This was the advice that greeted us upon entering Grand Canyon National Park. Not long after we were staring over the side of one of the natural wonders of world. The Grand Canyon …. A massive (over 200 miles long and 10 miles wide) hole in the ground carved over 50 million years by the Colorado River. We spent a day and night here and watched the sunrise and set, took many picture’s, and still only got a small taste…
Leaving Gallup and New Mexico behind we were soon in Arizona. Most of the day was spent exploring the Painted Desert and Petrified forest. We drove the 26 mile route stopping of at the various waypoints along they way including doing a few walks. It is extremely hard to put into words the beauty of the area and I am not sure the pictures will do it justice. But there was a lot of wows from me as we drove…
After a few long days travelling we today set off to Gallup with a few less stops along the way. A large part of the day was spent visiting the Breaking Bad sights of Albuquerque, which won’t mean much to you if you haven’t seen the show! But here we go… On route through, New Mexico is host to some of the most scenic views of the trip. Difficult to do justice, but here’s our latest macot (handmade in…
Today we travelled from Amarillo to Santa Fe via a pre-1937 route 66. Our journey started at the famous Cadillac Ranch. This art consists of 10 cars planted nose down in the soil. It was pretty muddy but we managed to make our mark Our next stop was Adrian the mid point of route 66. We stopped and had our breakfast at the Midpoint cafe and also took some pie for the road. We said fairwell to Texas…
After the night hugging pillows in Oklahoma City, we were on our way to Amarillo. Leaving behind a stormy city..which was needed after the 30°c nights. On route we stopped at 2 Route 66 museums for a bit of a history lesson on Route 66. We also passed through Erick and had to snap a picture of the sign Lunch was provided by a roadside café in Texalo, the last place on Route 66 in Oklamhoma, before hitting Texas,…
Its been a long 2 days. Tuesday started with a trip up the Saint Louis arch. You travel to the top in a small pod, it was a bit hair raising! Leaving St Louis we stopped off for some Ted Drewes Frozen Custard… Keeping in the spirit of the road we had “root 66” (root beer and malt chocolate) flavour and I must say it was quite yummy! Today was my 1st time driving and I must say I am…
After another 135 miles ticked off, some rabbits and a couple of wrong turns we arrive in St Louis, Missouri, gate way to the west. After a quick refresh we headed out to Busch stadium to see the St Louis Cardinals vs the New York Mets. Chris and my opinion will differ on this, but for me baseball is a bit dull too much stopping and starting.. That said the atmosphere in the stadium was amazing and I had a…
After a morning touring the Lincoln sites of Springfield, Brunch was at Cosy Dog. Cosy Dog is a Historic site on Route 66, where the concept of a battered corn dog on a stick was born. And we got a trip mascot for the car
202 miles down, we finish our long day in Springfield, Illinois. Arriving later than planned, we end up at a microbrewery for a late night meal and one of the beers brewed on site. So that’s 2 Buffalo Chicken Horseshoes.. And a couple of Mother Road APAs and Belgian Style IPAs. What’s a horse shoe?
Sad to be leaving Chicago so soon, but the trip must go on! Here’s a few pics from the camera yesterday… And our final stop before leaving, breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s, where your coffee cup is always full!