In search of Route 66 pt.2..the return trip ( pics)

In search of Route 66 pt.2..the return trip ( pics)

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Ford 2

86 posts

163 months

Sunday 20th November 2011
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Oh this takes me back. I done La-New York taken in Texas and alot of the 66. It was the best trip of my life and we covered 4500 miles in just over 2 weeks. Its amazing and were going back next year and doing Miami-Seattle smile

XitUp

7,690 posts

203 months

Sunday 20th November 2011
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RDMcG said:
Benbay001 said:
That made me laugh. Only in the States smile

There were quite a few of these, but the thread gets too long if I post everything.....
It's bad when you drive for hundreds of miles with nothing on the radio but jebus talk shows.
I hope hire care have mp3 plugs these days.

RDMcG

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19,096 posts

206 months

Sunday 20th November 2011
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XitUp said:
It's bad when you drive for hundreds of miles with nothing on the radio but jebus talk shows.
I hope hire care have mp3 plugs these days.
I generally bring a few audio books with me for the purpose. I also have satellite radio but we did not use it. The regular radio stations are a mix of religious,screaming political commentators and music that I had either heard a hundred times.( more Eagles/Beatles/pop fodder anyone?), or music from people who are younger than my son and to which I have no connectionsmile

RDMcG

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19,096 posts

206 months

Sunday 20th November 2011
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Ford 2 said:
Oh this takes me back. I done La-New York taken in Texas and alot of the 66. It was the best trip of my life and we covered 4500 miles in just over 2 weeks. Its amazing and were going back next year and doing Miami-Seattle smile
That's a huge trip and will bring you through some spectacular country. My round trip this time was 6060 miles in two weeks.

RDMcG

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19,096 posts

206 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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This is the routing and also the best books and maps for anyone thinking about a trip. The maps come in a pack, one for each state.....




JonnyFive

29,387 posts

188 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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This is brilliant! Thanks very much for taking the time to post it all up!

Vegas looks mad, will go there one day!

richcorsavxr

966 posts

171 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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epic thread with great pictures. would love to do this one day

Big News

1,937 posts

178 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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I did an Orange County > Las Vegas > Grand Canyon > Orange County trip in May this year, staying in a few Motels along the way in Williams and a couple of other places I can't remember...

We didn't spend a lot of time on Route 66, but stopped off in Seligman, AZ for lunch one day and drove a few hours down R66 on our way back to CA. It was without a doubt the best trip of my life to date; mainly down to the people I went with, and one day in the not too distant future I'd love to drive the whole thing.


(Excuse the Hipstamatic photo)

Heck, I loved it so much, I've got a VS Route 66 pedal on my guitar rig hehe


Stu R

21,410 posts

214 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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Fantastic shots and a great thread to compliment your previous one smile

We try and get to Vegas every year, trying to convince the OH that a road trip from Ohio is the way to do it, she's less convinced as she's got a knackered back hehe

so called

9,074 posts

208 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting. thumbup

David87

6,648 posts

211 months

Tuesday 22nd November 2011
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Stunning. Thank you so much for these posts and photographs - they simply are brilliant. I would absolutely love to do something like this, but sadly I fear I won't get the time until it's all changed. Still, at least it's a little closer after reading about it on here.

RDMcG

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19,096 posts

206 months

Wednesday 23rd November 2011
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David87 said:
Stunning. Thank you so much for these posts and photographs - they simply are brilliant. I would absolutely love to do something like this, but sadly I fear I won't get the time until it's all changed. Still, at least it's a little closer after reading about it on here.
Once you get into the South and West it changes more slowly. There is another thread of at least equal size to cover the many notable places I missed, so don't give upsmile