Actually a lot more than just solarized...this bad boy's been colorized, pasteurized, emancipated, frangipated and then run through the dry-cleaners!

All the better to recall the day--and not that long ago--when it was actually legal to drink and drive along stretches of Route 66. That's part of the legacy of all the Cold Beer signs everywhere, and the cocktail glass here.

Texas adds a final weird twist to this tale. Counties could (and still can) go "dry" completely banning the sale of beer or booze. But many times, the next county was "wet" and got all that business.

Such was the case in Glenrio TX/NM on Rt 66, now almost a ghost town. You could get a cold six-pack in NM, then drive into dry Deaf Smith County TX, pop-a-top, and legally enjoy the bold-cold-clean-refreshing-taste of whatever--while behind the wheel.

Combine alcohol with oncoming traffic on narrow two-lane pavement, and you had what was widely known as "Bloody 66."

It wasn't the name of a drink.