Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street
by Rick Antonson
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The original U.S. Route 66 was 2,448 miles long, and 90 percent of it can still be driven today. Antonson set out to follow that original route, tracing its rich history and discovering the vitality and American character sill beating through our heartland.Tags
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Meh. It had it moments, and I appreciated the history lessons, but it seemed like they were so intent on following the parts of the road that don’t really exist that they missed the parts that do. Driving a Mustang onto a muddy cow path is always a stupid idea, even if that cow path was part of Rt 66 at one time.
Travel writer Rick Antonson and his friend, Peter, rent a Mustang convertible and take off from Chicago to drive from Chicago to Los Angeles driving as many miles as possible of old Route 66. This is the dream of every Baby Boomer who watched the "Route 66" TV show in the 1960's,and it's nice to know that except for about 450 miles, they were able to make the whole trip on the old Mother Road, and along the way, just maybe found the best of America too.
Good. Events, history, and formative causation about the line on maps marked with "66". Humorous, informative, and entertaining.
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Rick Antonson is the author of several books, including the travel memoirs Full Moon Over Noah's Ark, Route 66 Still Kicks, and To Timbuktu for a Haircut. He is the former president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, past chair of the board for Destinations International, based in Washington, DC, and past deputy chair of the Pacific Asia Travel show more Association, based in Bangkok, Thailand. Antonson lives in Vancouver, Canada. show less
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- Years ago, I was sitting in a California tavern.
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