Anyone done Route 66? I got some questions

[ratusratus]

Let me know all about it
How long does it take etc

[Owl]

Not sure, as I lost count at about root 12.:innocent:

[rickstv]

I think the only part of Rout 66 that hasn't become motorway is the main drag through Flagstaff. I stand to be corrected.
Rick.

[Hitcher]

Route 66 only exists in bits: it's not possible to ride from Chicago to Los Angeles on a single Route 66, thanks to the Interstate network and urban development.

There are some towns along the way that are worth a stop. I've ridden 66 from Flagstaff AZ to Kingman AZ. Flagstaff, Williams, Seligman and a couple of other towns are worth a stop. Kingman is nothing much at all really, apart from a big sprawling city with no soul.

Other than ticking a bucket list entry that says "ride Route 66", I can think of some more interesting and scenic routes to get from Chicago to LA, or vice versa, and still take in a goodly dollop of "the real America".

[Hitcher]

I stand to be corrected.

Stand to be corrected!

[merv]

I'm intending to do the bit in Arizona which is said to be the most original piece left and it is much more than just a main street that is left. I see Hitch has mentioned that while I was typing my message.

Have you checked Route 66 out on line:

http://www.historic66.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66

[BIG DOUG]

Hey hitcher we had a great time in kingman last year,stayed at an old western hotel with arizona"s oldest bar next door left it at 7 in the morning lol, and found some very rare restored honda chopper"s from a famous usa builder I still keep in contact with the gentleman who own's them and hope to get back there in 2012 but as you say piss all of it left.

[scumdog]

. Kingman is nothing much at all really, apart from a big sprawling city with no soul.

You must have missed the old part of Kingman, been there a 3 or 4 times and had a ball looking around, scored some good old souveniers too.

[BIG DOUG]

Yea we stayed in the old part of kingman did you see the biggest employer there is the supermax prison met a couple of the guard's they had some interesting stories to tell.

[popelli]

Route 66 only exists in bits: it's not possible to ride from Chicago to Los Angeles on a single Route 66, thanks to the Interstate network and urban development.



yes interstate 40 is concreted straight over the top of it

I found part of the original route 66 (the part featuring the motel with the no vacancy sign in easy rider)

rode fro a couple of miles and came to a dead end with a 20 foot concrete wall with interstate 40 going straight over the top

general outline of route 66 will give you an interesting trip through america, but parts of teh mid west are dead boring endless days of riding through flat featureless corn fields

for my money the rockies take a lot of beating

[Hitcher]

There's a good detour to the meteor crater between Winslow and Flagstaff. Also from Flagstaff or Williams it's about an hour's ride to the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

[ratusratus]

Im writing it all down:-)

[pritch]

So are you watching the series on the travel channel traveling by Harley from Chicago to California along as much of Route 66 as is currently possible? First episode was this week?

Thursday 10.00PM "Riding Route 66". Repeated Friday 4.00PM.

You haven't missed much so far.

[MaxCannon]

Done the AZ bits in a car. 10 years ago.
From what I remember it's mostly interstate.

[ratusratus]

So are you watching the series on the travel channel traveling by Harley from Chicago to California along as much of Route 66 as is currently possible? First episode was this week?

Thursday 10.00PM "Riding Route 66". Repeated Friday 4.00PM.

You haven't missed much so far.
Yea its been on the travel channel before
Ya gotta love mysky:yes:
and ya can do 66 percent of it
the other 34 is vegas:woohoo:
and thanks pritch

[ratast]

I take groups riding along Route 66 and the best part for me is heading out from Kingman over the Sitgraves Pass to Oatman. Gets hot riding up the narrow, sand covered twisty road to the small ex goldmining town and I would wonder how many cars with steam puffing out the radiators died here.
This section still original Route 66 , but each year I see another authentic old saloon has opened in one of the old towns, which tourist dollars are resurrecting.

[jafar]

I've done some of route 66 as well, from the eastern end near Chicago & crisscrossed it on the way west. Dwight is where we started on it & I lost track of how many times we kept running into '66'. The trick is to go look at America & less about riding a route that doesn't really exist anymore.

If you get to Williams Arizona it is well worth the stop, they shoot a cowboy there every night in a street show.