While the October/November weather was still holding, we decided to take another road trip in the Challenger; Chicago to Winslow, Arizona via the historic Route 66. A few years ago we drove Route 66 from Vegas to Flagstaff and I wanted to drive more of this historic road before it completely disappeared.
There are plenty of sights to see during this 15-day round-trip drive. We also made a detour off the route to visit a couple of National Parks and Monuments. You know, since, we were so close.
We didn’t stay on RT 66 the entire time because Interstate 40 runs parallel to it quite frequently. I-40 replaced much of RT 66 and in many cases runs parallel to the original road as a frontage road.
Our goal during planning was to drive about 400 miles every day and stop along the way at things that interested us or were suggested by the guidebooks and maps that we were following.
I put a list of the resources that we used at the end of this blog. Continue reading “On The Road Again: Route 66 Chicago to Winslow”
