There are some great books out there and we followed some of them. I liked New Mexico and Arizona. That was neat. The towns are poorish but there are restaurants now and the food was OK. Gallup, NM had a fantastic old hotel where all the movie stars stayed and there were their photos all over. The lunch there was good. We stayed all night in Tucumcari, NM. You should drive round this town. This is a little poor town with murals on all the buildings. The local Chamber of Commerce gave us a breakfast. They live very different from us in the east. The people were ranchers. They have a great sense of community. Arizona has a lot of the little towns, with one gas station, set up for tourists. We ate at the Roadkill Cafe too! Of course Don loved all this and it was fun with a group of Corvette people who hail from Canada to California. They loved seeing those cars roll into town.

This is from a friend who did the trip recently- a few years ago. Another viewpoint.

Oh my goodness, I would love to have the time to do this trip! I have been working on it in segments and have done at good job on Oklahoma, which has the most driveable miles of Route 66. Check out this link :http://www.travelok.com/maps/view.ro...e12_Route66Map

I think it you do your research and pick the places that sound most interesting to you it would be absolutely fabulous. Hope off and on the Interstate or other highways as needed and take a trip back in time!

Please excuse my typos!

jayne - this thread is 2 + years old; it was topped by someone advertising, but, your link is helpful should anyone happen across this thread for a real trip.

Oh geez, DebitNM, thanks-- hate it when I slip up and do that!

Thanks for letting me know!

On our recent Southwest trip, we didn't have the time to follow ROute 66 for any distance, but enjoyed getting of I-40 for Route 66 going through Seligman, Arizona. Over half of the downtown is devoted to the Mother Road and we had a fun supper at Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In.