Gayle and I rode Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica,California in September of 2009. There were many old gas stations and statues along the way.
The Gemini Giant in Wilmington,Illinois.
This was in Illinois also.
Missouri had a lot of old gas stations.
The largest rocking chair in the world- Cuba,Missouri.
Route 66 in Missouri.
Gary Turner's gas station in Mt. Vernon,Missouri.
Towmater from some movie- Oklahoma.
The "Sidewalk Highway" in Afton,Oklahoma. There weren't enough cars to need 2 lanes.
I think they call these rainbow bridges. This one was in Calumet,Oklahoma.
This is the National Route 66 Museum in Elk,Oklahoma.
I wonder if they still put water in this. I wouldn't want to build a house next to it.
10 Cadillacs buried in a crop field west of Amarillo,Texas. The Cadillac Ranch.
The Wigwam Hotel in Holbrook,Arizona.
I'm standing on the corner in Winslow,Arizona.
This is Oatman,Arizona. The wild burros roam the streets,and some stores.
The official end of Route 66,near the beach.
We stayed here,The Parkfield Inn. Parkfield claims to be the earthquake capitol of the world. The San Andreas Fault is a quarter mile away.
We rode up Big Sur on Route 1.
This is Mission San Miguel-built in1797. It was the 16th mission built on Camino Real.
We rode through Death Valley on the way home.
This is Scotty's Castle in Death Valley.
The Harmony Borax Works wagons in Death Valley.
We stayed in this cabin in Taylor Park,Colorado. Over night it started snowing. We had some nervous moments going over some passes with heavy snow.
And then we saw the Royal Gorge Bridge.