Route 66 saw its early beginnings in 1926. The 2400 mile road was completely paved from Chicago to Los Angeles by 1936. The road has seen multiple realignments through the years until 1985 when the official highway, "Route 66", was decommissioned and ceased to exist as an official highway. As a result of the realignments, there is no singular clear cut path upon which to travel to travel Route 66; there are multiple choices. As well, unfortunately, there is no phone app for mapping Route 66. In that we will be traveling on a motorcycle, we needed to simplify the trip. We looked at the books and maps and decided to hand write all turn by turn directions including mileage between turns. Rita then typed up the directions and had them laminated in able to endure the trip. We have installed Sena 10s headsets in our helmets to enable communication between each other as well as to be able to listen to 60s on 6 on Sirius/XM. Come on along for the ride!
Monday, April 10, 2017
Preparation
Preparing to embark on this trip has been an arduous task to say the least. We began over a year ago reading books and researching online as much as possible.We purchased a copy of The Milepost, which is a more than 700 page Alaska Travel Planner, also known as the bible of the North Country travel since 1949; Road Trip USA, Pacific Coast Highway by Moon Publishing; EZ66 Guide for Travelers by National Historic Route 66 Federation; and last but especially not least, The Route 66 Dining and Lodging Guide by National Historic Route 66 Federation.
Route 66 saw its early beginnings in 1926. The 2400 mile road was completely paved from Chicago to Los Angeles by 1936. The road has seen multiple realignments through the years until 1985 when the official highway, "Route 66", was decommissioned and ceased to exist as an official highway. As a result of the realignments, there is no singular clear cut path upon which to travel to travel Route 66; there are multiple choices. As well, unfortunately, there is no phone app for mapping Route 66. In that we will be traveling on a motorcycle, we needed to simplify the trip. We looked at the books and maps and decided to hand write all turn by turn directions including mileage between turns. Rita then typed up the directions and had them laminated in able to endure the trip. We have installed Sena 10s headsets in our helmets to enable communication between each other as well as to be able to listen to 60s on 6 on Sirius/XM. Come on along for the ride!
Route 66 saw its early beginnings in 1926. The 2400 mile road was completely paved from Chicago to Los Angeles by 1936. The road has seen multiple realignments through the years until 1985 when the official highway, "Route 66", was decommissioned and ceased to exist as an official highway. As a result of the realignments, there is no singular clear cut path upon which to travel to travel Route 66; there are multiple choices. As well, unfortunately, there is no phone app for mapping Route 66. In that we will be traveling on a motorcycle, we needed to simplify the trip. We looked at the books and maps and decided to hand write all turn by turn directions including mileage between turns. Rita then typed up the directions and had them laminated in able to endure the trip. We have installed Sena 10s headsets in our helmets to enable communication between each other as well as to be able to listen to 60s on 6 on Sirius/XM. Come on along for the ride!
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