CARS

The promo display at Meridian 16 Theater, downtown Seattle

The new Pixar movie, CARS, opened Friday. It was GREAT! We'll see it again on the big screen and of course will "own the movie".

We've been waiting for this movie for years! While we were traveling Route 66 in September of 2004 we were following the trail of the Pixar studio folks out doing research for the movie.

Many cafes and restaurants have guest books for travelers to sign, and in some of them the Pixar's people drew little cartoon character pictures of some of the characters in development.

One shop made t-shirts out of the pages in their guest book. Kind of wished we had the presence of mind to photograph the books and/or buy one of those early t-shirt designs!

Much of what you will see in CARS really is right there along Route 66. It's an amazing part of American history and I am glad CARS casts such a positive light and celebrates America's small town and car culture heritage!

You can see photos and read our Route 66 story of Streaking Across America on a popular national MINI Cooper site. Visit http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34164