Kicks on Route 66 - Cross country

[misskit]

On to the Painted Desert & Petrified Forest.

[CalEden]

^^I've heard about Route 66 from the animated movie "Cars". The red car (Lightning McQueen?) got lost and happened to pass by a town which became a ghost town due to the Interstate. That's if my memory is correct - it's been years since I've watched that movie with my sister's lil ones.

Thanks for the pics, MsKit. Looking forward to more. If you don't mind, what made you move from Jaw-jah?

U.S. Route 66

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Jump to navigationJump to search"Route 66" redirects here. For other uses, see Route 66 (disambiguation).
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"The Mother Road" redirects here. For the route in China, see China National Highway 312.



U.S. Route 66 or U.S. Highway 66 (US 66 or Route 66), also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways in the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year.^[4] The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before terminating in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).^[5] It was recognized in popular culture by both the 1946 hit song "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and the Route 66television series, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964. In John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the road "Highway 66" symbolized escape and loss.
US 66 served as a primary route for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and the road supported the economies of the communities through which it passed. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System.
US 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, but was officially removed from the United States Highway System in 1985^[2] after it had been replaced in its entirety by segments of the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been communally designated a National Scenic Byway by the name "Historic Route 66", returning the name to some maps.^[6][7] Several states have adopted significant bypassed sections of the former US 66 into their state road networks as State Route 66. The corridor is also being redeveloped into U.S. Bicycle Route 66, a part of the United States Bicycle Route System that was developed in the 2010s.

U.S. Route 66
Will Rogers Memorial Highway
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Route information
Length	2,448 mi (3,940 km)
Existed	November 26, 1926[1]–June 26, 1985[2]
Tourist routes	Historic Route 66

[DrWilly]

What was the scale of those lava tubes, MissKitt?

[Topper]

Keep the commentary and pic coming, please!

[VocalNeal]

[misskit]

Katie, you may know I was back in my hometown taking care of my mother. She passed away in March and now I have my life back. I got rid of all the stuff and the house. No reason to go back there anymore!

I am moving in with my brother who lives in Las Vegas to establish NV permanent residency. As soon as that gets done, I go back to Chang Mai.

WOOHOO!

[misskit]

Just now a beautiful day in Las Vegas. More on that later.

[misskit]

Gorgeous old adobe hotel. Now a museum at the Painted Desert.

[misskit]

[Edmond]

I am moving in with my brother who lives in Las Vegas to establish NV permanent residency. As soon as that gets done, I go back to Chang Mai.

WOOHOO!

Best of luck with everything Mk

Great trip, cheers.

[PAG]

^^

Although not quite the same, the landscapes reminded me of another short trip that I did some years ago. I was working out of Houston at the time though my week was split between Corpus Christi, New Orleans, and Houston. It was Labour Day weekend, and a few of us decided to drive from Houston to Laredo, then cross the border into Nuevo Laredo (Mexico). Last couple of hours of driving was typical of the flat barren Texas terrain, tumbleweeds across the highway, and even run over a very large rattlesnake. Approaching Laredo, the dominant feature on the horizon was the world's largest Mexican flag on the other side of the Rio Grand.

Big mistake was taking the car over the bridge into Nuevo Laredo which was easy, but after an afternoon in town, tamales, cerveza y chicas, was a real pain getting back into the US. The queues were horrendous, and as it was only a few hundred metres, we should have left the car in Laredo and walked.

[DrWilly]

Katie, you may know I was back in my hometown taking care of my mother. She passed away in March and now I have my life back. I got rid of all the stuff and the house. No reason to go back there anymore!

Sorry to hear that, MK

[katie23]

MsKit - thanks for the pics & stories. I'm sorry for the loss of your mom. However, with her passing comes release and peace. I wish you well in your new surrounds (bring on the casinos, baby! Lol) and for your future plans. :rose: :��

[misskit]

[misskit]

PETROGLYPHS

[misskit]

Should have done this sooner, butt…

Petrified Forest National Park is in northeastern Arizona. In its south, the Rainbow Forest is full of colorful petrified wood. It’s home to the Rainbow Forest Museum, with its paleontology exhibits and many trail access points. In the park's center are the petroglyphs of Newspaper Rock and the ruined village of Puerco Pueblo. To the north, the Painted Desert Inn, a 1930s adobe building, is a museum with Hopi murals.

[misskit]

You can see stone logs in these photos.

[misskit]

What I can’t show you is how huge this place is. This kind of petrified wood goes on for miles and miles.

[Edmond]

Very cool MK. Some of those pics look like an alien planet.



By the looks of things you'll be one of the few people that arrive in Thailand and go 'Brrr. Bit chilly'.

[Edmond]

Puerco Pueblo

Cool.

Puerco Ruin and Petroglyphs - Wikipedia

Love learning about unusual historical places, cheers.

[PAG]

^^^

Great photos MK, give a real balance of atmosphere of the areas.

[misskit]

What can I say? The Grand Canyon. The most awesome sight ever. Impossible to imagine the immensity of this hole worn through the earth by water. You just gotta be there. It runs for 500 miles or so like this.

[MarilynMonroe]

^Did you take pics of the Grand Canyon? That is one wonder I have wanted to visit for quite awhile.

Great pics, the landscape is so unique! Some of the pics look like art.
Sorry about your mom. I hope you enjoy Vegas. I hear it is very touristy. Gambling could be fun though.

I drove down the I-81 by myself from Canada to South Carolina, so I know a bit about road trips.
I believe Route 66 runs parallel. I ran into it at some point.

[misskit]

I thought I did post some pics of the Grand Canyon but they do not appear. I’ll try again.

Las Vegas casinos aren’t my cup of tea. I do have to admit this is a beautiful place. The mountains surrounding the city are awesome.

[misskit]

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