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 / Modified aug 22, 2011 3:17 p.m.

Kickin’ It West on Route 66

Desert Speaks and Burt Wolf: Travel and Traditions continue travel on Historic Route 66. Thursday beginning at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD. by Colleen Greer

THE DESERT SPEAKS at 8 p.m.

Clad in leather gear and helmets, host David Yetman and ecologist Yar Petryszyn cruise through the second half of the deserts along Route 66, this time on Harley Davidson motorcycles.

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This phase of the journey begins in the Petrified Forest near the border of Arizona and New Mexico and traces the "mother road" through the pines of Flagstaff to the Joshua trees of the Mojave Desert. The travelers stop in Winslow, Arizona at the La Posada Inn which has been open since the 1930s. Along the way, they experience the heavy winds (50-60 mph) at the Meteor Crater, visit the ghost town of Oatman, Arizona, catch a glimpse of the rare and elusive "shoe tree" and finish up in the San Bernardino Mountains of California.

BURT WOLF: TRAVELS & TRADITIONS at 8:30 p.m.

Burt Wolf takes us for a ride on America's great mother road, Route 66, and tells us how it transformed the way the world eats.

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We'll also discover the true origin of the corn dog, the filled doughnut, the horseshoe sandwich, root beer and Abraham Lincoln's favorite cake. We'll visit Abraham Lincoln's hometown and see what his personal life was really like.

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