Route 66 Trip Questions

SKOGDOG

SKOGDOG

One of the old ones.
I'd google it. Many have gone before, and you'll find a lot of good advice on routes, places and faces.
A buddy and I followed it from Kans out west a few years ago, and it is kind of a pain on the ass to follow. A lot of it is Interstate.....but some is real preserved slices of Americana.
 
roadie1389

roadie1389

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SKOGDOG said:
I'd google it. Many have gone before, and you'll find a lot of good advice on routes, places and faces.
A buddy and I followed it from Kans out west a few years ago, and it is kind of a pain on the ass to follow. A lot of it is Interstate.....but some is real preserved slices of Americana.
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Yeah, I have about 15 links I have been reading so far. Lots of info. It looks like the moral of all the posts are to get that EZ66 guide and use that to plan the trip. Wanting to see if any of the folks here have done it or any part of it. I have been to Midpoint and it was cool. But so far got about 3 or 4 guys looking to do it.
 
Mr. Wright

Mr. Wright

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It runs about 30 miles from me. I've been on it pretty much all the way across Missouri.
 
BigDogRick

BigDogRick

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Have done it several times. The most interesting is in AZ and NM. It changed routes three times through NM, all three are great. Recommended stops in no particular order (cause you will have to pick one route): Tucumcari to Las Vegas, NM then to Santa Fe. Leave Santa Fe via the Cirillos Rd or Turquoise Trail. Be sure to stop in Cerillos at Mary's Bar. If she is still alive, ask her to tell you about Young Guns movie shoot in that little town. Then another twelve miles or so to Madrid (where Wild Hogs was shot). Spend the night there if you can. Then down the rest of the way to i-40 on the Turquoise Trail behind the Sandias Mountains to Albuquerque. Hit old town as you take the original Route 66 through town - 300 years of history. Then west on I-40/Route 66. Take a detour to Acoma Pueblo (about three hour distraction). Roll the dice and decide whether you hit Grants for a beer. But don't pass up Gallop. Spend the night in the El Rancho Hotel. Have a beer at Coal Street Pub and then walk down the street one block to Sammy C's - simply the most amazing music and sports memorabilia displays you will ever see. Spend an hour in Richardson's Trading Company for a genuine native art and jewelry experience. Then west toward Flagstaff. Soon many things to see between Albuquerque and Flag. The little exit to the right to see the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest is more interesting than you would think. Get some gas in Holbrook. Exit off, go into town and pick up the old route. Some iconic Route 66 stuff there (wigwam hotel, etc.). Then westward. Jump off at Winsow and "stand on the corner". Make your way to Flagstaff. Get off onto old Route 66 and head downtown. Spend the night here if it kills ya. Stay at the Old Monte Vista historic hotel. Ask around, follow your nose, go where the locals tell you ... too many options. Then head west to Williams. If you have the time, get another room, spend the night and take the Grand Canyon Railroad up to the rim and back. The old route goes through peach Springs which is significant as the nearest place to the Hualapai Indian Nation - home of Havasupai Falls (google it - spectacular) difficult to get to. You will end up in Kingman. Not much left of Kingman but there is a cool old bar on the old route a ways off I-40. That's the part I know best. If you study up and get all the places in your head, you won't miss anything as it comes up. I did these routes first on big rides from Michigan and back. Then I was fortunate to live in AZ and do a ton of business in NM. Consequently got to do all these things a dozen time on the old dog. Highly recommended.
 
Th3InfamousI

Th3InfamousI

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BigDogRick said:
Have done it several times. The most interesting is in AZ and NM. It changed routes three times through NM, all three are great. Recommended stops in no particular order (cause you will have to pick one route): Tucumcari to Las Vegas, NM then to Santa Fe. Leave Santa Fe via the Cirillos Rd or Turquoise Trail. Be sure to stop in Cerillos at Mary's Bar. If she is still alive, ask her to tell you about Young Guns movie shoot in that little town. Then another twelve miles or so to Madrid (where Wild Hogs was shot). Spend the night there if you can. Then down the rest of the way to i-40 on the Turquoise Trail behind the Sandias Mountains to Albuquerque. Hit old town as you take the original Route 66 through town - 300 years of history. Then west on I-40/Route 66. Take a detour to Acoma Pueblo (about three hour distraction). Roll the dice and decide whether you hit Grants for a beer. But don't pass up Gallop. Spend the night in the El Rancho Hotel. Have a beer at Coal Street Pub and then walk down the street one block to Sammy C's - simply the most amazing music and sports memorabilia displays you will ever see. Spend an hour in Richardson's Trading Company for a genuine native art and jewelry experience. Then west toward Flagstaff. Soon many things to see between Albuquerque and Flag. The little exit to the right to see the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest is more interesting than you would think. Get some gas in Holbrook. Exit off, go into town and pick up the old route. Some iconic Route 66 stuff there (wigwam hotel, etc.). Then westward. Jump off at Winsow and "stand on the corner". Make your way to Flagstaff. Get off onto old Route 66 and head downtown. Spend the night here if it kills ya. Stay at the Old Monte Vista historic hotel. Ask around, follow your nose, go where the locals tell you ... too many options. Then head west to Williams. If you have the time, get another room, spend the night and take the Grand Canyon Railroad up to the rim and back. The old route goes through peach Springs which is significant as the nearest place to the Hualapai Indian Nation - home of Havasupai Falls (google it - spectacular) difficult to get to. You will end up in Kingman. Not much left of Kingman but there is a cool old bar on the old route a ways off I-40. That's the part I know best. If you study up and get all the places in your head, you won't miss anything as it comes up. I did these routes first on big rides from Michigan and back. Then I was fortunate to live in AZ and do a ton of business in NM. Consequently got to do all these things a dozen time on the old dog. Highly recommended.
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Damn hell of a right up.

I'm in! Sounds like a good time

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BigDogRick

BigDogRick

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Hey, TX dudes. Thinking about a 1000 mile Christmas Holiday ride to Big Bend, Marfa, etc. Hoping for continued moderate winter weather. Anybody in for a part?
 
Bigkurtie

Bigkurtie

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Have done it many times. Love Tucamcari NM. Love the old neon hotels there. Stayed at one that you go out the back door of the room and it was a circle hotel with patios. Old style where you talked with your neighbors in a courtyard setting. Met some great people there. I try to do it it every couple of years.
 
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