Route 66 HELP ADVISE PLEASE!!
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From: England
Route 66 HELP ADVISE PLEASE!!
hi, me and my brother in Law are intending to book to ride Route 66 this year.
we have been on all the web sites but would love to hear any non biased advise from people who perhaps have done it.
Any advise/contacts you could give us (best time to go etc), would be appreciated.
We would prefer a guided tour and cost is our main factor.
Thanks in anticpation
Lloyd
we have been on all the web sites but would love to hear any non biased advise from people who perhaps have done it.
Any advise/contacts you could give us (best time to go etc), would be appreciated.
We would prefer a guided tour and cost is our main factor.
Thanks in anticpation
Lloyd
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From: MO
Get this book:
http://www.amazon.com/EZ66-Guide-Tra...6313170&sr=8-1
We've used it twice on trips on Route 66. In fact, on the first trip, we were going thru the author's hometown in OK about dinner time, and we called him on his cell phone (the number is in the book) and asked him if he would meet us for dinner. We had a great time talking with him and his dad in some little cafe. He's also a very accomplished artist and we bought a print from him. His art is Route 66 themed.
With his book, you really don't need a tour guide. Just take each day as it comes, find a motel at the end of the day, and you'll have a blast.
http://www.amazon.com/EZ66-Guide-Tra...6313170&sr=8-1
We've used it twice on trips on Route 66. In fact, on the first trip, we were going thru the author's hometown in OK about dinner time, and we called him on his cell phone (the number is in the book) and asked him if he would meet us for dinner. We had a great time talking with him and his dad in some little cafe. He's also a very accomplished artist and we bought a print from him. His art is Route 66 themed.
With his book, you really don't need a tour guide. Just take each day as it comes, find a motel at the end of the day, and you'll have a blast.
Road Master
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From: CENTRAL IL
send me a message when you are going to do it, I will be glad to meet up somewhere in central ill and show you some of the more lesser know spots about old 66 therew are about 5 different rt 66's in the springfield area and can even show you where one of the earlier ones went under lake springfield. there are several touristy places you wont want to miss in Illinois. Ill get some different info together. also this may interest you if the time frame works out http://www.ridert66.com/home.html
Road Master
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From: Louisiana
hi, me and my brother in Law are intending to book to ride Route 66 this year.
we have been on all the web sites but would love to hear any non biased advise from people who perhaps have done it.
Any advise/contacts you could give us (best time to go etc), would be appreciated.
We would prefer a guided tour and cost is our main factor.
Thanks in anticpation
Lloyd
we have been on all the web sites but would love to hear any non biased advise from people who perhaps have done it.
Any advise/contacts you could give us (best time to go etc), would be appreciated.
We would prefer a guided tour and cost is our main factor.
Thanks in anticpation
Lloyd
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Just curious but is there a particular reason why you selected route 66 as the focus of your trip to the U.S.? Sure it has a lot of history but it's not exactly one of our great motorcycle roads. The road doesn't live up to the mystique. Fly into some place like Seattle Washington and rent bikes and head for the Grand Canyon. That would be a ride you'd be talking about for the rest of your life.
go north young man. Colorado is amazing, Wyoming is great,grand canyon is not to be missed.on the other hand rt. 66 has some old gas pumps and cars half buried in the dirt.
Road Warrior
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From: South FL
hi, me and my brother in Law are intending to book to ride Route 66 this year.
we have been on all the web sites but would love to hear any non biased advise from people who perhaps have done it.
Any advise/contacts you could give us (best time to go etc), would be appreciated.
We would prefer a guided tour and cost is our main factor.
Thanks in anticpation
Lloyd
we have been on all the web sites but would love to hear any non biased advise from people who perhaps have done it.
Any advise/contacts you could give us (best time to go etc), would be appreciated.
We would prefer a guided tour and cost is our main factor.
Thanks in anticpation
Lloyd
Don't let the others talk you out of the plan. Not so many Americans have ridden the whole Route 66, and the comprehension and the appreciation of the history is different from one person to another.
You will have a lifetime memorable story to bring home.
Personally, June is the best month to ride Route 66, not too hot, not too cold!
Good luck and have fun!
Road Warrior
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From: Gilbert, AZ
Really, most of Route 66 (as popularized in American culture) disappeared a long time ago, replaced by interstate super-highway. I live in AZ, where some original sections still exist, but most of it is nothing like it would have been 50+ years ago.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone, just wanting to make sure people know it "ain't necessarily what you think it is". If you don't mind riding I-40 at 75-80 MPH flanked by 18-wheelers then go for it.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone, just wanting to make sure people know it "ain't necessarily what you think it is". If you don't mind riding I-40 at 75-80 MPH flanked by 18-wheelers then go for it.
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Really, most of Route 66 (as popularized in American culture) disappeared a long time ago, replaced by interstate super-highway. I live in AZ, where some original sections still exist, but most of it is nothing like it would have been 50+ years ago.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone, just wanting to make sure people know it "ain't necessarily what you think it is". If you don't mind riding I-40 at 75-80 MPH flanked by 18-wheelers then go for it.
I'm not trying to discourage anyone, just wanting to make sure people know it "ain't necessarily what you think it is". If you don't mind riding I-40 at 75-80 MPH flanked by 18-wheelers then go for it.
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Having set out to ride Rt 66 in the summer of 2009 and completing it,, I would have to agree that it is way over hyped and most of what people think they will see is now gone. Running alongside of Interstate 40 for a few miles of overgrown with grass concrete is not particularly spectacular. Old 66 runs right through downtown Albuquerque and is not what I would call "charming" by any means. Coming to the US to ride must be exciting and you just cant take it all in on one trip. There are much better routes to ride and things to see....the Grand Canyon, most of Colorado, lots of Arizona, all of Utah, Crater Lake, Yellowstone...and more, the east coast, New England states in the spring.......hundreds of choices that could be combined in a trip that would far surpass Rt 66.......let me know when you are coming and I can show you the southwest like you will never find on your own....week, two weeks, whatever.