Our friend Paul took a trip to remember across Route 66. No Margie his 1959 Cadillac Seville didn’t make the trip with him but his father did. Paul and his dad Joe made the trip in a Ford Fairlane. They started in Santa Monica and worked their way to Chicago. Once they were there they decided to drive to the East Coast.
Being in Arizona and traveling myself I have become quite fond of Route 66 and the quirky things that you see. While most of us can’t take a trip across Route 66 we can live it through Paul’s pictures.
Enjoy these Articles on Route 66
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Historic Route 66 garage to reopen as Model A museum | Hemmings DailyThe Front Street Garage, Galena, Kansas
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Route 66 in California – The End of Route 66California is the last state crossed by Route 66 (or the first if one chooses to go from west to east). The historic route officially and poetically ends on the Santa Monica Pier, facing the Pacific Ocean.
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U.S. Route 66 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaU.S. Route 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway and colloquially known as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926—with road signs erected the following year.[2] The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in America, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Santa …
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Vinny,
These two retired gentlemen took the road trip of a lifetime going from east to west on Route 66 and they DID do it in a Cadillac. They were at last year’s CLC show in Quincy MA, I have an autographed copy. Great read. Route 66, The People-The Places-The Dream
Thanks Earle I was looking at that book as I was making the article and was going to link to it. I changed your link to a amazon link so the club makes $2 or so if someone purchases it using that link 🙂