Travelling The Mother Road Route 66 was the reason for this blog so it seems only fair that I give it a whole page of its own. Here you will find blog posts relating to the planning of our road trip across the USA, links to websites we found useful and the unfolding story of our trip. Hopefully in time it will become a useful resource to others planning to do the trip so if you have any questions then feel free to drop me a line.
These three books gave us plenty of inspiration and help in planning our road trip
All Route 66 Books are available on eBay, Amazon and most good book shops
Our Route 66 Blog
The following blog posts are presented in ascending order so that you can follow our road trip from the planning stage and onwards. They are full of my musings on the places we visited, images of route 66, some stories of the people we met along the way and some tips. I hope you find them enjoyable.
Oklahoma to Amarillo and the best steak in Texas
I can now answer Tony Christies question, YES, i do know the way to Amarillo. Now thats out of the way i can get on with the journey from Oklahoma City to Amarillo, Texas
Red Oak 2 Missouri gallery
Artist Lowell Davis grew up in the “real” Red Oak, about 18 miles northwest of the “new” Red Oak II. The original Red Oak, like many other rural agricultural towns across the USA, started to
Amarillo to Tucumcari
We left the Big Texan early and headed just out of Amarillo to the Cadillac Ranch. For those who don’t know what the ranch is, its essentially a bunch of Old cadillac’s buried nose down in the desert in 1974
Tucumcari to Santa Fe
When i was first researching where we were going to go on route 66 i came across the following video about a ghost town called Cuervo. It sounded so “American Detective” or “Twin Peaks” i just had to make a pull in off the I40 to check it out.
A day of rest in Santa Fe
We had a lie in this morning as we didn’t have to drive anywhere – BLISS !! It wasnt much of a lie in but was nice not getting up and having to repack the bags and head to the car.
Sante Fe to Monument Valley
Today’s drive to Monument Valley was a long one. We started the day with a drive up a windy mountain road to visit Los Alamos, a town that once held a very dark secret
Monument Valley Grand Canyon
Another day and another iconic scene and one of the seven wonders of the world – The Grand Canyon in Arizona. After breakfast overlooking Monument Valley we
Grand Canyon to Winslow AZ
We headed out of the Grand Canyon Village relatively early still slightly disappointed at the village ( but not the canyon i must add) and headed towards to Winslow
Winslow to Kingman via Seligman
Seligman has really embraced its route 66 history and is packed full of antique and souvenir shops, diners and motels. its also home to the Guardian Angel of Route 66, Angel Delgadillo
