Wednesday September 21

8:00am - We slept in a little bit today so that we wouldn't run into rush hour traffic making our way through OKC, OK beginning our day. We made our way across the city to begin our tour of Route 66. Our plan was to follow it, checking out the small cities along the way and reliving the nostalgia. We stopped at McD's for breakfast, unfortunately we are now out of the land of bagels and back into McGriddleland. We started along the map, but it soon became clear that a lot (much more than I expected) of old Route 66 is gone and now what is considered "Route 66" is the access road that runs parallel to I40. We did go through some old towns, and see some old signs, but both of us are pretty disappointed. At this point, we can say, if you've driven I40, you've driven Route 66. At least between Amarillo, TX and OKC, OK. We were expecting the road to be still be intact in a lot of places and be miles off the freeway, but that simply is not the case. While I got a few good pictures, my nostalgia for The Mother Road is fading. Especially if it continues like this tomorrow. Frustrated, we called it a day in Amarillo, TX.

Weather - Cloudy in OK
Sun in TX