A few of you roadies probably know that David Knudson, executive director of the National Historic Route 66 Federation, and his wife Mary Lou are based in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., in the mountains above Los Angeles.

Hearing about the grave conditions caused by wildfires in Southern California, including Lake Arrowhead, I called David on Tuesday to check his well-being. His answering machine picked up, and I left a message.

On Wednesday evening, David called. He and his dog are staying in a modest motel room away from Lake Arrowhead because the entire region has been evacuated. His house is still intact. At last report, he said, the closest wildfire to his home was 10 miles away.

His wife, Mary Lou, was admitted to a hospital several days before for a nonfire-related ailment.

David said the fire conditions obviously are unpredictable. But the winds appear to be dying down, and he’s optimistic he can return home by the weekend.

More YouTubes from Dwayne of New Zealand.

Here’s one from western New Mexico, with images of Gallup’s neon:

Arizona sights, including Flagstaff, Holbrook, Williams, Oatman, the Black Mountains and the Painted Desert:

On to California and the isolation of the Mojave Desert and the congestion of Los Angeles. Warning: There is brief nudity at the beginning; Dwayne must have spent a little too much time in the desert heat.

Dwayne of New Zealand has posted a bunch of new videos from his recent Route 66 trip.

Some Mother Road sights from Illinois, although I don’t think the apocalyptic soundtrack of “Gimme Shelter” fits:

More from Illinois and Missouri, including a lot of footage of Rich Henry and his pet rabbit Montana at Henry’s Rabbit Ranch:

Here’s the second part of Missouri, with plenty about BowlingShirt.com in St. Louis and a side trip to Branson:

Part 3 in Missouri, with plenty of footage of the splendid Sinclair station re-creation at Gay Parita:

POPS on Route 66 in Arcadia, Okla., has posted several videos, many of which appear to have been produced by OklaTravelNews.

This one has interesting comments by Route 66 writer Michael Wallis and POPS architect Rand Elliott:

Here’s a video from when the 66-foot-tall pop bottle was erected:

Here’s a video of a reporter for Food and Wine Magazine being interviewed about an article about POPS:

And this is basically a commercial for POPS: