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The DRIVING ROUTE 66 GUIDED TOUR will be following the Itinerary
of the NEW DRIVING ROUTE 66 Official Tour Book!
Copies of the DRIVING ROUTE 66 - Official Tour Book are availabe below!
If you are interested in the tour or have any questions, please contact me at: excelltd@aol.com
Thank You, David Wickline, Route 66 Author, Historian, Preservationist & Route 66 Tour Guide!
A two-week Guided Tour along America's most fabled two-lane highway ... Route 66!
Tired of trying to figure it all out? Relax, we have all your Route 66 Trip planning needs covered!
Our itinerary takes you along more two-lane Route 66 then any other Route 66 Tour &
has the whole trip figured out and planned for you so you can sit back and enjoy traveling Route 66!
The Driving Route 66 Guided Tours are designed for both automobiles & motorcycles. We Welcome all Route
Route 66 Travelers no matter what your vehicle is (no mopeds please!). We pre-plan & set every thing up
for you once you arrive at the Base
Motel in the Chicago area. You may arrive on Friday or Saturday, with an Optional group get-together before heading
into the city of Chicago on Saturday. We suggest your base motels, figure out the eateries, attractions,
visits to museums, parks, trading posts & all the special icons and attractions of the old highway. We also include a copy
of "DRIVING ROUTE 66 - Official Tour Book" which has detailed turn-by-turn
directions & an account of our path down the fabled highway along with detailed daily companion maps
of our journey westward!
Our official motto for the tour will be "Life begins at the off ramp" as we travel over more two-lane
original 66 roadbed avoiding the interstate as much as possible ... but jumping on the super-slab as
needed to move our group toward the evenings Base Motel & suggested dinner spot, or where 66 has been
obiliterated. Fuel stops (brands are listed in the FAQ's) are also calculated for motorcycles as well
as restroom breaks & refreshment breaks for anyone along. You just have to follow along & not worry
about getting lost or missing an icon because you are traveling on the wrong alignment of The Main
Street of America or running out of fuel!
Allow me to guide you along Route 66 & see the historic trails & remaining traces, while escaping corp-
orate America & returning to a pre-franchised era, back to a time before America became generic. The allure,
the attraction, is intoxicating & difficult to avoid. Driving or riding, along old Route 66, The Mother
Road, that ribbon of aging asphalt & crumbling Portland cement legendary for tying together our nation.
Famous for the settling the Western United States, transforms your soul away from the hustle & bustle of
corporate America, to a simpler, & a more pleasant time as you traverse across the heartland of America
& then excitedly reaching the Pacific Ocean! You will certainly become a seasoned "Route 66 Road Warrior!"
Traveling along these old reliable & sometimes unpredictable highways means motion, personal freedom,
cultural importance & a unique, yet indescribable excitement. It is the mythology of the open road,
the thrill of the open highway & the road to adventure. Route 66, the legendary highway famous the
world over, that for so long & for so many "Route 66 Road Warriors" before you, has always meant going
somewhere. There is no better feeling of freedom, as you follow along the historic path of Historic
Route 66, as she reaches out across the heartland of America, crossing three time zones & eight states.
Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Route 66, the road trip
of a life time, begins in Chicago, Illinois, in the "City of Big Shoulders" & ends almost 2,600 miles
southwest in Santa Monica, California, at the roaring Pacific Ocean!
DRIVING ROUTE 66 - Official Tour Book - 1st Printing - January 2022 - DAVID WICKLINE:
The "DRIVING ROUTE 66 - Official Tour Book" will be followed by the Tour and
is a must-have itinerary for your Route 66 trip, and the next days itinerary should be read the night before!
A complete two-week itinerary for traveling along Route 66 from Chicago to LA following the
historic westward alignment & is the same itinerary used by our Guided Route 66 Tours & recommended
to experience the most in two weeks! The 54-page book completely documents precise & current
turn-by-turn directions to all of the famous, most interesting & historic attractions
& icons along the 2,600+/- miles of historic Route 66. The 38 pages & 15 maps will have
you traveling along the most miles of the historic two-lane alignments & visiting the most
interesting attractions the old highway has to offer. Visit several fragile alignments, see
many old remnants & ruins plus travel across many historic bridges. Everything is all pre-
planned & laid out for you so you can just sit back & follow along the turn-by-turn text
& detailed daily maps, & you won’t get lost or miss anything along the way! The itinerary
includes restaurants & diners (no fast food allowed), some period motels & some hotels,
plus several museum stops, along with daily mileage & "stop times" so you can stay
on schedule. Addresses & phone numbers for attractions, suggested dining & lodging are
included! Stops at art galleries, trading posts, antique shops, curio shops & more, are
all included. Lastly, the hours that attractions are open and/or closed so you know what to
expect & to stay on schedule to maximize your Route 66 experiences! Locations are all
plotted on the daily maps. Visiting the Chicago downtown is optional, but included separately.
