Although not official, on old US road maps the ‘backroads’ as opposed to the major highways were drawn in blue.

The term ‘blue line’ or a blue line highway actually came from the 1982 New York Times best seller titled “Blue Highways: A Journey into America,” by William Least Heat-Moon.

‘Backroads, Bars and Blue Highways’, the title of this site is a collection of my journeys, although not every road was a backroad and not every post is about a bar. It’s more about the places and the people I’ve met. While many of the stories probably shouldn’t be shared and some of the places no longer exist — it’s really just about the memories before they too just fade away as well.