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re: Any Route 66 fans here?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:04 pm to TexasTiger08
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:04 pm to TexasTiger08
John Steinbeck’s great mother road. Especially important and symbolic to us Okies, many of who were starved out by the dust bowl and took hwy 66 to California for a better life.
They buried Grandpa in Oklahoma, Grandma on the California side
They buried Grandpa in Oklahoma, Grandma on the California side
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Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:13 pm to Traveler
Too hard to go back still, but I will in a few years.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:17 pm to TexasTiger08
I had the good fortune to road trip on it 50 years ago before I 40 was completed from Barstow, CA to Tucumcari, NM driving my ancient T-Bird. Been out West many times since, but the interstate highway system isn’t the same as Rte 66 even though in many places it’s in the old route roadbed.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:19 pm to Seibu
Seibu is a transit company? Ok. The state of Montana is bigger than all of Japan. It has 1 million people while Japan has 120 million. I would imagine the average Japanese is the like the average Brit, they don’t really comprehend the scale and size of America. Except even worse because Japan is even denser.
Back to Route 66 the reason it’s iconic is history and culture. Americana. In the 50s before the interstates. Thousands of miles of road through wilderness and desert but tourist traps in every town, bear pits and dinosaur parks and the world’s largest corn cob. The great American road trip is truly a uniquely American thing to this day. It’s not something that really exists anywhere else. Taking a train to park is nice, but this is a different kind of appeal
Back to Route 66 the reason it’s iconic is history and culture. Americana. In the 50s before the interstates. Thousands of miles of road through wilderness and desert but tourist traps in every town, bear pits and dinosaur parks and the world’s largest corn cob. The great American road trip is truly a uniquely American thing to this day. It’s not something that really exists anywhere else. Taking a train to park is nice, but this is a different kind of appeal
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:20 pm to redneck hippie
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John Steinbeck’s great mother road. Especially important and symbolic to us Okies, many of who were starved out by the dust bowl and took hwy 66 to California for a better life.
They buried Grandpa in Oklahoma, Grandma on the California side
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:22 pm to TexasTiger08
In the Spencer Station area in MO. The owners are remodeling it.
This is one of the last original stretches of Route 66 pavement in MO.
A lot of interesting sites between Joplin and St Louis, including Boots Court Motel, Gay Parita service station, Rail Haven Motel, Rockwood Motor Court, Devil's Elbow, and others.
Kind of tough to navigate the route between Springfield and St Louis as it's on and off the Interstate and dog legs in weird places. It's just a single route between Joplin and Springfield, for the most part.
If a person intends on traversing the route, I'd highly encourage getting some of the maps and travel planners available. There are also several Route 66 Facebook groups that have a lot of good information.
For those unfamiliar, it isn't just a single, intact road you can get on in Chicago and follow to California as many sections have been closed and bypassed.
This is one of the last original stretches of Route 66 pavement in MO.
A lot of interesting sites between Joplin and St Louis, including Boots Court Motel, Gay Parita service station, Rail Haven Motel, Rockwood Motor Court, Devil's Elbow, and others.
Kind of tough to navigate the route between Springfield and St Louis as it's on and off the Interstate and dog legs in weird places. It's just a single route between Joplin and Springfield, for the most part.
If a person intends on traversing the route, I'd highly encourage getting some of the maps and travel planners available. There are also several Route 66 Facebook groups that have a lot of good information.
For those unfamiliar, it isn't just a single, intact road you can get on in Chicago and follow to California as many sections have been closed and bypassed.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:22 pm to TexasTiger08
Drove through some of it on the way to the Grand Canyon. Stayed at the Blue Swallow Motel in Tuccumcari, NM. They remodeled it to look the way it did back in the day. Cool experience.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:26 pm to genro
We also went to Winslow on our way to the crater.
When I was standing on the corner and a girl pulled up she said “what are you doing? Get in the car.” My wife was not an Eagles fan.
When I was standing on the corner and a girl pulled up she said “what are you doing? Get in the car.” My wife was not an Eagles fan.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:26 pm to ActusHumanus
Such a fine sight to see! 
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:31 pm to TexasTiger08
Only to drive from my home in Edmund Ok to Pops in Arcadia. And it snakes through part of OKC. In the three years I Iived there I'm sorry I didn't drive to Tulsa.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:35 pm to TexasTiger08
"there isnt a thing in here that has one point or another been used on the Lincoln Highway"
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:35 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
quote:IIRC I read that Tulsa had done more than any other city to destroy its Route 66 past
In the three years I Iived there I'm sorry I didn't drive to Tulsa
Never been there, so I can't say
Posted on 1/11/26 at 3:56 pm to TexasTiger08
It's on my bucket list. Drive the entire route.... Chicago to Santa Monica!
Posted on 1/11/26 at 4:04 pm to TigerBR1111
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I’ve started taking a lot of the slower old highways that were built as the main routes
I do this as well. I typically take HWY 71 when traveling to lsu for football games. Takes the same amount of time and it is a much more enjoyable drive.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 4:13 pm to TexasTiger08
Posted on 1/11/26 at 4:14 pm to Kafka
I personally think Tulsa has a better stretch of 66 than OKC.
BTW, next time you’re in Winslow, stay at the La Posada. Such a great historic property. Everybody from Clark Gable to John Wayne to Albert Einstein to Amelia Earhart to FDR stayed there. Neat place.
BTW, next time you’re in Winslow, stay at the La Posada. Such a great historic property. Everybody from Clark Gable to John Wayne to Albert Einstein to Amelia Earhart to FDR stayed there. Neat place.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 4:16 pm to Seibu
quote:such a fine sight to see
BTW, next time you’re in Winslow, stay at the La Posada. Such a great historic property
Posted on 1/11/26 at 4:33 pm to TexasTiger08
Rte 66 centinial this year. I'll be traveling it in April before the crowds hit
Posted on 1/11/26 at 4:51 pm to Aeolian Vocalion
I've been collecting rte 66 postcards. I usually get the ones postmarked 60s and earlier. The little stories each present a moment in time. One particular one I have dated 1941. Card mentions sender having car trouble and being in a repair shop. The card front features a café where the sender ate with the repair shop next door.
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