Category: Route 66

  • Day 23 – The End of the Road

    Day 23 – The End of the Road

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    Last night I drove to the end of Route 66, where the route hits Michigan Ave at Millennium Park. So this morning I got up and hopped on the ‘L’ downtown towards the Loop. The marked signs for the “Start” of 66 are a block off the subway. This is truly it. I’ve completed this…

  • Day 22 – Final Stretch to Chicago

    Day 22 – Final Stretch to Chicago

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    Today I celebrated, or at least achieved, the milestone of working 20 years at Amazon. I woke up and reflected on my time there, typing up a multi-threaded post about the history I had for the past twenty years and what I think may come next. I got my things all packed up, found a…

  • Day 21 – Gateway Arch to Lincoln’s House – Springfield, Illinois

    Day 21 – Gateway Arch to Lincoln’s House – Springfield, Illinois

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    I woke up early to make it downtown to St. Louis to see the Gateway Arch. My Route 66 navigation app is terrible because it decided to take me into Illinois across the river before turning me around and back into Missouri. I walk up to the arch, pull out my camera, and think, ”…

  • Day 20 – St Louis

    Day 20 – St Louis

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    The rest of Missouri to St. Louis was fairly basic, with lots of farms and churches inside the wooded area of the Ozarks. You see less signage on the scenic byway that Missouri calls 66. It is very scenic with all the trees you drive through. I stopped at a rest area that my parents…

  • Day 19 – Kansas to Springfield, Missouri

    Day 19 – Kansas to Springfield, Missouri

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    I say goodbye to Oklahoma, I take my last photo of the Oklahoma Town markers on the road in Commerce, OK. I stop by the Dairy King to get a banana milkshake and a postcard to send off before I head to Kansas. I’m not very far from the border and won’t be in Kansas…

  • Day 18 – Picher, Oklahoma

    Day 18 – Picher, Oklahoma

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    Today’s goal was to get to the abandoned town of Picher, Oklahoma. A place of interest in Oklahoma before you get to Kansas. Sitting just on the Kansas border as you drive North of 66. First, I needed to get through the rest of Tulsa. You drive more through Tulsa on 66 than I did…

  • Day 17 – Drive In at Tulsa

    Day 17 – Drive In at Tulsa

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    It was a slow start to the day, not in any real hurry to get on the road. The Cubs won’t be in town until the 11th, so I got some time to get to Chicago. So I’ll be taking my time as I progress through Missouri and Illinois. The first town I came across…

  • Day 16 – Oklahoma

    Day 16 – Oklahoma

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    I was closer to the Oklahoma border than I realized. After I left Shamrock I had to make a quick stop at the drive-thru liquor store to grab my friend a six-pack of Lone Star. I’ve never done a drive-thru liquor before. When I got to the window, I saw a menu saying flavors of…

  • Day 15 – Cadillac Ranch, Tx

    Day 15 – Cadillac Ranch, Tx

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    I started my day driving back to Tucumcari, the town looks a bit different in the day without all the neon lit up. The town has several museums that were unfortunately closed on Mondays. So I made my way towards the Texas border. As you cross into Texas, New Mexico sends you off with a…

  • Day 14 – Santa Fe

    Day 14 – Santa Fe

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    In Albuquerque, Route 66 has a split in the road; you can head directly to Santa Rosa along I-40. The alternate takes you North to Santa Fe and back down through the Pecos National Park and back South into Santa Rosa. Known as the Santa Fe loop, of course, I knew which route I would…