Tips and suggestions for a Route 66 road trip
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Map and Books
General Recommendations
- Be travelers not tourists. Spend a couple of weeks exploring the historic route.
- Fly into Chicago, rent a car and travel west to California
- It's alright to get lost.
- Buy all the Route 66 maps. They're all a little different
Books and Maps we used
- (Book) Route 66 Remembered by M.K. Witzel
- (Book) Route 66 The Mother Road by M. Wallis
- (Book) Route 66 Traveler's Guide and Road Companion by T. Snyder
- (Map and History Notes) Map of Old Route 66 by R. Waldmire
- (Map) Historic Route 66 The Mother Road, by Pro-Map
*Current highway names of old Route 66. - (8-state map set with notes) Route 66 by J. McClanahan and J. Ross
- (Postcard Book) Return to Route 66 postcards by S. Graham
*Buy two so you can send postcards to your friends and keep a set for yourself. 
Twenty of the most popular Route 66 images have been made into greeting cards. For photo locations along the route
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Stratagies
- Read as much about Route 66 before you leave.
- Before each days travel, refresh your memory about sites you will see.
- Jot notes on your map of what you saw, ate, photographed and the people that you met. You'll be glad you did months or years after the trip.
Interesting places to see
- Visit Abraham Linclon's home in Springfield, IL.
- Will Rogers' Museum in Claremore, OK is a must. The Pit Diner next to the railroad tracks has great ribs! 630 N. J.M. Davis Blvd, (918) 341-6737, owner Buddy Robertson
- The El Rancho Hotel and Motel in Gallup, NM is a step back in time.
- Drive into the Grand Canyon all the way to the Colorado River through the Hualapai Nation (3 hour round trip). Travel permits, $10.00/person, must be obtained at the travel office at the new motel, Peach Springs, AZ.
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