The itinerary also includes an Optional, but full day visiting the Grand Canyon National Park
& a partial day visiting the Petrified Forest & Painted Desert National Park. The fold-over
book is great for traveling in an automobile & has all the recommended fuel/rest stops.
This brand new book is the evolving work of seasoned Route 66 Tour Guide David Wickline, who
has been traveling, photographing & documenting the ruins, icons & attractions along the
length of the Mother Road for over 20 years. Included are images of 1 text page and 1 map
page in photos & with FREE Shipping within the US Only! So, what are you waiting for? This
book literally saves months or maybe a year of self-planning of your own Route 66 trip!
$24.99 with Standard Shipping within the United States Only (plus sales tax)
For International Sales please check the Ebay Listing
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OR
The "RIDING ROUTE 66 - Official Tour Book" is a must have itinerary for your Route 66 trip!
A complete two-week itinerary for traveling along Route 66 from Chicago to LA following the
historic westward alignment. The 56-page book completely documents precise and current
turn-by-turn directions to all of the famous, most interesting and historic attractions
and icons along the 2,500+/- miles of historic Route 66. The 40 pages and 17 maps will have
you traveling along the most miles of the historic two-lane alignments and visiting the most
interesting attractions the old highway has to offer. Visit several fragile alignments, see
many old remnants and ruins plus travel across many historic bridges. Everything is all pre-
planned and laid out for you so you can just sit back and follow along the turn-by-turn text
and detailed daily maps, and you won’t get lost or miss anything along the way! The itinerary
includes suggested restaurants and diners (no fast food allowed), some period motels and
hotels, plus several museum stops, along with daily miles and "stop times" so you can stay
on schedule. Addresses and phone numbers for attractions, suggested dining and lodging are
included! Stops at art galleries, trading posts, antique shops, curio shops and more, are
all included. Lastly, the hours that attractions are open and/or closed so you know what to
expect and to stay on schedule to maximize your Route 66 experiences! Locations are all
plotted on the daily maps. Visiting the Chicago downtown is optional, but included separately.
The itinerary also includes a full day visiting the Grand Canyon National Park and a partial
day visiting the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Park. The fold-over book is
great for traveling on a motorcycle or by automobile and has all the recommended fuel stops.
This brand new book is the evolving work of seasoned Route 66 Tour Guide David Wickline, who
has been traveling, photographing and documenting the ruins, icons and attractions along the
length of the Mother Road for over 20 years. Included are images of 1 text page and 1 map
page in photos & with FREE Shipping within the US Only! So, what are you waiting for? This
book literally saves months or maybe a year of self-planning of your own Route 66 trip!
$24.99 with Standard Shipping within the United States Only (plus sales tax)
This is the historic path the DRIVING/RIDING ROUTE 66 - Official Tour Books follows. The road trip of a lifetime, two
full weeks following along this famous historic highway with turn-by-turn directions, detailed daily
itinerary and detailed maps, all prepared by noted Route 66 author, historian and preservationist, David
Wickline, and featuring much more two-lane highway miles of old 66 than any of the other
tours ever will. Enjoy traveling through a true cross section of some of the finest, ever changing scenery
our nation has to offer in search of the remaining icons and landmarks, the trading posts and the quirky
roadside attractions, many once offering wild animals to lure travelers off the highway, the cafes, the diners
and the greasy spoons, the old stations and the mom and pop motels, all of whom once dispensed hospitality
to weary travelers along that pulsing neon pathway we so fondly called The Main Street of America.
Follow along the turn-by-turn directions as you ride, or drive, along the vintage two-lane highway that
provided access to the American west. Step back in time and visit an era in American history when life was
so much simpler and things were quite different. Meet the people from across the heartland of America who
were part of our history, our culture and learn about their lives and see how they managed to "eek out a living"
along the flanks of old 66 in their little slice of Americana.
The old road is still out there ... about 82% of it, and she is beckoning for you to come and experience her.
Route 66 allows you the ultimate opportunity to step back in time. The highway, a window to the past eras, may
only be separated from the interstate by a few hundred feet in some spots, but to those cruising The Mother Road
it might as well be a hundred miles, and dozens of years away from the mindless rush of the rest of America on
that superslab.
Experience what some folks would consider a lifetime of memories in only two short weeks. RIDING ROUTE 66 is an
extraordinary journey, the adventure of a lifetime, and a once in a lifetime experience, which will not easily
be forgotten.
Get ready and let's go find out why they say: "It's not the destination, it's the journey" ...
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RIDING ROUTE 66 - Official Tour Book - 2nd Printing - July 2021 - DAVID WICKLINE:
