We are finally on our last leg of our long journey and are entering California. The Golden State has a lot of history with Route 66 as it was started with getting to California in mind from the east. When the Route 66 board got together to plan out this major highway in the early twenties, they planned on this being not only a cross country route for residential travelers, but more importantly for commerce. As big business began to boom, this stretch of road from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California would offer an alternate route for shipping, business and commerce across the country.
California is one of the newer states of the union. However, much of American culture derived from California and it influences. Many movies were made along Route 66 and the stars stayed in hotels along the way. In this trek across on the Mother Road across southern California we are going to cross the Mojave Desert and go off the main highway and visit all of the ghost towns. We have to visit LA and Hollywood, a lot of Mother Road history is rooted here and both offer a lot of stops. So get ready as we start our journey across California on the legendary Route 66.
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Route 66 was decommissioned in 1984, but many places across the country have not let the road or its history die. You will see more and more places either popping up or getting fixed up as towns all along Route 66 are spending the time and money (sometimes federal grant money) to restore the roadside stops to their original state. America just doesn’t want to let the memories of the freedom and opportunity that this historic road stood for come to an end. We will take you through some of the most interesting and historic stops along the mother road as we cruise route 66 through New Mexico and get closer the end of the route in Los Angeles, California.
New Mexico has a lot to offer Route 66 travelers and we will start our journey on the east side of the state in Glenrio, right where we left off coming in from Texas. This city actually is split by the state line and has sections of town in both states. So leaving Glenrio, lets get to the top stops in New Mexico on Route 66!
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Originally posted 2010-03-13 21:30:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Arizona, well known for its Sun Valley and real southwestern culture, is going to be one of the last states we make it through on Route 66. Arizona is also well known for its deserts, but there is a lot more in this great state than sand. We will outline some of the best stops in this state for Route 66 cruisers of all ages. We are going to cross some of the most picture worthy territory on the whole Mother Road as we go though Arizona, so make sure to pack extra film or an extra memory stick for you camera.
From cactus to cliffs, from ancient ruins to volcanoes, you will be sure to see a lot of amazing scenery on this strip of Route 66. This will be the second to last stop on our Route 66 as we wind down our all American tour across the country on the amazing Mother Road. There are still plenty of cool places to visit, eat and rest along the way. We have a lot of land to cover before we get to California, so buckle up and lets hit the road!
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Originally posted 2010-03-28 16:14:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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As we travel across all the states that the original Route 66 covers, we have found many memorable historic landmarks and various sites that have a rich history of the times that made this road so famous. There are few states that has such a variety of wonderful places to visit and as many great stops as Oklahoma. There are almost limitless old bridges, museums dedicated to the Route 66 history and unbelievable scenery to explore in this state.
There are also many of famous people that were born and raised in the Oklahoma area that were big contributors to the era and to the Mother Road Itself. Jack and Gladys Cutberth helped put Route 66 on the map and were residents of Clinton, Oklahoma. This couple was known as “Mr. and Mrs. Route 66” in the post WWII National Route 66 Association. One of the nations first nationally known superstars, Mr. Will Rogers was from Claremore, Oklahoma. Finally, the man known as “The Father of Route 66” Tulsa, Oklahoma inhabitant Cyrus Avery, made huge contributions to the lore of the Mother Road. There are many more, but we just don’t have time to list them all here.
We have been taking our cruise starting in Chicago and we are going all the way to Los Angeles, so we are going to continue on westward and list off some of our favorite stops along the way. Enough said, you should already have your music cranked and wind blowing in your hair at this point. So lets to get to the top 10 best stops while you cruise through Oklahoma on the historic Route 66.
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Originally posted 2010-01-25 02:57:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Texas is the largest state in the union. However, as it turns out Route 66 only cuts through a small portion of this state. Texas is so huge it is about the same size as the whole country of France. The square top part of the state that sticks up from the rest, referred to as the panhandle, is where our travels will be taking us through Texas. The roads have changed a lot in a few areas of Texas; many areas of the original Route 66 have been bypasses by newer and larger highways. Don’t worry, there are plenty of markers on the road to help keep the Route 66 travelers of today on track as they make there way across the state. However, having a map handy might not be a bad idea either, because there are some zigzags that you won’t want to miss.
Our Route 66 cruise through Texas will take us about 175 miles and will be filled with some great historical towns on the way. There is still almost 150 miles of the original Route 66 road left to cruise on and you will notice the new interstate 40 run parallel with us most of the way right to the north of our Route 66 path. There is only one really big town we will make our way through and that will be on the crossroads of interstate 40 and interstate 27 where Amarillo is found.
We have made it a long way since we started our cross-country cruise in Chicago, Illinois and we have a long way to go, so buckle up and lets see where the best stops are in Texas on Route 66.
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Originally posted 2010-02-06 20:42:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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