| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
vi, 306 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Great American road trips
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- What is Roadtrippers? -- Features and benefits of the Roadtrippers Plus App -- Features and benefits of the Togo RV Plus App -- Planning a road trip -- Before you hit the road -- Getting your car road trip ready -- Tips for traveling Route 66 by motorcycle -- Route 66 for international travelers -- Introduction to Route 66 -- How to use this guide -- Leg 1: Chicago to St. Louis -- Route highlights -- Playlist -- Fun random factoids: Chicago -- Weirdville: the Tinley Park Lights -- Spotlight: get to know the Muffler Men -- Spotlight: the cult of Lincoln and the Pasfield House -- Weirdville: the haunted Lemp Mansion -- 48 Hours in St. Louis -- Leg 2: St. Louis to Tulsa -- Route highlights -- Playlist -- Weirdville: Morse Mill Haunted Hotel -- Spotlight: stop the world and melt with the Jesse James Wax Museum -- Detour: Missouri's mini country along RT 66 -- Detour: Ha Ha Tonka State Park Ruins -- Weirdville: the Oklahoma Octopus -- Spotlight: the true story behind the Blue Whale of Catoosa -- Leg 3: Tulsa to Amarillo -- Route highlights -- Playlist -- Spotlight: Conoco Tower and U-Drop Inn -- Detour: Canyon, Texas -- Spotlight: the story behind Cadillac Ranch's changing colors -- Leg 4: Amarillo to Albuquerque -- Route highlights -- Playlist -- Spotlight: how Route 66's Glenrio went from boomtown to ghost town -- Detour: the Very Large Array -- Detour: welcome to Pie Town -- 48 hours in Albuquerque -- Spotlight: the Breaking Bad guide to ABQ -- Leg 5: Albuquerque to Flagstaff -- Route highlights -- Playlist -- Detour: Petrified Forest National Park -- Spotlight: takin' it easy in Winslow -- Weirdville: the Mogollon Monster -- Detour: Two Guns, Arizona -- Detour: exploring ancient mysteries in Sedona -- Leg 6: Flagstaff to Santa Monica -- Route highlights -- Playlist -- Weirdville: Haunted Hotel Monte Vista -- Spotlight: the historic Sno-Cap Drive-In -- Spotlight: a town called Nothing -- Spotlight: Cool Springs Gas Station -- Weirdville: play a hand of poker with the ghost of Clark Gable -- Spotlight: Wigwam Village Motel #7 -- 48 hours in Los Angeles -- Additional resources -- Other Route 66 books we love -- Roadtrippers resources. |
| Summary |
"The Only Route 66 Guidebook with a Fully Integrated App Deviate from the norm, go a bit farther, and make your trip uniquely yours. Put discovery and wonder back into your travels. Roadtrippers Route 66 celebrates life's detours and on-the-road surprises. Use this book to skip the big chains and tourist traps. Find family-owned diners, small businesses, original neon signs, and strange haunts. Dig up the weirder, funnier, more fascinating destinations that are why you're on the road in the first place. The guidebook features the entire iconic U.S. highway, from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Automobile travel -- United States Highway 66 -- Guidebooks.
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United States Highway 66 -- Guidebooks.
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Automobile travel. (OCoLC)fst00823217
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United States -- United States Highway 66.
(OCoLC)fst01247736
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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Guidebooks.
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| Added Title |
Route 66 : Chicago to Santa Monica |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Roadtrippers route 66 First edition. Birmingham, AL : Roadtrippers, an imprint of AdventureKEEN, [2020] 9781649010018 (DLC) 2020031408 |
| ISBN |
9781649010001 (paperback) |
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1649010001 (paperback) |
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