Route 66 – Day 9
And here we are! The final day! (sorry for the delay in posting). The day began in Arizona, and we knew we had a lot of miles to cover. We needed to reach the Santa Monica Pier by midnight, so we could catch our plane…
Route 66 – Day 8
Day Eight, last big drive day before California. We begin in Gallup, New Mexico and drove straight on to the border. Good-bye New Mexico! Hello, Arizona! To get through Arizona, we started with this uncertain road. It was smooth(ish) and sandy, but it was not…
Route 66 – Day 7
We made it a week! Day Seven started with a debate over the cool morning temperature of 51F (10c) and the relative sanity of jumping into 61F (16c) water. We tabled the discussion until we reached the Blue Hole, a natural spring out in the…
Route 66 – Days 5 and 6
Day Five We opened the curtains and were delighted to see it had sprinkled over night. The day started in Tulsa. We went to Cry Baby Hill to see the statue of old road meets new. Here’s a shot of it from atop a…
Route 66 – Day 4
We are starting to get the feel of Route 66. How it’s marked (or unmarked), in what condition it is most likely to be found, how tight those corners really are. Basically, if there are no painted lines, no shoulders (or shoulders that are six…
Route 66 – Day 3
We hopped on the road brightish and sort of early, grabbed a breakfast, then winged off to our first stop. Meramec Caverns near Stanton, Missouri. There was no chance we’d miss them, since there seemed to be a billboard every thirty feet for miles and…