Date | Start | Stop |
Miles | Sights and/or Interesting Things |
May 2 | Talent, OR | Sebastopol, CA | 345 | Vist Hailey, Tanna, and Stephen |
May 3 | Sebastopol, CA | Benicia, CA | 60 | Visit Evan, Laura, Ian, and Fiona; drop off Amelia |
May 4 | Benicia, CA | Carson City, NV | 195 | See Dennis and Rita in Sacramento; Sacramento is the Capital of California; Towe Auto Museum; Train Museum; Hayes Truck Museum in Woodland; Carson City is Capital of Nevada; look over sights, earn enough gambling to pay way |
May 5 | Carson City, NV | Ely, NV | 320 | Indian petroglyphs along way; garner more gambling dollars |
May 6 | Ely, NV | Green River, UT | 320 | Spectacular scenary in Utah; near Arches National Monument |
May 7 | Green River, UT | Gunnison, CO | 225 | Pass near beautiful Ouray; Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
May 8 | Gunnison, CO | Denver International Airport | 250 | Go over Monarch Pass, 11312 ft.; pass close to Royal Gorge; begin first detour at Pueblo, CO to DIA to pick up Amelia; Denver is Capital of Colorado |
May 9 | Denver International Airport | Herndon, KS | 270 | Go via Akron to visit Joan |
May 10-11 | no travel | no travel | 0 | Visit Frankes, Grafels, and others in and around Herndon; near Oberlin and the Last Indian Raid (1878) Museum |
May 12 | Herndon, KS | Dodge City, KS | 225 | See Monument Rocks; track of the Santa Fe Trail; visit Dodge City and say "hi" to Matt and Kitty |
May 13 | Dodge City, KS | Hutchinson, KS | 150 | Visit Roger and JoAnn |
May 14 | no travel | no travel | 0 | Minor car repairs; see old cars; see Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center|
May 15 | Hutchinson, KS | Council Grove, KS | 175 | Drop off Amelia at Wichita airport; pass through Chase County, KS (see William Least Heat-Moon's Prairy Erth); Tall Grass Prairie Preserve; meet Heath, Andrea & families in Council Grove for dinner; Council Grove is a historic place in Western history |
May 16 | Council Grove, KS | Ottawa, KS | 110 | Go by Baker University in Baldwin City; back to Ottawa to meet Brenda and family for dinner |
May 17 | Ottawa, KS | Jefferson City, MO | 190 | Meet Bob for lunch in Kansas City; visit Dean; Jefferson City is the Capital of Missouri |
May 18 | Jefferson City, MO | St. Louis, MO | 130 | Cross Route 66; Gateway Arch; Louis and Clark history; visit with Susie and family |
May 19 | St. Louis, MO | Loogootee, IN | 190 | Cahokia Indian mounds near Collinsville, IL; Visit Sally and Kelly |
May 20 | Lagootee, IN | Cincinnati, OH | 135 | Antique Auto and Race Car Museum in Bedford; Visit Hank and Jeanette |
May 21 | no travel | no travel | 0 | Visit Hank and Jeanette; Reds game |
May 22 | Cincinnati, OH | Delaware, OH | 190 | Pass through Columbus, Capital of Ohio and site of Ohio History of Flight Air Museum; Visit Bob and Alice |
May 23 | Delaware, OH | South Bend, IN | 225 | Studebaker National Museum in South Bend |
May 24-27 | no travel | no travel | 0 | No travel - transmission hiatus; car to Fred's Transmissions; visit Notre Dame |
May 28 | South Bend, IN | Chenoa, IL | 225 | Rental car; see some of Chicago; start Route 66 portion |
May 29 | Chenoa, IL | Chicago, IL | 120 | Back to Chicago, park rental car; fly to Albuquerque |
May 30-June 1 | Albuquerque, NM | Albuquerque, NM | 0 | Rest up, see family, party |
June 2 | Albuquerque, NM | South Bend, IN | 100 | Fly back to Chicago, drive to South Bend to pick up Dart |
June 3 | South Bend, IN | Toronto, IL | 250 | South to HW24, over to Chenoa to rejoin Route 66; Springfield is the Capital of Illinois |
June 4 | Toronto, IL | Cuba, MO | 176 | Meramec Caverns |
June 5 | Cuba, MO | Baxter Springs, KS | 220 | Pass near General Sweeny Museum in Republic |
June 6 | Baxter Springs, KS | Oklahoma City, OK | 235 | Mac's Antique Car Museum, Tulsa |
June 7 | Oklahoma City, OK | Groom, TX | 240 | Oklahoma City is the Capital of Oklahoma; Devil's Rope Museum; National Route 66 Museum, Elk City; Thomas P. Stafford Air and Space Museum, Weatherford |
June 8 | Groom, TX | Las Vegas, NM | 280 | Palo Duro Canyon; Cadillac Ranch | June 9 | Las Vegas, NM | Albuquerque, NM | 126 | Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico; National Atomic Museum |
June 10 | Albuquerque, NM | Holbrook, AZ | 250 | Visit Albuquerquians; Meet Duane; Check out continental divide anomaly; Petrified Forest |
June 11 | Holbrook, AZ | Peach Springs, AZ | 193 | Meteor Crater; Duane picks up pickup in Flagstaff; Pass near Grand Canyon |
June 12 | Peach Springs, AZ | Needles, CA | 130 | Duane drives to Colorado River from Peach Springs; Donkeys in Oatman |
June 13 | Needles, CA | Twentynine Palms, CA | 135 | Joshua Tree NM |
June 14 | Twentynine Palms, CA | Twentynine Palms, CA | 0 | Visit Sandy and Larry |
June 15 | Twentynine Palms, CA | Victorville, CA | 170 | Route 66 Mother Road Museum in Barstow; Harvey House in Barstow; Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB nearby |
June 16 | Victorville, CA | Santa Monica, CA | 117 | Petersen Automotive Museum |
June 17 | Santa Monica, CA | Benicia, CA | 380 | Head for grandchildren |
June 18 | no travel | no travel | 0 | Day with Evan, Laura, Ian, and Fiona |
June 19 | Benicia, CA | Timber Cove, CA | 90 | Visit Tanna and Stephen |
June 20 | Timber Cove, CA | Talent, OR | 423 | Home |