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Anyone ever traveled the old Route 66 Highway?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:24 pm
I know it stretches from Chicago to Santa Monica. Is it a good drive? Any stretches you’d recommend for sightseeing?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:30 pm to Cycledude
It’s very rough in places.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:31 pm to Cycledude
did most of it with my kids from OK to AZ. some really cool places along the way and having seen Cars, my kids were like HEY I KNOW THAT! 
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:32 pm to Cycledude
Well, I traversed the 66 in Oklahoma a couple weeks back on business. Feel free to skip the Oklahoma portion.... nothing but wind and dust.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:32 pm to Cycledude
Will be doing it starting June 1 pulling an RV (Kingman, AZ portion to Chicago).
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:33 pm to CAD703X
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and having seen Cars, my kids were like HEY I KNOW THAT!
That movie hits way harder than it should.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:33 pm to udtiger
only where waze tells me to go
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:50 pm to Cycledude
I've only been on brief stretches of just to say I'd driven on Route 66.
My old man, however, remembers it well from his childhood. My grandparents travelled a lot out west visiting family before the interstate system was built, so they were on Route 66 often. He got to see it in its heyday.
My old man, however, remembers it well from his childhood. My grandparents travelled a lot out west visiting family before the interstate system was built, so they were on Route 66 often. He got to see it in its heyday.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:09 pm to Cycledude
Been on one little stretch in Williams, AZ. They have a couple of blocks where they have restored a gas station, diner, etc. to that mid 50s look.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:15 pm to PJinAtl
Not a lot left of it in most places. Cool to see though.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:33 pm to Cycledude
Going in May. Two week road trip via rte 66 all the way to the coast 
Posted on 4/16/26 at 2:35 pm to oldtrucker
Been on a couple of short stretches in Texas and New Mexico. Drove through Tucumcari on it. Tucumcari is filled with motels and diners from the 40s and 50s. Some are doing ok, many are shut down or looking like they will soon.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 2:41 pm to Cycledude
That’s where I get my kicks.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 2:42 pm to Cycledude
Most of it. Big chunks of old road aren't accessible or have disappeared.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 3:00 pm to Cycledude
The place from the movie cars is in Shamrock 40 mins east of Amarillo, Midpoint Cafe is 40 mins West of Amarillo. Get off 40 and go thru the small towns in TX panhandle and western OK if you want a better feel for that era. Some places its like time just stopped. Don't remember anything notable going thru OK.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 3:38 pm to Cycledude
My first apartment was off of 66 (Watson Rd) in St. Louis. Its just a road with strip malls on it. The only thing of note is Ted Drews. If frozen custard is your thing.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 3:47 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Drove through Tucumcari on it.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 3:56 pm to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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off of 66 (Watson Rd) in St. Louis. Its just a road with strip malls on it. The only thing of note is Ted Drews. If frozen custard is your thing.
Great custard. Especially after the ballgame
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:21 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Drove through Tucumcari on it.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 4:25 pm to Cycledude
quote:That's where I got my kicks...on Route 66!
traveled the old Route 66
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