Category: Route 66
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Day 10 – Day 11 Along the Santa Fe Trail
Whatever day we’re on – I’m starting to lose track of them, took us to Bandelier National Monument and The Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Both were so very cool. And yet, I forgot to take picture….. However – on the way to Los Alamos – we ran into (almost) a herd of mule deer!…
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Day 8 – 9 Do you know the Way to Santa Fe? Oh Wait, that was San Jose….I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque
Day 8 had us leaving the WigWam in Holbrook and chasing a few more National Park sites The history all over this country is amazing. We finished the day in Gallup, NM where we had dinner with Lou Diamond Philips! Ok, Ok, he was eating in the same place we were and walked past our…
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Day 5 – 6 – 7 or Where Am I Now?
Day 5 started with us leaving Barstow, staying in Seligman AZ. We went through the desert, the lava fields, visited the Bagdad Cafe and the Bagdad tree. After leaving California, we drove through Oatman AZ. We started running into the wild burros way before the town. After Oatman, we meandered our way to Seligman where…
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Day 3 – But its a Dry Heat
We left Joshua Tree and moved onto San Bernardino. And it was still hot! At one point the car said it was 112 degrees (but its a dry heat). Mostly settled at 107. I know the desert can be beautiful, but still! As I am a little crazy, and I like to take photos at…
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Day 1 or Day 2 – And Here We Go Again!
Happy Anniversary Route 66 Finishing our Route 66 Adventure. We flew into LAX on Aug 20th, well actually the 21st until we actually arrived at 2am Pacific Time. We spent the rest of the ‘morning’ at the hotel and drove to Joshua Tree, spending the night in the cutest desert home. This morning, I captured…
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Day 13 – This is really the End
And here I sit in a hotel in Dallas. Our flight is tomorrow at 7:30am. This morning we went to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. I didn’t take any pictures, but it was worthwhile side trip (and one that had been on my list a while). They did a nice job with the…
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Day 12 – The End of The R(oute 66 Adventure)oad
And so we come to the end of ‘Mother Road – the Redux’ (this will be like one of those limited series from Netflix, where you have to wait many months for the next half of the season – Stay tuned for next season where we’ll do Texas -> California). We still have a few…
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Day 11 – Do you Realize?
Do you realize Oklahoma has an official State Rock Song? Do you realize that you have the most beautiful faceDo you realize we’re floating in space,Do you realize that happiness makes you cryDo you realize that everyone you know someday will dieAnd instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them knowYou realize that life…
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Day 10 – Oklahoma
Oklahoma,Where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain(And the wavin’ wheatCan sure smell sweetWhen the wind comes right behind the rain) Don’t know where the wavin’ wheat is, but we did have rain! Let’s see, Day 10….. We drove as far west as Stroud to see things and worked out way back. We also chased…