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liss88 said
Hey everyone, this is Lisa from Sydney. How are you all?
Lisa - welcome to the forum - hope we can be of some use!
Set up the Driving Route 66 website in 2010 following the best road trip experience in 2007.
Offline Flashback98 said
My name's Tanner, from Nevada.
Hi Tanner - thanks for joining 🙂
Set up the Driving Route 66 website in 2010 following the best road trip experience in 2007.
Offline Hi guys my name is Alan. I'm from London and on 1st September my best friend and I are spending 15 days travelling route 66.
Being very lucky both of us after hitting 40 years old our wives have let us go!!!
As we only have 15 days we will be looking for any advice or tips to squeeze as much in as possible.
Also would love to hear about anyone must stops.
flights booked. car booked. can't wait!!
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We are a husband and wife team from Berkshire UK. We have just booked our 16 day trip commencing in mid June. It is something we have discussed in the past and are now going for it. We cannot wait ?
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Hello from the Great White North.
Hello Steve. Thanks for this site. It will be of great help with our trip. My Brother-In-Law and I are planning a 6 week, 14,000 K (8,700 mile) journey this summer from Ottawa Canada with the first leg being a much anticipated Route 66 East to West. Inspiration for this trip started back in the 60's from the "Route 66" TV series. That dates us, doesn't It? We will be switching out the corvette for motorcycles though. Once we hit Santa Monica we will swing North to ride the Pacific Coast Highway to Vancouver on to Whitehorse, Yukon then meandering our way home through British Columbia, Alberta and the northern part of the U.S. states. Cheers to all who have done this before and look forward to joining the Route 66 club.
Allan
Offline Hello everyone My name is Allan. I made my sign on name 135Boomer not to get confused with the other Allan. I live in Portland Oregon. I retired from the USAF and Postal Service. The name came from when I was in the Air Force and flew on the KC 135 as a Boom Operator. We have been on the Route back in 2009 with 4 PT Cruiser's. Had a great time. But now my wife are planning another trip on the Route this year. We will both be 66 thought it would be a good thing to do. We won't be doing the whole route. Will start at Carthage this time. The reason is well be in Fort Collins for an event in August then taking part of the Lincoln Hwy to Omaha visit friends then to Carthage to pick up the route. When we get to the end in California taking the Pacific Coast Hwy home to Portland Oregon. Should be a great trip and looking forward to going.
Will be starting this Road Trip around the first part of August.
Any suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks have a great day.
Offline Hi all, I’m Carol from Queensland Australia. My husband and I would like to drive Route 66 next year (2020). We are an older couple (60’s) so I’m not sure if we should?? I need to plan everything!!! Looking forward to talking to you.
Offline Hello! My husband and I are planning to drive Route 66, possibly in 2021. We are 67 now so we will see if our dream comes. We will be towing a travel trailer an have 2 small furbabies with us. We live in IL so would probably start from Litchfield and our return route would be a northerly route. Is it really necessary to plan it all out or can we just wing it as we desire?
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My name’s Laura. We are booked up to spend three weeks in summer for our honeymoon travelling Route 66, continuing the road up Highway 1 to San Francisco to fly back (we also have planned detours to certain places along the way too).
Would love to hear people’s stories and recommendations of the Route.
Just a question that’s on my mind. I have heard that the original route has experienced issues in terms of the I-40 opening up. Is it still possible to travel along the original road without crossing into that? Would love to stick to its roots as much as possible.
Offline LaCootay said Just a question that’s on my mind. I have heard that the original route has experienced issues in terms of the I-40 opening up. Is it still possible to travel along the original road without crossing into that? Would love to stick to its roots as much as possible.
Hi Laura, you'll find there may be times you hop on the I40 to make time at certain points where the 2 roads run side by side and are visible to one another. If you do, don't beat yourself up about it. For as authentic an experience as possible I'd recommend the EZ66 Guide 
Set up the Driving Route 66 website in 2010 following the best road trip experience in 2007.
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First time poster here. My family and I live on the East Coast of the US and we are planning our Route 66 cross country trip for June 2021. This is my dream vacation. I am married (25 years this October) and have three sons, current ages 19, 16 and 10, all will be a year older when we leave and all are pretty excited for our journey.
