September 9-13, 2015 If you want to see many of the great sites in this country you have to get off the freeways and onto the old US highways and backroads. We had itchy feet and headed out for the great American Southwest – a favorite area of ours. The biggest problem with this trip is getting… Continue reading Where the Freeways Don’t Go – Portland to Cottonwood
Tag: Route 66
Route 66 Memories
September 5, 2015 We’ve been home from our epic Route 66 Adventure for three months now and I’ve had some time to think and remember parts of our trip. I thought it would be nice to create a few photo collages to capture some of our many memories. Carla liked them enough to suggest we matte and… Continue reading Route 66 Memories
2015 Summer Road Trip – The Banner Photos
One of the pleasures I derive from my blog is creating the banner photos for the top of each posting. I thought it would be fun to go back through my blog posts and display the photos with a link to that day’s adventure. I got a kick out of going back through the 6+… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – The Banner Photos
2015 Summer Road Trip – Statistics
We made it home on Tuesday, June 2. We drove 7,766.4 miles since we left home on Friday April 24! Here is a rough map of our trip. Google Maps only allows ten locations on a route plan so I couldn’t do an accurate representation. For example, I couldn’t map the true Route 66 route nor… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – Statistics
Route 66 Days 22 & 23 – Lincoln to Chicago
May 15, 2015 There has been about a week long pause in my blogging about the trip – and I left you all with the cliffhanger just as we were on the outskirts of Chicago. What can I say? Sometimes life happens. We reached North Riverside where our son, daughter-in-law,and grandson live on Friday and… Continue reading Route 66 Days 22 & 23 – Lincoln to Chicago
