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Route 66 – Day Fifteen – San Bernadino, CA to Santa Monica, CA
We said goodbye to the Wigwam and made our way to the end of the trail. We continued to take pics of Route 66 sites, quickly stopped at a UPS Store, and did a side trip to see two special houses, and then … we finally made it… So, Route 66 has two ending points.…
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Route 66 – Day Fourteen – Needles, CA to San Bernadino, CA
Today started by leaving Needles in already 90+ degree weather at 8:30 am. INSANE! Let’s not discuss what the desert has done to my hair. And the car has decided that it needs an oil change. I hadn’t realized it last night, but we didn’t need to go to the museum for our stamp… Instead…
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Route 66 – Day Thirteen – Seligman, AZ to Needles, CA
I barely slept last night. I finally fell asleep after 3:00, Hunter woke for the day at 4:30 and was told to immediately go back to sleep, and then I woke at 7:30. Since everything closed early last night we finished up in Seligman by visiting Angel Delgadillo’s barbershop. Just the coolest story there is.…
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Route 66 – Day Twelve – Flagstaff, AZ to Seligman, AZ
We started today with breakfast at a restaurant that was suggested by last night’s waiter. Hunter got a bagel and a scrambled eggs, but wait to you get the picture of what I got! We then quickly hit the Flagstaff Visitor Center to get our passport stamped. We then headed about an hour and 10…
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Route 66 – Day Eleven – Gallup, NM to Flagstaff, AZ
If you thought yesterday’s pics were amazing…no words for today. After leaving the El Rancho, we crossed into Arizona with no fanfare at all…not even a wecome sign. But never fear, Chuck D and I welcomed ourselves to the state with a rousing rendition of “By The Time I Get to Arizona”. Route 66 winds…
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Route 66 – Day Ten – Albuquerque, NM to Gallup, NM
Hunter and I both woke early this morning. Because we came in from the Santa Fe loop yesterday and Albuquerque is where old and older Route 66 meet, I decided to backtrack a bit. I specifically wanted to see The Musical Highway. The National Geographic Channel funded this attraction for a program called “Crowd Control.”…
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Route 66 – Day Nine – Santa Rosa, NM to Albuquerque, NM
The room alarm went off at 6 AM… Need I even say more? So with an extra early start Hunter and I got ready and headed out to Las Vegas… No not that Las Vegas… Las Vegas, New Mexico! We took the pre-1937 route 66 option known also as the Santa Fe Loop. We drove…
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Route 66 – Day Eight – Amarillo, TX to Santa Rosa, NM
Today was an easy driving and rest early day! Hunter woke me at 7:50 which I don’t think he has ever slept that late! Off we went through Amarillo again and past The Cadillac Ranch to our first stop, The Milburn – Price Culture Museum in Vega where both Hunter and I got to use…
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Route 66 – Day Seven – Clinton, OK to Amarillo, TX
Before leaving Oklahoma, we stopped at two super cool Route 66 Museums and stopped into meet the inspiration for Mater…I knew he was a character, but I was not expecting the 30 or so bikers inside the shop nor that he’d be singing. We stayed for a few minutes and continued on into Texas where…
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Route 66 – Day Six – Tulsa, OK to Clinton, OK
Slept in a bit since our first attraction, Buck Atom’s Cosmic Curios, didn’t open til 10:00, so we finished up Tulsa on our way to the shop for our passport stamp. Next we hit The Rock Cafe in Stroud, OK. Pixar based Sally on the owner, so we HAD to eat lunch there! The Interpretive…
