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re: Any Route 66 fans here?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:03 pm to TexasTiger08
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:03 pm to TexasTiger08
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find the 66 culture fascinating
It’s decentralized, local culture the way it should be. It’s still that way up in New England, especially Vermont and northern NY. Very few interstates and it takes you a while to get anywhere, but I think that’s the way it’s supposed to be.
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Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:04 pm to James11111
I liked Page quite a bit.
Great scenery and history.
Great scenery and history.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:06 pm to TexasTiger08
I went Chicago to St. Louis on it and on a separate trip Santa Monica to the Grand Canyon. I've probably been on the other parts on other trips. Yeah, it is a nice road and lots of interesting little stopovers but sadly it is nowhere near what it used to be.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:06 pm to Masterag
quote:One of the most notable effects of the interstate system is how it destroyed local restaurants w/FF chains
It’s decentralized, local culture the way it should be
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:26 pm to TexasTiger08
Driven portions of it in New Mexico.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:27 pm to Kafka
You could fly into Sky Harbor and drive to Sedona, Prescott ( rhymes with biscuit) and head up to Flagstaff, ( good Cajun restaurant there) and even hit Page.
You would get a kick out of it.
You would get a kick out of it.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:28 pm to N2cars
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hit Page
hmmmmmmm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:29 pm to TexasTiger08
My 2 biggest bucketlist retirement items are a Route 66 trip and a PCH trip
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:40 pm to thatguy
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PCH trip
Rent a convertible.
Worth it.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:41 pm to 777Tiger
I mean, you're there...
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:43 pm to TexasTiger08
I remember when the CBS evening news had a story on the highway being officially de-commissioned. Some coffee-table photo books popped up, showing a lot of dilapidated remnants. Which I found depressing. But within a few short years, by the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, interest in Route 66 seemed to suddenly boom again.
I traveled most of it back at that time, from St. Louis to California, only missing the stretch perhaps from Amarillo to Oklahoma City. Lots of foreigners on rented motorcycles would vacation, taking the highway. I'd see them at almost all the restaurants and gas stations and antique shops I'd stop at along the way.
At postcard shows, the dealers always had little sections of 'Route 66' postcards, usually at elevated prices. The larger category, encompassing all such similar visual material was dubbed 'roadside americana.' Because even though Route 66 was the most heralded, there were lots of national highways with similarly marvelous artifacts. The 1920s/1930s/1940s postcards that were most coveted were actual b&w 'photocards,' and the examples of gas-stations, cafes, neon signs, and such were particularly collectable. The concurrent color 'linen' cards were more common, but could still be collectable, if they sported nice art-deco style advertising artwork. The color 'chrome' cards of the 1950s/1960s used to be dime-a-dozen, but the 'roadside' examples eventually became pretty popular with collectors in the 1990s, if they captured some really stark mid-century architecture or signage.
I frankly thought the interest in Route 66 had been dying out these past twenty years or so. So many things on it that had been hanging on had bit the dust, like that shell motel on the south side of St. Louis which I think was torn down, or an old restaurant in Oklahoma that I recall burned down. I hope I'm all wrong and there is indeed some interest left in the old mother road.
I traveled most of it back at that time, from St. Louis to California, only missing the stretch perhaps from Amarillo to Oklahoma City. Lots of foreigners on rented motorcycles would vacation, taking the highway. I'd see them at almost all the restaurants and gas stations and antique shops I'd stop at along the way.
At postcard shows, the dealers always had little sections of 'Route 66' postcards, usually at elevated prices. The larger category, encompassing all such similar visual material was dubbed 'roadside americana.' Because even though Route 66 was the most heralded, there were lots of national highways with similarly marvelous artifacts. The 1920s/1930s/1940s postcards that were most coveted were actual b&w 'photocards,' and the examples of gas-stations, cafes, neon signs, and such were particularly collectable. The concurrent color 'linen' cards were more common, but could still be collectable, if they sported nice art-deco style advertising artwork. The color 'chrome' cards of the 1950s/1960s used to be dime-a-dozen, but the 'roadside' examples eventually became pretty popular with collectors in the 1990s, if they captured some really stark mid-century architecture or signage.
I frankly thought the interest in Route 66 had been dying out these past twenty years or so. So many things on it that had been hanging on had bit the dust, like that shell motel on the south side of St. Louis which I think was torn down, or an old restaurant in Oklahoma that I recall burned down. I hope I'm all wrong and there is indeed some interest left in the old mother road.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:44 pm to N2cars
Since this is an Arizona thread go to Cameron inside Navajo nation and eat some Navajo food
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:46 pm to TexasTiger08
Our son lives in Albuquerque so it’s cool to see that section
We stopped in Winslow and took a few pictures on our way back to Az
Cool areas
We stopped in Winslow and took a few pictures on our way back to Az
Cool areas
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:46 pm to N2cars
For you old timers here. It was a pretty good show.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:48 pm to Kafka
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it's the wiiiiiiiiide open spaces where a man has elbow room live your life in japan and get back to us
Okay, that was funny. Google ‘Seibu’.
Japan has wide open spaces….but I see your point.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:50 pm to Traveler
It's better marked than the Lincoln Highway, but being in the north central states, Lincoln hasn't died as much because the people are still living thereabouts.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:50 pm to Masterag
Made a stop with the fam on the way back from the Grand Canyon in Winslow, AZ. They have a flatbed Ford and statues of the Eagles members.
Tasty food across from the "Standing on a Corner" site at Relic Road Brewing.
My nine year old (seven at the time) loves the Eagles.
Tasty food across from the "Standing on a Corner" site at Relic Road Brewing.
My nine year old (seven at the time) loves the Eagles.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:51 pm to TexasTiger08
I drove out in Texas and NM.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:55 pm to Seibu
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With Route 66 being so popular in places like Europe and Japan, I wonder if they often come here and are disappointed by it. It’s not exactly the Swiss Alps.
I became pretty good friends with a couple of guys from Belgium in grad school. When school would have a break for a week or more, they’d rent a car and just drive to some distant point. Once, they’d rent just wanted to see the Pacific and another time they wanted to drive the east coast up to New England.
I worked with a guy who lived in England. He made an annual trip to Las Vegas because he could rent an exotic car there, drive out to the desert, and go pedal to the metal.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 2:58 pm to N2cars
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drive to Sedona, Prescott ( rhymes with biscuit)
Plan a stop in Jerome. Interesting place to say the least.
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