Travel

We did a longer run on the bike today as there is not a lot worth stopping at along this stretch of road, our destination tonight was Albuquerque we did 306 miles (493 km) today. There’s not a huge amount of touristy things to do along this stretch. That said our journey included looking at …

Today would see us cross over into the Lone Star state. It would be a sort visit of only one night though. With a journey of only around 177 mile (284km) we had a lot planned to do. As the motel at Clinton didn’t do any breakfast options we hit the road early. Our stops …

We awoke to another amazing day for weather on Route 66, it was going to be another hot day though. As a tip I say don’t ride Route 66 in summer. Today would see us journey to Clinton Oklahoma. Around 193 mile (311km) of travel so we were in no big hurry. Rock Creek Bridge, …

A longer ride today with a few stops planned, our destination was the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, some 413km (256 miles) away. The plan for the day was visit the following places: Not far out of Springfield is the ghost town of Plano, little of it remains, there is a private residence that was once the service …

Today’s destination was city of Springfield, Missouri a trip of 426 km (264 miles), Meramec Caverns, Stanton Route 66 Mural City, Cuba Missouri Hick BQ Cuba Fanning 66 Outpost, Fanning Devil’s Elbow  We kicked off the day by visiting Bourbeuse Valley Harley-Davidson it wasn’t too far from where our motel was. To get there we made sure we …

Today we journeyed from Illinois to Missouri. A shorter journey of around 161 mile (256Km). Having already ridden the pre and post 1930 alignments the day before we chose to head straight to Missouri on the post 1930 alignment with no stops until the Chain of Rocks Bridge. Our destination for the day was the …

Day 5 of our USA holiday and day 2 on historic Route 66. Today we would travel over both alignments and the only brick road section of Route 66. Our first stop of the day was the Sugar Creek Covered bridge at Glenarm. It was constructed in either 1827 or 1880 sources on this vary. …

Today would see us begin our journey towards Santa Monica and the end of Route 66. We have a lot planned to look at along the way and it was raining, not how I wanted to begin our ride on Route 66. Our destination today would be Lincoln Illinois a distance of around 147 miles …

After a good night’s rest we were up and ready to kick off our adventure. First up was a trip into Chicago for breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s they have been serving breakfasts for over 100 years. It is a ‘must do’ when you begin your Route 66 journey from Chicago. It was also a great …