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Sun, 07/14/2019 - 5:38pm

Hey everyone....I'm pretty new on here, but already working on my first POI project. I'm always out on the road looking for abandoned places, and other odd things in the middle of nowhere to get photos of. I also run a blog covering that, and a few other travel-related topics. My specialty is Route 66 and the desert southwest. Anyway, the POI project will be ongoing, and I'm open to working with a few others on it.

Cheers!

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Sun, 07/14/2019 - 11:52pm

Welcome to the Factory

First of all, backroads66, welcome to the POI-Factory. Lots of good stuff here.
Second of all, to your question about odd places along the old Route 66, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that when I was in the Navy I once took a bus from San Diego to St. Louis and saw a lot of odd things along the way, especially in Arizona and New Mexico. The bad news? That was 55 years ago and I don't remember a damn thing. Anyway, welcome.

Phil

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Mon, 07/15/2019 - 1:05am

Re: Welcome to the factory

plunder wrote:

First of all, backroads66, welcome to the POI-Factory. Lots of good stuff here.
Second of all, to your question about odd places along the old Route 66, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that when I was in the Navy I once took a bus from San Diego to St. Louis and saw a lot of odd things along the way, especially in Arizona and New Mexico. The bad news? That was 55 years ago and I don't remember a damn thing. Anyway, welcome.

Phil

Thanks! Arizona and New Mexico have a lot of the good stuff...some of it is still standing, but in such bad shape.

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 4:23am

Welcome to the Site

You will find this site an invaluable tool for POIs. There is lots of good information and a great group of people. Your POI sounds interesting. Good luck with it!!!

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 5:43am

Welcomee, don't know a whole

Welcomee, don't know a whole lot about route 66 but traveled some of it heading west a few years back. Enjoy!

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 8:18am

Welcome....

I hope you make the most of this very informative site.

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Mon, 07/15/2019 - 9:51am

Welcome!

You will find of lot of informative info on this site. If you ever have any questions about something, through it out here and someone will be able to answer the question.

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Mon, 07/15/2019 - 9:58am

Welcome to Poi-Factory

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Mon, 07/15/2019 - 2:04pm

Welcome

Where's the link to your blog?

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Mon, 07/15/2019 - 5:19pm

welcome

welcome

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 5:29pm

Welcome

Hi; Welcome to the site, I have been here almost 2 years, and manage 4 POI's,
lots of people help here if you don't know how to do something

Pete

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Mon, 07/15/2019 - 7:42pm

Welcome

Welcome to the family. These people are wonderful and will help u will anything that you need.

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Mon, 07/15/2019 - 10:12pm

Welcome

Welcome. Good group of peeps.

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 5:51am

Welcome, backroads66

Welcome to POI-Factory. Yours sounds like an interesting endeavor!

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And now, back to your regularly scheduled forum - already in progress . . .
Tue, 07/16/2019 - 2:33pm

Think this may be the blog/ website

camerabob wrote:

Where's the link to your blog?

Think this may be @backroads66's blog/website: https://backroads66.com/

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Tue, 07/16/2019 - 5:23pm

Welcome, enjoy the wealth of

Welcome, enjoy the wealth of info and help here on the factory.

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Tue, 07/16/2019 - 7:15pm

Think this may be the blog/ website

selfruler wrote:
camerabob wrote:

Where's the link to your blog?

Think this may be @backroads66's blog/website: https://backroads66.com/

Yup, that's it

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 7:16pm

Welcome, backroads66

Airbrushed wrote:

Welcome to POI-Factory. Yours sounds like an interesting endeavor!

It's gonna be a headache..lol

Wed, 07/17/2019 - 8:51am

Looks to be a fun headache

backroads66 wrote:
Airbrushed wrote:

Welcome to POI-Factory. Yours sounds like an interesting endeavor!

It's gonna be a headache..lol

I just came back from a cross country trip out west. Hit Delta, UT and the abandoned Solar Research Center. That was cool. We traveled Nevada Route 50, 'the Loneliest Road in America'.

Last summer I stayed overnight in Tucumcari, NM. Good old Route 66!

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Wed, 07/17/2019 - 9:09am

You might be intrested in the following POI file

@ backroads66

You might like my " Offbeat Tourist Attractions " Poi file you can find here ( www.poi-factory.com/node/2661 ).

It has a lot of places along RT. 66

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Wed, 07/17/2019 - 11:11am

Re: Looks to be a fyn headache

camerabob wrote:
backroads66 wrote:
Airbrushed wrote:

Welcome to POI-Factory. Yours sounds like an interesting endeavor!

It's gonna be a headache..lol

I just came back from a cross country trip out west. Hit Delta, UT and the abandoned Solar Research Center. That was cool. We traveled Nevada Route 50, 'the Loneliest Road in America'.

Last summer I stayed overnight in Tucumcari, NM. Good old Route 66!

Delta, UT? Hmmm...I'll have to look for that one. Route 66....Get your kicks....see the USA...do America!

Wed, 07/17/2019 - 11:14am

Lookie here...

backroads66 wrote:
camerabob wrote:
backroads66 wrote:
Airbrushed wrote:

Welcome to POI-Factory. Yours sounds like an interesting endeavor!

It's gonna be a headache..lol

I just came back from a cross country trip out west. Hit Delta, UT and the abandoned Solar Research Center. That was cool. We traveled Nevada Route 50, 'the Loneliest Road in America'.

Last summer I stayed overnight in Tucumcari, NM. Good old Route 66!

Delta, UT? Hmmm...I'll have to look for that one. Route 66....Get your kicks....see the USA...do America!

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/delta-solar-ruins

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Striving to make the NYC Metro area project the best.
Wed, 07/17/2019 - 11:26am

Re: Lookie here....

camerabob wrote:
backroads66 wrote:
camerabob wrote:
backroads66 wrote:
Airbrushed wrote:

Welcome to POI-Factory. Yours sounds like an interesting endeavor!

It's gonna be a headache..lol

I just came back from a cross country trip out west. Hit Delta, UT and the abandoned Solar Research Center. That was cool. We traveled Nevada Route 50, 'the Loneliest Road in America'.

Last summer I stayed overnight in Tucumcari, NM. Good old Route 66!

Delta, UT? Hmmm...I'll have to look for that one. Route 66....Get your kicks....see the USA...do America!

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/delta-solar-ruins

One step ahead of you....was just on that site..lol