Kirsty
When planning your Route 66 road trip, one of the first things to do is to decide when you want to go on your journey. I’ve written previously about the best time to drive the Mother Road but in this post I’ll be looking at what it is like to drive in a specific season … Read more
A road trip down the Mother Road has everything you could wish for: national parks, big cities and even ghost towns. But in amongst the wide open spaces on the road is what I love most about it: the quirky towns on Route 66! Yes, some might only have one motel and diner but have … Read more
One of the first things to do when planning your Route 66 road trip is to decide when you want to go. I’ve talked before about the best time to do Route 66 but in this post I’ll be looking at what it’s like to drive in each season. For the purposes of this article … Read more
Anyone planning a road trip wants to make sure that it’s a safe one. With an iconic and popular road trip like Route 66 it’s easy to assume that the road is perfectly safe, but is that the truth? Is Route 66 dangerous to drive in 2022? Overall I found that Route 66 was a … Read more
Whether it’s your first road trip across the US or you’re looking to spice up a regular drive along Route 66, adding some side trips into your itinerary makes a lot of sense for some people. When we first traveled the road we weren’t ever sure we’d return to this part of the world so … Read more
For many people this is the final state of the trip, assuming you’re driving the whole road, which brings us to Route 66 in California! Driving the mother road in California gives you a taste of extremes. You have the vast desert with not much around and all of a sudden the metropolis of greater … Read more
We’re getting near the end of our trip and entering the the seventh state, assuming you’re driving the whole road, which brings us to Route 66 in Arizona! Arizona has something for everyone whether you’re looking for wide open spaces and National Parks to hike in or small towns with old motels and characters to … Read more
We’re now looking at the sixth state on this road trip, assuming you’re driving the whole road, which sees you take in Route 66 in New Mexico! There’s a couple of ways to travel this state due to a major alignment change early on in the road’s history. You can travel north to the city … Read more
The fifth state on your road trip sees you take Route 66 in Texas! You’ll only travel a small portion of the state through the panhandle in the very north. The land here is very flat, and some may say boring, but there’s a lot to see and do if you’re looking for old Route … Read more
Talk about driving Route 66 and you’ll always get a tonne of people saying how it’s on their bucket list and that they really want to do it – doesn’t matter their age or demographic, it seems to transcend the lot! But one of the following questions that often comes up is: Is Route 66 … Read more
