Historic Route 66

Chicago to Santa Monica on the Mother Road, with the surviving alignments, neon motels, and the Arizona and New Mexico stretches done properly.

Sample itinerary

  1. Days 1–3: Chicago → St. Louis → Springfield, MOIllinois alignments, Chain of Rocks Bridge, Missouri Ozarks.
  2. Days 4–5: Kansas & OklahomaGalena, Tulsa, the Blue Whale of Catoosa, Oklahoma City.
  3. Days 6–7: Texas PanhandleAmarillo, Cadillac Ranch, Adrian midpoint.
  4. Days 8–10: New MexicoTucumcari, Santa Fe loop, Albuquerque, Gallup.
  5. Days 11–12: ArizonaPetrified Forest, Winslow, Seligman, Oatman.
  6. Days 13–14: CaliforniaMojave stretch, Barstow, San Bernardino, Santa Monica Pier.