Las Vegas To San Bernardino
After two days of no driving it was time to leave Vegas and get back to Route 66. We checked out of the hotel and left at 10am for the long drive ahead. We would...
Category: Holidays
Las Vegas Day Off #2
Last night’s show of La Rève was amazing. A bit like a Cirque du Soleil show but all done over, and in, a 27 foot deep tank of water with a platform that rose in...
Las Vegas Day Off #1
After ten days of driving, today was a welcome break from behind the wheel and the chance to relax without having somewhere to be that evening. We spent last night in Gilley’s, a country and...
Grand Canyon to Las Vegas
OK, so it’s not strictly a Route 66 journey but we did spend quite a bit of time on the old mother road today. The drive out of the canyon and back down to I-40...
Flagstaff to Grand Canyon
After yesterday’s trip to Meteor Crater, today started with a trip to another crater. Situated 12 miles north of Flagstaff, and so not actually on Route 66, is Sunset Crater, a volcano that erupted 1,000...
Gallup to Flagstaff
It was a cold start to the day this morning as we headed out of Gallup, out of New Mexico and on towards Arizona. First stop of the day was just past the NM/AZ border...
Tucumcari to Gallup
Quite a boring day today as we spent most of it in the car. We left Tucumcari at around 9am and headed towards Albuquerque. Our one and only stop of the day (not counting for...
Amarillo to Tucumcari
After setting off this morning we made our first stop after only 6 miles at the Cadillac Ranch just off the main Route. Created in 1974, it consists of 10 cadillacs (from 1949 to 1964)...