Route 66
When any of you have done Route 66, did you tow your camper or just drive your vehicle? If you towed was it easy traveling and seeing the sights of Rt. 66 and were campgrounds plentiful and easy to access along the way.
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- We've just finished Route 66 from California to OKC (have to head for a wedding in East Tennessee now...). As stickdog mentioned, most of it is under I-40 or other highways now. Those parts that still exist are fine for the RV (except for an extremely old part through Oatman, AZ, over the mountains). Unfortunately, there's not much left except for a lot of kitsch and curio shops. We ate at several neat diners and got a lot of photos of old motel signs, etc. It's nothing like I remember from the late '50s and early '60s with my grandparents, though. As stickdog also mentioned, LOTS of motorcycles doing the Route. We encountered several large groups of Europeans and Scandinavians who had rented "the whole experience" complete with Harleys, support vehicles, mechanics and guides.
Rob - I have used it mostly in the AZ and NM states. We all want to have our picture taken standing beside one of the ROUTE 66 signs with the mtns in the back ground...
I got all of my RT66 fill just around the FLAGSTAFF AZ area...
RT66 follows I40 for the most part. you can't find many long stretches of just US ROUTE 66 any more...
Roy Ken - Portions of Rt66 no longer exist there are several web pages with much info. I have traveled portions of it over the years and living alongside would often see motorcycles making the full journey from Chicago lake front to LA. Just google RT 66 road trip.
