Sisters Get Their Kicks on Route 66
by Karen West
and Susan Ford-West
photography by Karen West
published by RJW Publishing
produced by Sweetgrass Books
- In 2014, a group of bold women decided to make history and embark on an unforgettable adventure down America's most famous road-a journey of exploration and sisterhood where they could fulfill every woman's fantasy of leaving-it-all-behind. Their rules were simple: no men, no pets, no kids, and be nice. Their motto: "We have more fun than anyone!"
Sisters Get Their Kicks on Route 66, by Karen West and Susan Ford-West, chronicles the epic 2,448 mile adventure that may have set a world record. Share the wild ride of over 300 adventurous "Sisters" from the national outdoor women's group, Sisters on the Fly, as they tow their vintage trailers and tell their stories while crossing America's Mother Road from Chicago to Santa Monica. Along the way, experience Route 66's iconic tourist sites, rodeos, dances, karaoke, shopping, museums, flea markets, catered dinners, national parks, parades, dirt roads, and wrong turns.
Through over 500 color photographs and the Sisters' stories of courage and empowerment, grief and moving on, sisterhood and camaraderie, this photo journal of their spirited journey across America's legendary Route 66 will hearten readers young and old to embark upon their own bucket-list adventures.
144 pages, 10, 3 b/w photos, 536 color photos, 1 map(s), index
softcover
ISBN 10: 1591521645
ISBN 13: 9781591521648
$29.95
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| "What a delight! The text is lovely, but the photographs by Karen West (especially the ones of the trailers) are worth the price of the book. A fabulous trip down memory lane!"
�Dewitt Jones, National Geographic photographer and keynote speaker "If you truly love Route 66, the legendary path that entertains multitudes of world travelers, then you will most definitely love this book. Sisters Get Their Kicks on Route 66 chronicles the unforgettable Mother Road journey of 300 adventurous women in their vintage trailers. Filled with photographs of many iconic stops, the book also includes revealing profiles of members of Sisters On the Fly (SOTF), a group that definitely lives up to its motto�"We have more fun than anyone."
"Route 66 had a homecoming of sorts in 2015 when a caravan of bold and audacious modern-day Amelia Earharts piloted their travel trailers in a cross-country flight from Chicago to the Pacific Ocean. Their legendary flight plan paved the way for any woman who's ever had leave-it-all-behind fantasies, which is pretty much every woman I've ever met, me included."
"The road trip is fodder for great novels. Steinbeck traveled with an aged poodle named Charley. William Least Heat Moon stayed in the slow lane along America's blue highways, and Jack Kerouac took to the road for the quintessential voyage of self-discovery. In 1999, two sisters who shared a love of camping and fly-fishing formed an informal group they dubbed Sisters on the Fly. Soon other friends wanted to join them, and a bona fide club was founded. Now numbering in the thousands, large and small groups of Sisters hitch up their vintage trailers and travel the road on their own quintessential American journeys. Sisters Get Their Kicks on Route 66 is the scrapbook-style story of 300 Sisters who traveled the Mother Road from Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier. Buckle up and join them on the highway of exploration and sisterhood. Their rules are simple: no men, no pets, no kids, and... be nice. What could be better?"
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Karen West, Ed.D., is a retired community college administrator and professor of philosophy. She began her career as a nature photographer in 2002. Her specialties are intimate landscapes and macro botanicals. For the past five years she has been on the road full time in her 1960 Shasta trailer photographing the national parks. She has traveled over 120,000 miles and photographed all but one park (Dry Tortugas) in the contiguous United States. She previously published three books on grant writing. |
| Susan Ford-West is a retired K-12 teacher and administrator. For the past two and one-half years she has practiced the simplicity of sharing 60 square feet with Karen and their toy poodle Butch and the expansiveness of observing the world with new eyes through Karen's lens. As if that is not enough for a lifetime of gratitude, she now has the gift of a community of 6,000+ Sisters with whom to travel, play, learn, and grow-a dream come true! | |