Get your kicks on Route 66!

My host mother spends time driving every week from Flagstaff to Kingman, also in Arizona, where she does some work for the government.  Most times she takes the interstate highway, known as I-40, but every once in a while, part of I-40 is closed and she has to take an alternative route, part of historic Route 66.

Route 66, also known as "The Mother Road," was commissioned by the US Government in 1926 and was finished in 1938.  It started in Chicago, Illinois, and ran through Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, before ending in Los Angeles, California, at the Santa Monica Pier.  The original road was 2,448 miles long!

Along the way, there were many hotels with Route 66 themes...I got to visit one and took some pictures with Route 66 memorabilia.

The town, Radiator Springs, in the movie, "Cars," is based on a town called Peach Springs, which is along Route 66.  It's so famous, there's even a Route 66 Museum in Oklahoma!  And, Nat King Cole first recorded a song about it, "Get Your Kicks on Route 66," in 1946...it has been covered by many bands since.

So, it was fun to see this piece of history.  It's raining here today, or we would have taken a picture outside on the ACTUAL Route 66. We're saving it for another day.  See you soon!