Well, I’ve finally got to the final state from our epic Route 66 adventure across the United States! We drove the entire route from Los Angeles in California through to Chicago in Illinois, sticking to the original alignment as closely as we could for the whole journey, using this incredible book to help us stay […]

Missouri has the strongest claim of any state to being the spiritual home of Route 66. It was here, in Springfield, that the name “Route 66” was first proposed in a telegram sent to Washington on April 30, 1926. The state has over 300 miles of the Mother Road running from St. Louis in the […]

Kansas has the shortest stretch of Route 66 of any state on the route. Just 13 miles of the Mother Road cut across the southeast corner of the state, passing through three towns: Galena, Riverton, and Baxter Springs. You could drive it in twenty minutes if you were in a rush, but you’d miss some […]

Oklahoma has more driveable miles of Route 66 than any other state. Over 400 miles of the Mother Road cut across the state from the northeast corner near Commerce all the way to the Texas border at Texola, and there’s something worth stopping for in practically every town along the way. Drive-in movie theatres, giant […]

Route 66 cuts about 178 miles across the Texas Panhandle, and it’s a stretch of road that looks like the opening scene of every American road trip movie you’ve ever watched. Flat, wide open, with the kind of sky that makes you understand why Texans are the way they are. The towns are small and […]

I have to admit, New Mexico was slightly vexing. I was very excited to visit, not least because I had been led to believe that the state has spectacular sunsets. We even had a whole song on our Route 66 playlist dedicated to the things. As it was, we were not fortunate with the weather, […]