 I grew up in Seligman, Arizona, on old Route 66, with three older brothers, three older sisters, and two younger brothers. And this also placed during the Depression, where we had to all learn to work together and do with what we had. One of the big changes in Seligman was when our government made Route 66 from a narrow two lane to a four lane highway. So many businesses went broke. Through barboring, I learned so much from listening to my customers. They all told me the same thing. They all sounded like a recording. When I was a little boy, when I was a little girl, this has got to be the highway that my parents traveled from the Midwestern States to California. I finally asked myself, what are these people looking for? They were looking for yesterday. On Route 66, you get to deal with family businesses. You get to deal with second generations, third generations. Route 66 and the family businesses are so much America of yesterday. And this is what these people lost and came back just in Seligman looking for yesterday. For several years, I thought, how can we get the economy back? My simple, simple thought was all we have to do is ask our state government to make Route 66 his story from Seligman to Kingman. So I began to talk to my customers, to anybody that would listen. People said, Angel, that's almost impossible. I'm with you, but I don't think it'll work. I finally told my wife, Vilma, sweetheart, let's go to Kingman, Arizona and see what the people at the Grand Canyon Cabins think about it. We'll stop at Peach Springs. We'll start at Truxton and Kingman and see what they say. But you know what, Lord and Behold, every one group that I talked to endorsed my idea. I finally convinced the board of certain chamber of commerce that my idea would work. There we go. We formed the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona. And immediately we had the back end of the people. We just stayed on them and stayed on them. Child reform calls, letters and heaven knows email. Our government in Arizona finally made Route 66's story from Seligman to Kingman, November of 1987. We asked them, how about the 17 miles east of Seligman, Route 66? Well, how about the 57 miles west of Kingman? And now we have the longest remaining uninterrupted stretch for Route 66 in the United States, 159 miles. I only live a block from Route 66 and I get to witness all the travelers. So when you ask me, who's going to carry on, it's happening already. My legacy is about, if you want something bad enough, don't go begging for it. Don't go wishing for it. Go do what you want. Go make it happen.