Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Rt. 66...day 4


Today we traveled from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...We got back on the ol' Rt. 66 roadway...New Mexico has to be one of the prettiest states we drove through...







As we arrived in Texas...we managed to find the "first/last motel" in Texas...not much to look at anymore...you know I couldn't help the saddenss I felt as we drove through all of these deserted little towns...what this must of been like back in the day...
Today was the day that we hit the mid-way point of Rt. 55. We stopped at the mid-point cafe in Texas....great liitle spot with very friendly people and amazing food!


This is Mid-Point Cafe's signiture pir...made with"ugly" crust...it was absolutely delightful :) If you ever ge to this cafe make sure you save room for sessert it's a must!!












Saturday, August 15, 2009

Rt. 66...day 3...detour

Yesterday we ventured off the beaten path of Rt. 66 and drove the Grand Canyon...One of the tope 5 breath-taking things I have ever seen...there isn't a whole lot I can say about what I saw...and the pictures barely do it justice...but I will let the pictures try to tell you what I cannot:







































After the Grand Cayon we made our way bk onto Rt. 66 and found probably one of the greatest motels you could ever stay in...who wouldn't want to stay in a teepee...

I mean really...and the vintage cars to top it
off gotta love it :)




























After the wigwam motel, we went on a search for a giant jackrabbit with larte white pointy teeth...it took awhile...but we soon found it...


And I tamed it...I ain't afraid of no rascally jackrabbit
:)






So...I hiked around the Grand Cayon...visited the indians...tamed a wild beast...and then paid an expensive toll to see a forest, that's not so much a forest really...but it was still beautiful and well worth the time and money...now you will see a few pictures from the petrified forest and painted desert...enjoy:








Day 3 was a beautiful day!! Too beautiful to put into words...I hope the few pictures I picked out gives you a glimmer of our day yesterday...keep watching the blog...I will post today's events tomorrow...I'm super tired tonight...we drove from Alburuerque, New Mexico to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma today and tomorrow we will be heading to Southern Illinois with more great sites to see. Night :)

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Rt. 66...day 2

Route 66...the mother road...what I was hoping for and expecting all along...open road...nothing for miles and miles around :) Today was a much better day of driving. More sites to see...more ground covered...we actually made it out of California!! (Mom didn't like Cali too much...she couldn't wait to be out of there...for me it was mixed...I'm all about making good time and getting plenty of road behind me...but California has been a fairly big chapter in my life, so I was sad to see it go.


Ready to see some of the things I saw along the way from Arcadia to Kingman? Too late...I'm going to show you whether you like it or not:



Wide open spaces...nothing but hot desert for miles and miles. If I ever decide to drive Rt. 66 again remind me to NOT drive it in the dead of summer...with no air conditioner...and a car that likes to overheat (meaning you have to drive a good part of the desert with the heat on)...but that's what memories are made of right?!?






Newbury Springs took my mom and I by surprise...we both did a double take...then a fast U-turn so I could back and take these pictures...It looks like a memorial to the town:









Dedicated to the town that once stood here...Newbury :)






Ambroy - motel, diner, gas station, memorabilia...another little town in the middle of nowhere California...







That's just a bit of what I saw today...can't wait for tomorrow!!!

Rt. 66...here we go...

I'm on my way bk to Illinois...I start school in just a couple of weeks...crazy, huh?!? I decided that if I was going to drive cross country I might as well have fun with it, right? So why not live out one of my dreams and travel via Rt. 66. My mom and I arrived in Santa Monica lasl night @ 5pm...we stopped for dinner and had the most amazing cheesburger, Yum :)



It was officially 6pm when we started driving on Rt. 66...We drove through Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Arcadia...4 hours and a stop @ the cheescake factory later we decided to get a hotel and call it quits for the night. I wasn't quite expecting the stop and go and hidden paths of Rt. 66. I was a bit frustrated with the lack of preperation and navigation and signage at the start of the trip...there were deffinately some points we were literally driving around in circles. I saw more of downtown LA than I ever expected to...but at least I get to say that I saw Rodeo Drive and Sunset Blvd. Today we will be making our way to Arizona...Let's see what surprises Rt. 66 holds for us...