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We rode sections of Route 66 in Arizona last year on our way up to New York. Each to their own and all that, but it was pretty boring after a while. We got a few kicks (wahey!) riding alongside mile long trains, seeing a few signs, the odd curiosities and the odd nostalgic gas station. But much of it is boring, repetive and feels insiincere.
I suggest that anyone that goes to the effot and expense of arranging a trip out to America just to ride that road should have a back up plan or two just in case.
The trans american trail seems like a much more interesting ride.
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Originally Posted by garmei
We rode sections of Route 66 in Arizona last year on our way up to New York. Each to their own and all that, but it was pretty boring after a while. We got a few kicks (wahey!) riding alongside mile long trains, seeing a few signs, the odd curiosities and the odd nostalgic gas station. But much of it is boring, repetive and feels insiincere.
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Déjà vu - we had the same sorta mixed experience .. :confused1:
From my journal [early April 2008]:
" .. We nevertheless look for the first opportunity to jump back onto 66, which happens 22 miles later, at Ash Fork & Seligman. So we’re once again travelling along a section of Historic Route 66, which I can tell you, right here and now ..
.. is probably the straightest, most boring and featureless tar-snaked road I have ever had the misfortune of riding upon. This is not to say that the whole of US-66 is the same .. of course it’s not; indeed, I'm sure that my brief encounter with the 'Main Street of America' is far from the overall reality.
Having said that, how could you not like, and indeed embrace, any highway that runs through a town named 'Peach Springs' - and with a roadside restaurant called 'Roadkill' .. wherein the menu lists food items such as:
- 'Cheeseburger with Cheese' and
- 'Dead Chicken'
I guess, you just gotta love it all for these reasons alone! .."
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More on Route 66
Keith1954 and others it is good to hear your opinions of Route 66.
I know Peach Springs as the place where after 2 weeks floating down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, white water rafters take out after being put in at Lee's Ferry.
Country livin, photo (looking west) is my ranch house just off Route 66 note the northern Arizona San Francisco Peaks in the background . The Old Route 66 is a thousand feet north of my ranch house.
It's the locals that make this part of Route 66 interesting. Just make it a point to see the Grand Canyon and meet some local folks. The country and western Bar called the Museum Club, where,long ago, the greats of country music performed is a good place to visit while in Flagstaff. The Museum Club known as the "Zoo Club" by locals is a good place to meet the locals, try a little 2-step dancing and a local  .
Mary's cafe is a great place for breakfast and has a "cowboy" bar attached.
Also: Wupatki National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Coconino National Forest - Oak Creek Canyon
and especially Walnut Canyon
Walnut Canyon National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Have fun, I'm holed up in Spain for a while longer.
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Road trip usa
I came across this book,and website, a while back,it has some great info on 66,and indeed several alternative long distance usa routes.Recommended.
ROAD TRIP USA
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[QUOTE=maja;355614]
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Just for info to non UK HUBBers: A TV series on British channel ITV by Scottish comedian Billy Connolly finished recently. He rode a trike along most of Rt 66 east-west:
Welcome to the official Billy Connolly Website!
Billy Connolly's Route 66 Competition - ITV Entertainment
Billy Connolly's Route 66, ITV1, review - Telegraph
Possibly this TV series led to the OP's question?
I really enjoyed the show. Looking at the pictures above of the long straight roads, I think I might go looking for more curvy lines on a USA map and seek out less tourist trash.
The comment about the Trans Am trail leading you past more "real/historical America" is definitely true. I rode the western half in 2010: [url=http://www.thebrightstuff.com/USA2010webgallery/index.html]Summer 2010 Riding some pleasant tracks in the western United States: CDT, TAT, Lolo & OBDT. All Images
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Try www.motorcycleroads.us It gives a really good breakdown of all types of roads in the USA. Ride safe.
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