Description: Nostalgia makes driving Historic Route 66 a bucket list essential.
Route 66 is a two-lane highway that meanders through back roads with rocky outcrops, along quiet streams, across the high desert landscape and red-hued cliffs, over mountains and ending at the Pacific Ocean. Traveling the old highway brings a sense of nostalgia and connection that is hard to find in the overly fast paced world of today.
Route 66 passes near many natural attractions - the Painted Desert, Meteor Crater, Meramec Caverns, the Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon just to name a few.
You will find all kinds of roadside attractions, including teepee-shaped motels, frozen custard stands, Indian curio shops, and reptile farms. There is a wealth of sights and attractions from the historic and informative to the weird and wonderful.