No one likes change......and as you get older, it is even harder to accept. BUT what if we had not embraced changes that come up almost daily. We would still be using candles for light. horses for transportation, and hunting with bow and arrows. On my Bucket List down a ways, is to drive the complete "Route 66" across the United States. I was born in 1932.....The famous ROUTE 66 was completed and paved in 1938. It was commissioned in 1926 as the first National Highway from Chicago to Los Angeles. The roads and car have come a long ways since then......however, the Route 66 has not lost it's sense of adventure. No matter how you want to cross the United States you can start in LA, California, on to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. This historic highway spans 2,400 miles, 3 time zones and eight states.
The story of this famous route is kept alive by the pride of the states and cities it has crossed. I may move this up my Bucket List.....just need someone else who has it on their bucket list. It seems rather interesting that I can say I have been around the world and on 6 of the 7 continents, but I have not driven the complete Route 66. The spirit of Route 66 in many ways reflects the spirit of America. The road traverses thriving towns filled with "66" pride and forlorn communities dotted with empty buildings that once house some one's dreams. This highway seems to be beckoning me.....sample a hot dog on a stick at the Cozy Dog in Springfield Ill., see the world's largest rocking chair in Fanning, Mo., savor French silk pie at the Country Dove in Elk City, Ok, sleep in a concrete tepee t the 1950 Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, AZ, feed wild burros roaming the former gold mining town of Oatman, AZ, or browse curio shops in Tucumcari, NM, one of the route's best preserved towns. Historical markers dot the road, and more than 13 million people drive the route each year. Maybe someday???
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