Route 66

SoCal, with our beaches and nice weather, is a destination, not a starting point. If you start your drive here, you may just possibly change your mind about heading east. :D
 
.... I would also like to suggest Williams AZ as the first stop. It is close to the Grand Canyon and a good place to plan the rest of the trip. There is a section of Rt 66 that goes from Kingman AZ to Saligman that you can explore on the way...
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That is definitely a cool part of the route! And thanks for the comment about the bridge. Sorta goes along with Bobby Troupe's "Get Your Kicks" - the line about "...Don't forget Winona..." This bridge used to take you to Winona. Not so much any more - I think they forgot! I sure hope Delgadillo's "Sno Cap" is still going strong in Seligman! You can spend a day there just photographing and enjoying the ambience of a 60's roadside attraction.


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Thanks for the plethora of advice and tips. It's going to take a while to sort through. Turns out that a comntact via a website on which I post is based in Flagstaff, Arizona, so I'm definitely thinking we need to include an overnight stay there (or nearby) just to say hello.

I'm going to seek out a map of the currently accessible remnants of the original "route" and see what can be done in 7-10 days. After all, it's not as if we have to do the whole thing in one go......

Thanks again. Paul.
 
SausalitoDog said:
Here are a couple of Web sites that show the trips they took - I still say, go from LA to Texas and then fly home.
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That would be the Texas panhandle. If you travel farther east, you are going into Oklahoma. Instead of driving down to Dallas to fly out, fly out of Oklahoma City from the Will Rodgers airport. The only reason to drive down to Dallas is to travel the Indian Nations Turnpike in Fall.
 
Just got back from doing part of Rt 66 in an Airstream trailer, and it was once again a great experience (Airstream troubles notwithstanding!). This is a good time of the year to do it, weather-wise, and the tourists are likely not as plentiful as at other times of the year.

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Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ
 
Interestingly, I was born on Route 66, otherwise known as Central Avenue in my home town. I have driven along what parts still remain in New Mexico, Arizona, and California, these being the most interesting and scenic. I-40 had already been built before I was born, but there were still a few businesses struggling to stay open when I was a small child. My father owned one of these, a small gas station west of Albuquerque. The buildng was still standing the last time I drove past, but that has been some years ago. It's funny to think of the places life can take you. As a child I watched the occasional car drive across the old steel bridge which Route 66 used to cross Rio Puerco, and now I listen to cars drive across the modern suspension Chuo bridge from my high-rise apartment building in the heart of Tokyo, Japan. I sometimes miss the lonely old road.
 
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