We have left St. Louis and the last part of the Route 66 takes us to Springfield (IL), Bloomington and then to the end or in the view of the history to the start of the Route 66 in Chicago. At Springfield there is a really gorgeous Drive Inn the “Cozy Dog Drive Inn” with…
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St. Louis Blues and Twin-Town at the Mississippi
St. Louis celebrate its 250 anniversary and that is quite old for an American city. St. Louis is just built at the Mississippi river. That river also represents the state boarder for Missouri and Illinois. So that’s the reason why St. Louis also is called Twin City. The downtown of St. Louis is tended but…
Claremore (OK), Lebanon (MO) to St. Louis (MO/IL)
To follow the Route 66 brings us from Claremore (OK), Lebanon (MO) up to St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois. First stopp is
Amarillo, Elk City to Oklahoma City
The variety around the Route 66 is big and we are once more able to drive on some original street parts (pavement of the old days) and we are wondering where the Harley Davidson Bikers are – eventually they all drive on the Interstate 40 in believing to be on the Route 66. We are…
Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Vegas (New Mexico)
The Route 66 crosses 8 states of the US (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois – West to East view) and so we reach the third state on the Route 66 and the fifth of our trip. For us Utah and Nevada is also to count with and that’s coming from…
On the way at the Route 66
We are still driving around on a elevation of 1500 – 2200 m over sea level on the Route 66 and we hit a lot of villages and small cities. After Flagstaff to the east there is Winslow, a beautiful small town. Winslow seems to may exist of the flair of the Route 66. The Song…
Flagstaff back on the Route 66
After the impressive side trips to the Staircases we are now back on the Route 66 at Flagstaff, AZ. Flagstaff is a village in the mountains, situated on 2100 m over sea level. The climate is very gentle. During the day the temperature rises’ up to 25-30¤ Celsius with a gently breeze and in the…
Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA
Some more natural attractions are to visit here around and so we are at the Bryce Canyon (Utah). This National Park and Preserve is composed of three different Parks – Zion Canyon, Dixie Forest und Bryce Canyon – and those offers an impressive landscape. We prefer to stay most of our time at Bryce Canyon….
Page AZ to Monument Valley UT
We take another optional trip and so we end at Page. Page’s famous place is the “Antelope Canyon” but we prefer to visit the “Water Hole” Canyon which is a little bit more difficult to reach but that brings us the advantage to be alone down in the Canyon and to catch some nice pictures….
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is not on the way to the Route 66 but we are so close to it that we decieded to go there. We find the Grand Canyon with clouds and rain what the nature needed it, there is a long terme of dryness and it is still warm and gets hot up here…