Back from our Route 66 road trip vacation

[Pat in Kentuckiana]

It’s been 6 years since we’ve taken an extensive Route 66 road trip, so we remedied that by just finishing up an 11 day road trip. We took our 6
Year old grandson this time.
The Corolla did a fine job on the trip:
*3,901.8 miles
*109.498 gallons used
*35.6 miles per gallon

It also turned over the 100,000 mile mark in Illinois. Here are a few pics from the week:

 

[earlyre]

Ever Stay at the Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven in Springfield, Mo?
I've never taken the 66 trip myself, but that place was my overnight stop when we used to go visit my brother in Dallas (before he moved back home)
it's a little more than half way, (10hrs from here, 6 hrs from DFW) but I liked it.

there were ALWAYS Brits staying there who were doing the Rt.66 Trip.
in fact a coupe of 'em ended up moving to Springfield, and have a Successful Cornish Pasty Food Truck just up the road(and a second location in one of the Malls.)
I always had to eat there if I got into town before they closed up.

 

[Chris142]

Nice! We had our wedding in Oatman.

 

[AZjeff]

We had lunch in Seligman and drove a bit of old 66 2 weeks ago. Saw some Burma Shave signs east of Seligman.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Get your kicks...

 

[Chris142]

We had lunch in Seligman and drove a bit of old 66 2 weeks ago. Saw some Burma Shave signs east of Seligman.

One of my favorite memories was our trip to seligman in the summer. It was hot then it rained.best smell ever is the desert when it rains.

 

[Chris142]

Did you go through down town Barstow then through helendale ,up 7th street in victorville?

 

[loneryder]

It’s been 6 years since we’ve taken an extensive Route 66 road trip, so we remedied that by just finishing up an 11 day road trip. We took our 6
Year old grandson this time.
The Corolla did a fine job on the trip:
*3,901.8 miles
*109.498 gallons used
*35.6 miles per gallon

It also turned over the 100,000 mile mark in Illinois. Here are a few pics from the week:
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Looks like good ole American fun!

 

[Pat in Kentuckiana]

Did you go through down town Barstow then through helendale ,up 7th street in victorville?

We didn’t make it that far due to time. Got as far as Needles just so we could say we made it to California.

 

[daves87rs]

Great pics!

 

[HemiBenny]

What a great adventure to take your Grandson on! Long after the newest toys and video games are forgotten, this will remain. These will be memories that'll last a lifetime.

 

[tshephard]

We, quite accidentally, saw both Rt 66 "Start" signs on a west coast train trip, during excursions.
One in Chicago, one in Santa Monica I think it was.

 

[JHZR2]

Love it. Bought my 300CD out in LA specifically to do a Route 66 trip back. Did all the good stuff along the way, and stayed in Holbrook, Tucumcari, and a few other spots. Diverged at St Louis as I recall, so we do need to do another trip. We stayed on 66 as much as possible. Makes for a slower trip but lots of interesting stuff to see.