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On this trip, you can get your kicks on a major portion of old US Route 66 (that's the "Route" part), and experience the landscape forged by pioneers along the Santa Fe Trail (the "Trail" part). The trip can take 7-10 days, depending on how fast or slow you want to travel.

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Day 1 Begins Here

Chain of Rocks Bridge - Old US Route 66 Across the Mississippi River - Hiking Trail

World's Largest Catsup (Ketchup) Bottle, Collinsville, Illinois, off Route 66

Cahokia Indian Mounds, outside St. Louis, off Route 66

Downtown St. Louis - The Arch, Courthouse, Mississippi Riverfront, and Eads Bridge

Day 2 Begins Here

Route 66 Through South St. Louis

Route 66 State Park, Toxic Town of Times Beach, Missouri

Route 66 Through Gray Summit, Missouri - Gardenway Motel, Truck Stop, Sunset Motel

Route 66 Through Bourbon, Missouri - "Bourbon" Water Towers

Route 66 Through Cuba, Missouri - Wagon Wheel Motel, Downtown

Route 66 Through Rolla, Missouri - Univ. of MO Stonehenge carved by jets of water

4-Lane Route 66 through Hooker Cut, Devil's Elbow, original Munger Moss Restaurant

Route 66 Through Waynesville, Missouri - Giant Frog Crossing! and Murals Downtown

Route 66 over Gasconade River at Hazelgreen, Missouri, Old 1923 thru-truss bridge

Route 66 Through Lebanon, Missouri - Munger Moss Motel, Wrinks Market, Meramec Caverns Barns

Route 66 Through Marshfield, Missouri - Hubble Hometown, Telescope Replica at the Courthouse

Route 66 Through Springfield, Missouri - Rest Haven Court, Eerily Quiet Downtown Square

Route 66 Through Halltown, Missouri - Whitehall Mercantile

Route 66 in Carthage, Missouri - Courthouse, Restored Route 66 Drive-In, Kellogg Lake Park

Day 3 Begins Here

Route 66 Through Carterville, Missouri

Route 66 Through Webb City, Missouri - Downtown, Mural, Giant Praying Hands

Route 66 Through Joplin, Missouri

Route 66 at the Kansas-Missouri State Line

Route 66 Through Galena, Kansas - 4 Women on the Route, Original Tow Mater Truck, Ghost Ads

Route 66 Between Galena and Baxter Springs: Marsh Arch Bridge, Spring River Inn, Eisler Bros. Store

Route 66 Through Baxter Springs, Kansas - Downtown

Route 66 Through Miami, OK - KuKu Burger, Coleman Theatre, Downtown

Route 66 Sidewalk Highway (Ribbon Road) south of Miami, OK - One Lane Paved In 1922

Route 66 Through Afton, Oklahoma - Packard Museum, Rest Haven Motel

Route 66 Through White Oak, Oklahoma

Route 66 Through Chelsea, Oklahoma

Route 66 Attraction: Totem Pole Park (World's Largest Totem Pole) near Foyil, OK

Route 66 Catoosa: Twin Bridges, The Catoosa Blue Whale Swimming Hole

Route 66 Through Tulsa - Desert Hills Motel, Downtown

Route 66 Through Sapulpa - Downtown, Re-Painted Old Signs

Old Route 66 along the Ozark Trail West of Sapulpa - Old Drive-In Theater

Route 66 Through the town of Depew, Oklahoma

Route 66 Through Davenport, Oklahoma - Historic Broadway Avenue, Paved With Bricks

Day 4 Begins Here

Route 66 from Chandler to Luther, Oklahoma - Meramec Caverns Barn, Dead-end 66 Spur

Route 66 Through Arcadia - Round Barn, Pop's Soda Store (Giant Coke Bottle Sculpture), Giant Cross

Route 66 Through Oklahoma City - Capitol Building

Route 66 Through Oklahoma City - Murrah Federal Building Bombing Memorial Site

Route 66 - OKC's Tower Theater, Bethany's Old 66 Route Along Lake Overholser

Route 66 Through Yukon, Oklahoma - Grain Elevators

Route 66 Old Concrete from Fort Reno to Hydro, Pony Bridge, Lucille's Roadhouse

Route 66 Through Clinton, Oklahoma - Glancy Motel Sign, Route 66 Museum

Route 66 Through Elk City, Oklahoma - Oil Derrick Downtown

Route 66 Through Sayre, Oklahoma - Western Motel, Beckham County Courthouse

Route 66 Through the Ghost Town of Texola, Oklahoma - Territorial Jail House, Abandoned Buildings

