Route 66 and return – Final wrap up – Random thoughts and ramblings
Believe I’ve been going on too long about this trip. This will be my final post on that trip. (Hold your applause, please!) I may be able to provide a…
Believe I’ve been going on too long about this trip. This will be my final post on that trip. (Hold your applause, please!) I may be able to provide a…
Really, the purpose of my trip was to complete Route 66 from Chicago to LA. I also drove back home with the rental car and saw more of the country.…
If you are a numbers "guy", must show numbers about the trip. Gives a good summary and interesting to review. Comments? Miles driven 6,642 Number of hotels 22…
Made it! In some ways, seems like I've been gone for months and in other ways, seems like I just left! Did so many different things. Tired. Just a very…
Got in earlier than expected. Nice room, thanks Scott! Everything going along uneventfully when something fell off a trailer just ahead of me. I was in the left lane, the…
Spending a quiet day with Nancy and Scott. Just relaxing and getting ready for the last push going home. I have done this ride in one day but it's about…
Really am nearing the end. No more mountains. For a number of days, you have been seeing scenes like this: Will now be seeing a lot more scenes like this!…
On the road again. Nearly 100 miles done. Stopped to eat in Grand Junction CO. Speed limit in Utan is 80 MPH! Now 75 in CO. About 300 miles to…
Written late afternoon. Had a GREAT visit to Monument Valley. It's in the Navajo Nation and is a Tribal Park. The reviews say the dirt road is rough. It's beyond…
Mostly a travel day today. Have some pictures to post but internet connection is painfully slow again. The phone connection is so slow that it took over 3 hours to…
Great sights today! Death Valley is beautiful. I could come back here again. I talked with a guy from Virginia who had come up for the day two days ago…
Finished a quick tour of Joshua Tree National Park. Great views. Want to post more pictures but this will need to be enough for now. Lots of big rocks in…
Had a few days to spend with my wife's sister and her husband. Had a great time with them. On the way out today, was able to spend a couple…
I made it all the way on Route 66! Chicago to La La Land! Decided theme song for my trip was “I did it My Way”. Since it’s lyrics, doesn’t…