Dave R

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This time one year ago I was sitting on a sun lounger, drinking a cold beer whilst watching my son jump in and out of a swimming pool. It was 40 degrees, the sweat was wetting the pages of my book and as nice as it was i was bored and yearning for a bit of adventure.

The following is a list of the towns and cities we are visiting along with the hotels and motels we are staying in. Each location will receive its own page as we travel along the route on our adventure but this will give you an idea to start with

It's now less than two weeks till the big off and whilst my wife is organising and double checking holiday insurance, passports, tickets and ESTA's I'm panicking about the more important matters such as

Wether you are an avid Face Book fan or a Flickr follower you are able to follow our Route 66 road trip on your favourite social media platform.

We left Derby at 4am and by mid afternoon we were sampling the delights Chicago had to offer as we started our Route 66 adventure

The day started with a traditional American breakfast at at the unofficial start to Route 66 in Chicago, Lou Mitchell's. It's exactly the kind of place a Brit would imagine if they were told to describe an all American diner.

Our first day on the route 66 in Illinois was an eventful one. Firstly the taxi driver taking us back to O'Hare airport to pick up the hire car spoke very little English and didn't have much of a clue where he was going.

After a heavy night on the beer with an American couple last night and a short walk to see Abraham Lincoln's childhood house and other period houses we finally left the strange town of Springfield Illinois to head to St Louis.

Getting out of St Louis was slightly easier than getting in. We still managed to make several wrong turns before finding route 66 towards Cuba and heading for our first stop of the day

The sky was still gloomy when we left The Wagon Wheel but the worlds biggest rocking chair in Fanning  Missouri was waiting and we weren't going to let a few grey clouds spoil that !

The day began with breakfast in the local pancake hut which was occupied by a couple of camouflage wearing hicks who were obviously on there way out hunting

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

The road took in lots of rocky desert, small towns and rail road depots before aligning itself with the Colorado river and heading into Needles California.

A refreshing nights sleep and a nice, but expensive, breakfast in the hotel left us raring to go exploring what delights Las Vegas had to offer.

Its taken a few months but i have finally started to upload the many hours of video we took and the thousands of photographs

Ive finally got round to editing a few more videos from the hours and hours of footage i took whilst driving Route 66 last summer.

Six weeks and counting till we head stateside for our next big road trip and this time we will be California dreaming as we set out on a 1200 mile round route of the Golden State.

We travelled Route 66 in August 2015 and these are some of the tips i would give to anybody who wanted to travel the Mother Road

24 hours of travel and we finally touch down in San Francisco

Our first full day in San Francisco was spent walking up some very steep hills ! It doesn’t matter which way you head in San Francisco it would appear you’ll be heading upwards at some point.

Ive been married now for 19 years and known my wife for a good few years over that. One of the first things i learned about her back in 1991 was how intrigued by Alcatraz Prison she was.

After three nights in San Francisco its time to say good bye to the golden city for a few weeks and head inland to Yosemite and start our road trip. Our stay at the Hotel Zephyr has been a good one.

The drive up to Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park was amazing. The roads were lined with pine tree forest to one side and stunning mountain ranges to the other, and on one occasion we had to stop to let a couple of Mute Deer cross the road.

Nestled to the east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California lies the once bustling ghost town of Bodie., or at leat what remains of it. At its height in the 1880's, Bodie had a population of 8000 plus inhabitants from all four corners of the world

Again, not a lot to really report as it was just a scenic drive through beautiful scenery of mountains and forests, passing Lakes and cliffs and sweeping green meadows. I'll let the pictures do the talking this time.

We thought the drive down from Mammoth lakes to Lone Pines would be a good one with quite a few stops at Towns along the way which looked interesting on the map. It actually turned out that most the towns

We had an early start after a lovely breakfast in the hotel. First stop was a quick jaunt into Lone Pine to get the now obligatory fridge magnet for Oz and pin badge for myself. We then made our way to the "Movie Road,

.. travelling through the Angeles National Forest. Yet again it was a gorgeous drive through sweeping bends, up and down hills and valleys and occasionally dodging Porsches speeding towards us ! Pretty soon we were dropping down in to Burbank and Glendale,

Gotta say i'm impressed with my Wuss of a son ! Despite the pre ride nerves and panic he loved the big rides he went on and had it not been for inhumanely long queues we would of ridden them several times.

We then had a tour around the houses of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. We saw Mick Jagger’s gaff, Michael Jacksons house (well the gates of it), Jennifer Anniston, Clark Gables,

The drive from Anaheim to Santa Barbara took showed us both sides of the American dream, from the poverty of South L.A to the riches of Malibu and Pacific coast.

We spent today relaxing in Santa Barbara and around pool at the heavenly Franciscan Inn.