So this is our plan for now...we are taking three weeks, however, we are giving ourselves only 8 days to get to California. Honestly, we want to mostly see all the kitschy, funny roadside things, nothing serious, just fun, and don't plan on spending time going through museums, the caverns, etc. Just quick stops to check things out and then on our way again, although we do plan on seeing the Grand Canyon. We are thinking of skipping starting in Chicago as big cities are not our thing, and someone suggested that we might want to start at the Launching Pad and Gemini Giant. But... would you all know if I would miss anything major if I started there?
We plan on spending 5-6 in Southern California and then driving up the coast to San Francisco for a day and then heading home straight across from there.
If anyone has any tips on where to stay (we do plan on some of the iconic hotels along the way) but anywhere in Illinois that is inexpensive would be great. We are bringing inflatable mattresses with us for the hotel rooms for 2 of the kids.
Any other tips would be helpful no matter how small. Thank you!
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We are Greg and Janet. A few years ago we sold our home and business in Las Vegas, purchased a motorhome that we could afford (1998 National Tropical) and decided to hit the road for adventure and fun. Less than a year into our new adventurous lifestyle Covid happened. At the time we were in North Carolina and decided to travel back to Nevada to wait out the lockdown. After sitting in an RV Park in Pahrump, NV for 13 months we decided to hit the road again in May of 2021. We drove out to Santa Monica, Ca and started our Route 66 Adventure. Our plan is to drive all of Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago, taking our time and enjoying the places and people we meet along the way. We are making videos of our Route 66 Adventures. We only live once it is time to start enjoying the ride.
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Enjoy!
Offline Hello All - My wife and I (newly retired) are planning a 2022 Route 66 trip from LA to Chicago (probably only one way). We're hoping to own a ultra-light trailer by then to camp along the way. We're also interested in hitting several Triple D (Diners Drive-ins & Dives) and maybe a few college football games. We're just in the early stages of planning, dreaming. Any thoughts or comments greatly appreciated!
Offline Hi My name is Ricky I'm from Blyth Northumberland I'm looking at doing route 66 in a couple of years for my dad's 60th I'm wondering if any one has any idea where we can hire a Dodge charger or similar any help would be greatly appreciated
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Hi My name is Ricky I'm from Blyth Northumberland I'm looking at doing route 66 in a couple of years for my dad's 60th I'm wondering if any one has any idea where we can hire a Dodge charger or similar any help would be greatly appreciated
Enterprise has Dodge Challenger RT scat packs for rent! Avis also rents muscle cars including Challenger RTs.
Offline Hello all,
We are planning our drive for next July/August (2023) and plan to do Chicago to LA in three weeks. There will be four of us travelling and we plan to hire a car and do motel?hotel stops along the way.
Can anyone recommend the best car to hire? We will be sharing the drive between all four of us, we just want comfort and style and an easy ride, nothing too fancy.
Any tips and advice would be welcomed. I have learned a lot already from the forum, so, thank you!
Offline Afternoon Everyone
Messaging from the UK. Early doors but planning has started anyway - two couples looking to do a East-West US road trip - all for retirement and celebrate the kids fleeing the nest. Looking to do this over about 6 to 8 weeks. Intent to fly to JFK and return from LAX.
The original dream was to get a winnebago but I think I will get hacked off with the sheer enormous size - so we are pretty certain we want a super large SUV (no idea what - just needs to be super comfy) and hotel it for the most part, but might take in a motorhome for a week if we can find an all inclusive deal somewhere.
While we are looking to start in NYC, we want to do Niagra, then hit Chicago and start the Route 66. We want to do all the sights, but also hit the passes through Colorado, Las Vegas, and I want to do a lap of Lake Tahoe (initial thoughts are here for the motorhome).
So a big, significant trip probably in spring 2024 or 2025. Seems natural to do East-West - interested if anyone feels West-East is better.
Anyway - hi. Hope to glean great info and tips!
Cheers
Offline I've made several partial trips along the Route since 1997. I got interested in Route 66 while on a family vacation to St. Louis in 1977, and got my first real taste of driving it on a business trip to Tulsa in 1997. I drove home on as much of the Route as I could find through Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Since I was on business, and it was before the days of cell phone cameras, I took no pics on that trip. My next opportunity came in 2014 when my daughter moved to Hollywood for a summer internship. I volunteered to drive her car out to meet her and my wife. I didn't really know much at the time, but I found three classic Route 66 motels to stay at on the four day trip. Since then I've made four partial trips, and found out that my wife has no interest in doing the full trip with me. Luckily I have a recently retired college friend who is up for doing the full trip east to west. We're trying to juggle our schedules to do it in March of 2023.
