route 66 Archives - C.A. Hartnell

IN THE NEWS: C.A. Hartnell Donates Fully Restored 1937 Ford Custom, “Hawk’s Ride,”

Shalee Blackmer2019-07-17T22:04:40+00:00July 17th, 2019|News, Press|

LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) JULY 17, 2019 Children’s Author and Philanthropist C.A. Hartnell donated her fully restored 1937 Ford custom, “Hawk’s Ride,” to nonprofit, My Possibilities in Plano, Texas. My Possibilities is a Plano-based for-cause 501c(3) organization that serves as the pioneering leader in vocational education for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities throughout North Texas. To present the donation, Hartnell

Hawk’s Ride Home: Route 66

Shalee Blackmer2019-06-28T20:29:16+00:00June 29th, 2019|Uncategorized|

CA Hartnell recently traveled Route 66 with My Possibilities, taking Hawk's Ride to its new home in Texas. The journey was filled with laughs, car shows, and endless smiles! Both Hawk's Ride & Route 66 were invaluable inspirations to CA Hartnell while she wrote her 1950s kids book series: The Adventures of

Route 66 Road Trip Adventures: Day 6

Shalee Blackmer2019-05-23T20:31:24+00:00May 23rd, 2019|Carol Ann’s Adventures|

On Day 6, here’s a really cool old Route 66 roadside attraction, the Leaning Water Tower in Groom, Texas. It leans at 10 degrees and though it looks like it’s leaning on two legs, the secret of the tower is that it’s really a tripod when you count the white pipe in the middle! Route

Route 66 Road Trip Adventures: Day Five

Shalee Blackmer2019-05-13T17:15:50+00:00May 12th, 2019|Carol Ann’s Adventures|

Day 5 and back on Route 66 doing our road trip through New Mexico in a surprise snowstorm! So from California to New Mexico we’ve gone from sunshine to snow! Things have gotten really wild on Route 66! Snow Day!!!❄️ More Day 5 on our Route 66 Road Trip in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, at

Route 66 Road Trip Adventures: Day Four

Shalee Blackmer2019-05-10T20:56:54+00:00May 10th, 2019|Carol Ann’s Adventures|

Day 4 of our Route 66 Road Trip finds us in Kingman, Arizona, at Mr. D’s, a super cool, retro diner! I had to take a photo at the entrance of such pink and turquoise cuteness!!! Route 66 has a bounty of really special places like this one! Inside Mr. D’s is a totally traditional

Route 66 Road Trip Adventures: Day Three

admin2019-05-10T20:37:53+00:00May 9th, 2019|Carol Ann’s Adventures|

Day 3 on our fabulous Route 66 Road Trip! What a great adventure we’re having! Here I am with my classic car and my book series with the car in them! Here’s my car called Hawk’s Ride right before it’s getting loaded into the trailer for the rest of the Route 66 Road Trip! Drove