oklahoma. We have stories about Petrified Forest and Onondaga Cave, Cozy Dogs, and the Wigwam Motel. All pay homage to a tradition that survives s