[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by thistrucksforyou

Been on many parts of 66 in many states including california , oklahoma, arizona....You may want to re think it !

I think you're probably correct in that I realize most of it no longer appears as it did in the 60's and I might be smarter to leave it in my dreams instead of having it disappoint me by the reality of it although it still might be an experience, just a different one than the original. Tell me your opinion of why I would want to rethink it. Since you have the experience of being there I would value your input. Thanks.

[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Get your vette and go for it John!!!

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Thanks for finding that picture. Actually I used to have a 63 split window coupe Stingray Vette. That part of the dream came true!

[CMANN]

I must say that any dream that I had that was not fulfilled was probably a dream not worth having or I would have fulfilled it.

[Posh 08]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

No Phyllis, I'm too old to take on the workload of a resort. One of the myths of people who go to resorts and dream of owning one is that they would be on vacation all the time. Well, I realized that was not the case because I had a close friend who owned one, and he worked like a farmer, sun up to sun down. Besides that, I have found the resort that I want to spend much of my time in and it is in Central Florida, not Minnesota. BTW, Lila and I and our three kids, spouses and six grandkids will all spend the first full week of August at a family resort in Minnesota, as we have for many years.

If you haven't read it:

Don't Stop The Carnivale by Herman Wouk

available Amazon

Will make you glad that you didn't do that resort.

[bluedog103]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

I always wanted to be a sports broadcaster. It wouldn't seem like work.

Some kids dream of being a ballplayer or joining a circus.

In my case I did both - Craig Nettles Yankee third basemen in the Bronx Zoo era.

Graig Nettles

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by bluedog103

Graig Nettles

Okay, anyone want to take on my second question?

[Villages PL]

Sometimes the seeds for a dream get planted early on by one parent or another. My father was a tool and die maker and I worked for him for a few years and really enjoyed working with him and learning. Then I got an apprenticeship at Dictaphone Corporation making precision gages and I decided it wasn't what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

Going back to when I was a kid of about 11 or 12, my mother was interested in business and investing. She would go to her broker's office several times per week to watch the ticker board. She developed friendships with others who did the same so it was like a social event to go there.

When she found out there was an opening for a broker, she put in a good word for my brother and he became a stock broker. So when I was very young I always heard lots of talk around the house about investing. I thought it was mostly going in one ear and out the other but the seeds were being planted for me to eventually become an investor.

Lots of different things happened in the mean time but that would be too long of a story. The bottom line is: I eventually became an investor and without it I would have been a bum (comparatively speaking). I certainly never dreamed I'd be where I am today, rubbing elbows with the rich and famous.

Oops! The subject is "unfulfilled dreams". Well, I can say that a lot of smaller dreams were unfulfilled along the way.

[jgbama]

Originally Posted by CaptJohn

I think you're probably correct in that I realize most of it no longer appears as it did in the 60's and I might be smarter to leave it in my dreams instead of having it disappoint me by the reality of it although it still might be an experience, just a different one than the original. Tell me your opinion of why I would want to rethink it. Since you have the experience of being there I would value your input. Thanks.

CaptJohn, I didn't see where responded. My guess would be Route 66 is like many of the towns we traveled through when I was a kid. . . drying up because of the interstate system. I've always wanted to see parts of it myself, as we grew up "getting our kicks on Route 66"! I've seen some shows on tv that showed parts of Route 66, and from what they showed it would make you cry. Much of the areas they showed almost looked abandoned or at least closed up. Just my opinion.

[swrinfla]

For many years - indeed, even now - my wildest dream was of winning the lottery - any lottery.

Somewhere along the line someone reminded me that "You've got to buy a lottery ticket to win!" Bummers!

I guess the only lottery I ever won was when I was drafted in 1958. But, I didn't even buy a ticket for that, now did I?

On the other hand, that turned into almost 30 years of service and helps me live the lifestyle I adopted when I came to The Villages!

SWR

[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by jgbama

CaptJohn, I didn't see where responded. My guess would be Route 66 is like many of the towns we traveled through when I was a kid. . . drying up because of the interstate system. I've always wanted to see parts of it myself, as we grew up "getting our kicks on Route 66"! I've seen some shows on tv that showed parts of Route 66, and from what they showed it would make you cry. Much of the areas they showed almost looked abandoned or at least closed up. Just my opinion.

Yes, I've seen a couple of those sad shows also. Biggest problem might be where to get gas and where to stay along the way without going in an RV (sleep under the stars?). It's a good thing I like ghost towns also!
Also thought it might be interesting to follow the Lewis and Clark trail out west.

[manaboutown]

I grew up two very short blocks from Rte 66 where it passed through my town in New Mexico. My father managed a grocery store on Rte. 66 when we first moved there from New Jersey. We regularly took roadtrips on 66 to SoCal and a couple of times took it east on the way to Maryland. My father had been a traveling salesman so he taught me a lot about two lane highway driving, some of it on 66. I even have a Nelson Riddle 33 rpm album with the theme song. As I heard it the actors wanted to drive a Ferrari since they felt a Corvette was not exotic enough. Of course they lived in Southern California and did not understand how middle America could consider a Corvette exotic.

Unfilled dreams: My life has zigged and zagged in so many ways at so many times other than missing out on becoming an astronaut nothing much comes to mind. Since I deferred traveling the world to have and raise a small family I have been traveling internationally for the last 15 years or so which has always been a dream of mine. So long as my health, my eyes and ears and my feet and legs hold up I will continue to do so.