Route 66 - The Beginning
People often ask us about our attraction to Route 66. It is not an easy thing to explain. I don't think traveling Route 66 is for everyone. It takes people with imagination and an appreciation for nostalgia. It is not that we are special or more creative, we just get our thrills in a more simplistic way. Route 66 is about the trip, not the destination. It is looking at a big Blue Whale in a pond and imagining families swimming there in the 50s or driving stretches of the desert and wondering how people ever made it across during the Great Depression. It is thinking giant ketchup bottles and big balls of barbed wire are neat and getting a thrill over eating at the diner where the corn dog was invented. Traveling Route 66 is about getting off the interstate whenever and wherever possible. Sometimes that means driving down stretches of unpaved road or driving for long stretches with no food or restrooms in sight. That is the reasoning behind the name of my blog. Because of that and the approximately 25,000 pictures we have of Route 66, I thought I would post a series of pictures and comments about some of the things we have seen along the highway. These pictures have been taken over several trips from the last 5 years. Most of you will think them boring, but maybe someone out there will be inspired to get off the interstate and travel the Mother Road, Route 66.
Route 66 begins (or ends if you are coming from California) in Chicago, hence the sign denoting such above Terry's head. This picture was taken in March, 2004 when we went up over spring break.
posted by C. Beck @ 10:01 AM
3 Comments:
That photo from Chicago brings back great memories. I recall my excitement at seeing those first Route 66 signs after driving several days from Boston to Chicago. I drove Route 66 with a friend about 5 five years ago (except I have to go back and finish a few hundred miles), but I think often about the route and can't wait to go back.
Rhea
at The Boomer Chronicles
Cindy, look forward to seeing the pictures. A lot of it i have seen but do not have pictures. Will you be showing them in order?
Dad,
I plan to go from Chicago to Santa Monica, picking out some of the best spots along the way.
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