Route 66 Through Shamrock, Texas - U Drop Inn Conoco Station

Route 66 Through McLean, Texas - Devil's Rope Barbed Wire Museum, Old Gas Station

Route 66 Through Alanreed, Texas - 66 Super Service Station

Route 66 Through Groom, Texas - Giant Cross, Leaning Water Tower "Britten USA"

Route 66 Through Conway, Texas - Bug Ranch

Route 66 Through Amarillo, Texas - Cadillac Ranch (Cars Half-Buried In A Cow Pasture)

Day 5 Begins Here

Route 66 Through Vega, Texas - Downtown, Old Gas Station

Route 66 Through Adrian, Texas - Midpoint on the Route - Midpoint Cafe, then Stuckey's

Route 66 Through Glenrio, Texas - First/Last Motel, Abandoned Buildings, Dirt 66 West of Town

Route 66 Through San Jon, New Mexico - Old Buildings

Route 66 Through Tucumcari (Tonight!) New Mexico - Neon Signs, Motels, Tepee Curios

Route 66 Through Montoya and Newkirk, New Mexico

Route 66 Through Cuervo, New Mexico - Near-Ghost Town, Old Abandoned Buildings

Route 66 Through Santa Rosa, NM - Club Cafe, Old Neon Signs - Rte. 66 via US 84

Las Vegas, New Mexico - Town Square, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Serf Theater

Quick Detour? North from Las Vegas, NM, then back to I-25 via NM 161

Route 66 Through Tecolote, New Mexico - Old Town, Missing Bridge, Dirt 66 Past Bernal

Route 66 through San Jose, New Mexico - Old Church & Buildings, Abandoned Thru-Truss Bridge

Route 66 Through Rowe, Pecos, and the Pigeon Ranch stagecoach stop

Santa Fe, New Mexico - Town Square at Night, Capitol Building, Oldest Church

Day 6 Begins Here

The Road to Chama from Santa Fe - Abiquiu

US 84 to Chama, New Mexico - Echo Amphitheatre, Tierra Amarilla

Chama, NM and Route 17 into Colorado

Antonito, Colorado - Cumbres & Toltec Railroad, Downtown, Oldest Church in CO

US 285 and US 160 near Alamosa and Walsenburg, Colorado - Mount Blanca, Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Day 7 Begins Here

Lamar Colorado - Petrified Wood Building, Madonna of the Trail, Windmill Blade - Welcome to KS

Garden City, Kansas

Wagon Ruts on the Santa Fe Trail, near Dodge City, Kansas

Dodge City, Kansas - Boot Hill, Historic Downtown

Spearville, Kansas - Wind Energy Windmills

Gano Grain Elevator on US 50, Ardell, Kansas (near Kinsley, KS)

Kinsley, Kansas - Halfway between New York and San Francisco on US 50

Chapel in Garfield, Kansas - Route 56 Road Trip

Larned, Kansas on US 56 - Downtown Buildings, Signs

Pawnee Rock, Landmark for Wagon Trains, Kansas - Route 56 Road Trip

Lyons, Kansas - Route 56 Road Trip

McPherson County Courthouse, Kansas - Route 56 Road Trip

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas - Courthouse, Main Street, Old Bridge and Waterfall

Strong City, Kansas Train Station, Grain Elevator, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Council Grove Kansas - Historic Town Tour - Council Oak, Last Store on the Santa Fe Trail

Day 8 Begins Here

Record-Setting Rain Begins In Missouri - Route 50 Road Trip

Jefferson City, Missouri - Capitol Building

Missouri River Scenic Highway 94 - Katy Trial in Portland, Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Starkenburg

Calhoun County, Illinois - Ferry Across Mississippi, Farmland, Brussels, Batchtown & Hardin

Route 100- Great River Road near St. Louis - Legend of the Piasa, US 67 Bridge

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