We left Santa Barbara mid morning and headed out on the coastal road through a very nice looking estate. We were soon up on the cliffs overlooking the bay

we are leaving our teenager behind and jumping on a plane to Miami where a Mustang cabriolet awaits us and a drive through the everglades and down the Keys

Today i ticked off a couple of items from my bucket list, firstly to drive an American classic muscle car and secondly to go up in a helicopter. Fortunately in Las Vegas you can do both very easily.

After a busy few days in Vegas its time to head back to Route 66 and into California to the wigwam motel

We woke up to a gloomy and grey day, not quite raining but the weather was more like Scunthorpe in autumn than California in summer. We ate breakfast then hit highway one to begin our journey along the coastal road

We were staying at the Casa Thorn Bed & Breakfast in Islamorada. From what we had read on the internet we were expecting it to be unique and we weren't left disappointed.

The rather eccentric Rain Barrel, which the sign outside proudly proclaims is a village of artists was an interesting stop. Once you've made your way past the giant red lobster which welcomes passers-by

As roads with bridges go, US Route 1 is pretty impressive, especially the 7-mile bridge which, despite what the name suggests is actually only 6.7 miles long.

We had three nights booked at the Old Manor House in Key West and the general idea was to wander the streets, pop in and out of shops and bars and generally chill out and relax.

Nestled behind trees and vegetation the Azul Del Mar is a tropical paradise. Its an adults-only boutique hotel located between lush green lawns, with Iguanas running around freely,

Its not everyday you get a phone call asking you to Drive from Derby to pick clients up in AUSTRIA!

The following video was taken as we drove through Missouri on Route 66

International travel during the covid pandemic hasn't been easy but as with everything, if you take the risks the reward is there. So in June 2021 with the USA well and truly closed to international visitors we found ourselves booking a week in New York in December for my 50th Birthday.

Lots of steps and lots to see as we discovered the lower half of Manhattan taking in Hudson Yard, The High Line, Lower East Side, Little Italy and much more

Today we explored New Yorks Central Park, saw where John Lennon was Murdered and took in a Christmas Market or two on our New York Christmas Holiday

Day 1, A day of travel. 16 hours after leaving Derby we find our selves in Music City, Nashville Tenesseee

today we have mostly been walking, lots and lots of walking as visit some of the attractions Nashville has to offer

We woke up to rain and grey skies so today was about travelling around Nashville in the car and keeping dry

It was a rainy drive from Nashville to Memphis but the Sun (Studio) was waiting ahead and all that Memphis had to offer

Great Museums, Good food and drink, Live Music and a really weird outdoor pursuits shop ... Memphis has it all

Today we have been taking care of business with a trip to Graceland. The Memphis home of the King of Rock n Roll Mr Elvis Arran Presley

From the home of Rock n Roll to the home of the Delate Blues. Today we drove down to Clarksdale Mississippi to see if was still possible to sell your soul at the crossroads

Today sees up exploring Clarksdale Mississippi and old legends of the blues world

Pictures taken whilst driving by Deb of houses, roads, churches and whatever takes her fancy from the passenger side between Tennesse and Louisiana

The drive from Clarksdale to Natchez threw up some unexpected stops and some lovely scenery

The drive from Natchez to Breaux Bridge was pretty with an enlightening stop at the Rosewood Historic house and Plantation

This morning was spent on a Cajun Swamp Tour Chasing Gators and oggling over Classic American Muscle Cars

What could be better than an All American Car cruise 20 miles from where we were staying

Today we head from Breaux Bridge and the Bayou swamps down to the city famous for it's Mardi Gras, New Orleans

A couple of days spent exploring all that New Orleans has to offer ... well nearly all

We left New Orleans with 500 miles of USA Highway ahead of us. After a few false Starts we finally arrived in Chattanooga

A day exploring Chattanooga was in store but first an all American breakfast in an all American diner

Yet again, the start to the day was a lovely City Cafe Diner breakfast After that it was the 150 mile drive from Chattanooga to our log cabin in the Smokey Mountains

More road trip snaps from my co-pilot. These are photographs taken between New Orleans and Gatlinburg as we headed back north on our epic road trip across the southern states of America

Motor vehicles are discouraged in Gatlinburg so we headed to the Welcome Centre where there was a free shuttle bus.

Today was all about getting back to nature, well as much as you can do in a V8 Hemi Durango. First stop was the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

Neither of us are overly enthusiastic about theme parks but you can't come all this way to Pigeon Forge and not take in the iconic queen of Country, Dolly Parton's theme park, Dollywood

All good things must come to an end and so we find ourselves on the last day this years American Road Trip, with a final drive of 240 miles from Gatlinburg to Nashville Airport.

This September we’re heading out on a 15-night East Coast road trip - from the bright lights of New York City to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Boston, Martha’s Vineyard, The Hamptons, and back again

Another photo dump of photographs taken by my co-pilot, Deb. These are all between Gatlinburg and Nashville taken on the last couple of days of our epic road trip