Sign at the California Route 66 Museum in Victorville, California states it is a Route 66 Roadside Attraction I'm living in southern California this year, and decided to use my exploration of the area as my focus for the #AtoZChallenge. I'm concentrating on free to see places, though I will include locations that require a parking fee. This is the eighteenth post in the series. I drove to Victorville, California for the express purpose of checking out the California Route 66 Museum. I had a brief moment of panic when I checked Apple Maps navigation, as it listed the museum closed for the day, but a quick phone call assured me that the museum was indeed open. (And I was able to submit an edit to the app, which has since updated the business hours.) Anyway, word to the wise: always check with the location you are attempting to visit to verify that it is open. The museum and parking are free, and the staff is friendly and welcoming. Route 66 came into being in 1926, when the U
A blue and white "JEOPARDY!" sign on a tan building, with a sign labeled, "The Alex Trebek Stage" to the left of the doors I'm living in southern California this year, and decided to use my exploration of the area as my focus for the #AtoZChallenge. I'm concentrating on free to see places, though I will include locations that require a parking fee. This is the seventeenth post in the series. I didn't decide to participate in the A to Z Challenge until mid-to-late March, so I was pleasantly surprised that free tickets to Jeopardy! were still available for April tapings. If you want to be in the studio audience, this is the link I used for tickets. I invited a friend to join me just days before the taping, and she was able to get a ticket, too. We drove down to Culver City together and then it was "hurry up and wait" until the time for the recording. First we sat on benches in the parking garage. Benches in the garage, with banners advertising