Road Trip Radio

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the history of the highway in Paola, Kansas.

FEATURED GUESTS:

- ROGER BELL - President of the Jefferson Highway Association which originally founded the Jefferson Highway in 1915. This international highway is also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. https://jeffersonhighway.org/

- RUBY BREWER - Middle School Student who advocated for the Jefferson Highway Sign to be placed at her school

- DEBBIE HAYES - Paola City Council Member

- DAN DOOLTTLE - Paola Middle School Teacher

SPECIAL THANKS to Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau: https://natchitoches.com/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the progress of the Jefferson Highway Association's programs and initiatives, including the upcoming Annual Jefferson Highway Conference and Sociability Run. This international conference will be held in Alexandria, Louisiana from April 24-27, 2024

FEATURED GUESTS:

- ROGER BELL - President of the Jefferson Highway Association which originally founded the Jefferson Highway in 1915. This international highway is also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. https://jeffersonhighway.org/

- ARLENE GOULD - Director of the Jefferson Highway Association and Executive Director of the Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau! Natchitoches is the oldest city in the state of Louisiana and a popular destination on the Jefferson Highway. Plan your visit: https://natchitoches.com/

- MELISSA MAXWELL - Director of the City of Bonham, Texas' Visitor Center. Dating back to 1837, Bonham is one of the oldest cities in Texas and once home to the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. More: https://www.cityofbonham.org/257/Bonham-Visitor-Information-Center

The Big Blend Radio "Jefferson Highway" Podcast airs every 4th Thursday at 6pm CT. Follow the show here: https://tinyurl.com/yc2ur6mr

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's ROAD TRIP RADIO Podcast features Steve & Karen Wilson, aka "Mr & Mrs Wild" who discuss their recent park road trip.

The adventure started from their inn, The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast, in Asheville North Carolina and then led to hiking and scenic views in New River Gorge National Park and New River Gorge Bridge Walk, Hawks Nest State Park, Babcock State Park, plus food/drink stops at Cathedral Cafe & Free Folk Brewery in West Virginia. Then they explored Grayson Highlands State Park and visited 7 Dogs Brewpub & The Damascus Brewery in Virgina. On the home stretch the made a stop at Michael Waltrip’s Brewing Co. in Bristol which sits on the VA/TN state line. Read their story here: https://tinyurl.com/3t6tcaz6

Sarah Edwards, who owns and operates Free Folk Brewery in Fayetteville, Virginia, also joined in on the podcast discussion. More: https://freefolkbrew.com/

Learn more about The Lion & The Rose B&B at https://www.lion-rose.com/

Follow our Big Blend Radio "Adventures in Asheville" podcast with Steve & Karen here: https://tinyurl.com/3ewrb9b4

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Friday "Food, Wine & Travel" Show with IFWTWA features food, wine, and travel writer Stacey Wittig who discusses various New Mexico Wineries that are easily accessible from the state's main highways.

WATCH THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/KCNzfhus0R0

Read Stacey's article that offers a cross-country road tripper's guide to must-viist wineries in the Land of Enchantment: https://tinyurl.com/4kwzahpn

Stacey Wittig writes about food, wine and travel for Winetraveler.com, UnstoppableStaceyTravel.com and Forbes, among others. Read more at https://unstoppablestaceytravel.com

Learn more about the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) at https://www.ifwtwa.org/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio features Kathleen Walls who talks about her travel writing adventures, novels, and non-fiction books.

A former reporter for Union Sentinel in Blairsville, GA, Kathleen is the publisher/writer for American Roads and Global Highways. She currently resides in Middleburg, FL and has lived in Florida most of her life but travels extensively, mainly in the Southeast. Kathleen was born in New Orleans and goes back often to Louisiana. She has lived in Mississippi and Georgia as well. Sort of like the Johnny Cash song “I’ve Been Everywhere.”

Kathleen is the author of numerous travel books, ghost stories, true crime and mystery novels, and more. She is currently working on the book "American Music: Born in the USA: A History of American Music." Find her books here: http://www.katywalls.com/

Keep an ear out for more of her guest appearances on Big Blend Radio and follow her travel adventures at: www.americanroads.net/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Friday "Food, Wine & Travel" Show with IFWTWA features travel writer Elaine Masters who shares her experience in historic Ely, Nevada. This remote road trip destination lies along Highway 50, once claimed was the ‘loneliest road in the world.’ Ely has its charms as a pre-gentrified lodestone of historical color and Western culture. It may be unvarnished but year-round, it is rich in things to do and see.

WATCH THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/x11i0CRXCrM

Read Elaine's story about her visit to Ely, here: https://tinyurl.com/3f5wjyhd

An award-winning freelance travel writer, blogger, videographer, and founder of Tripwellgal.com, Elaine Masters covers mindful travel, food, overlooked experiences and destinations. Follow her adventures at https://www.tripwellgal.com/

Learn more about the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) at https://www.ifwtwa.org/

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This episode of Big Blend Radio's ROAD TRIP RADIO Show features Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter team who host Big Blend Radio, publish various Big Blend Magazines, and travel full time on their Love Your Parks Tour which includes park road trips and petsitting. Take a listen as they take you on their impromptu road trip following the Jefferson Highway from Kansas City to Faribault, Minnesota.

Founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. You can hear our Big Blend Radio "Jefferson Highway" show every 4th Thursday here: https://tinyurl.com/yc2ur6mr

Follow Big Blend Radio's ROAD TRIP RADIO Podcast every 4th Monday here: https://shows.acast.com/road-trip-radio

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On this debut episode of Big Blend Radio's 4th Monday "ROAD TRIP RADIO" Show, writer, historian, and former Yale University professor Wes Davis discusses his new book, “AMERICAN JOURNEY: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and John Burroughs."

Out now through through W. W. Norton & Company, "American Journey" is a nostalgic portrait of rural America, and the touching story of the friendships that sprang up among automobile tycoon Henry Ford, naturalist John Burroughs, inventor Thomas Edison, and tire industrialist Harvey Firestone as they took road trips together in Ford’s miraculous vehicle, exploring parts of rural America that had been largely inaccessible.

Special thanks to The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast in Asheville, North Carolina. More: https://www.lion-rose.com/