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Bucket list for me...gonna get a RV and do the whole thing one of these days.




Entire towns folded up and what had been a 2,400-mile carnival became to a large extent a 2,400-mile ghost town,' explained David Knudson, founder and executive director of the non-profit National Historic Route 66 Federation.
In recent years, however, the iconic road that has been immortalized in countless books, movies, music ('Get your kicks on Route 66'), and a TV series has been experiencing a nostalgia-driven revival that is attracting tourists from around the globe.
'Foreigners come to travel the road because it gives them a chance to experience America before we became generic,' said Michael Wallis, a historian and author of 'Route 66: The Mother Road.'


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VolnJC said:
Bucket list for me...gonna get a RV and do the whole thing one of these days.




Entire towns folded up and what had been a 2,400-mile carnival became to a large extent a 2,400-mile ghost town,' explained David Knudson, founder and executive director of the non-profit National Historic Route 66 Federation.
In recent years, however, the iconic road that has been immortalized in countless books, movies, music ('Get your kicks on Route 66'), and a TV series has been experiencing a nostalgia-driven revival that is attracting tourists from around the globe.
'Foreigners come to travel the road because it gives them a chance to experience America before we became generic,' said Michael Wallis, a historian and author of 'Route 66: The Mother Road.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...icas-Mother-Road-revs-life.html#ixzz4igkhaIEt
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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My son and his buddy were going to do that for their senior trip, but they had to change plans. I travel the old US highway remnants every chance I get. There are several good ones here in Kentucky.
 
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We're finishing the CA section this winter. That leaves the St. Louis north still to do. Don't know why, that is on TO's bucket list too. Along with hiking every trail in the GSMNP (✔️), visiting and hiking in every National Park in the Lower 48 (✔️), etc. (would have tried all 50 but I called quits on Alaska...if we had to fly in on a bush plane, NO GO - we did fly a sea plane to Dry Tortugas, but that was not over glaciers!).

Have fun. I have no idea what gets into you men:eek:hmy:.
 
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Smallvol#1 said:
We're finishing the CA section this winter. That leaves the St. Louis north still to do. Don't know why, that is on TO's bucket list too. Along with hiking every trail in the GSMNP (✔️), visiting and hiking in every National Park in the Lower 48 (✔️), etc. (would have tried all 50 but I called quits on Alaska...if we had to fly in on a bush plane, NO GO - we did fly a sea plane to Dry Tortugas, but that was not over glaciers!).

Have fun. I have no idea what gets into you men:eek:hmy:.
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That is actually amazing..How have you had the time/money/health to do all that?
 
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Smallvol#1 said:
We're finishing the CA section this winter. That leaves the St. Louis north still to do. Don't know why, that is on TO's bucket list too. Along with hiking every trail in the GSMNP (✔️), visiting and hiking in every National Park in the Lower 48 (✔️), etc. (would have tried all 50 but I called quits on Alaska...if we had to fly in on a bush plane, NO GO - we did fly a sea plane to Dry Tortugas, but that was not over glaciers!).

Have fun. I have no idea what gets into you men:eek:hmy:.
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Uh. After that list you have to do Alaska.
 
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Part of the Oklahoma portion is about 20 minutes from my house and is kept up pretty well. I drove it once and a lot of the old buildings are still there even though many aren't open. The State keeps it up pretty well because it is a tourist attraction.
 
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pismonque said:
Seriously. So Smallvol, all that and you don't like flying? Sounds like rubber tramp life to me. You rolling a van?
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Don't like flying; I'll do it if necessary, only way to get to Europe:). It's just flying over glaciers is beyond me.

We flew to Anchorage for the Alaska parks, then bused, trained, and cruised while there. All the rest we drove. We had several 7,000 mile trips to do the parks, and we have hiked 22-25 miles a day to do the GSM. TO refuses to overnight. My day pack weighed 18 pounds and his was 22. We were always prepared, just in case. And we had a just in case happen too:eek:hmy: (trail caved in).

As to how we did it, TO is a driver, literally and figuratively:). For some reason I have always thought if he wanted something there was no reason he shouldn't get it. So hours were spent planning trails, planning routes, drawing house plans (we designed and built our house - you have to be crazy to do that!), you get the idea.

Only time I bucked up on him was Dry Tortugas. After several years of caves, mountain foot bridges (some with no hand rails), mountain roads etc. that was the only one left. One time I had to literally jump from a boat to "scale" a cliff and then jump back down on the thing, while it was bopping away from the cliff. I'm slightly claustrophobic and very acrophobic. So guess who decides since he gets motion sick he'd pass on the Tortugas? I would have put his rear end on that boat if he'd had to hang over the rail all the way there and back! That was when I found we could rent a sea plane...he was very happy:yes:. It's definitely a great place to see. We drove to Key West and got the plane there.

It took us several seasons to do the trails; we literally went every weekend unless rained out from April through November/December. Not home games of course. The parks took a few years too. We had several years we took three week vacations; some of them are hard to reach, Big Bend, Lassen Volcano, Great Basin, etc.

All in all it was worth it. So now he's wanting to do Route 66:mf_surrender:. After what I've been through, why not?

Note: the European trips were his pay back for the YEARS I spent planning and going on his bucket items:yes:.
 
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Smallvol#1 said:
Don't like flying; I'll do it if necessary, only way to get to Europe:). It's just flying over glaciers is beyond me.

We flew to Anchorage for the Alaska parks, then bused, trained, and cruised while there. All the rest we drove. We had several 7,000 mile trips to do the parks, and we have hiked 22-25 miles a day to do the GSM. TO refuses to overnight. My day pack weighed 18 pounds and his was 22. We were always prepared, just in case. And we had a just in case happen too:eek:hmy: (trail caved in).

As to how we did it, TO is a driver, literally and yfiguratively:). For some reason I have always thought if he wanted something there was no reason he shouldn't get it. So hours were spent planning trails, planning routes, drawing house plans (we designed and built our house - you have to be crazy to do that!), you get the idea.

Only time I bucked up on him was Dry Tortugas. After several years of caves, mountain foot bridges (some with no hand rails), mountain roads etc. that was the only one left. One time I had to literally jump from a boat to "scale" a cliff and then jump back down on the thing, while it was bopping away from the cliff. I'm slightly claustrophobic and very acrophobic. So guess who decides since he gets motion sick he'd pass on the Tortugas? I would have put his rear end on that boat if he'd had to hang over the rail all the way there and back! That was when I found we could rent a sea plane...he was very happy:yes:. It's definitely a great place to see. We drove to Key West and got the plane there.

It took us several seasons to do the trails; we literally went every weekend unless rained out from April through November/December. Not home games of course. The parks took a few years too. We had several years we took three week vacations; some of them are hard to reach, Big Bend, Lassen Volcano, Great Basin, etc.

All in all it was worth it. So now he's wanting to do Route 66:mf_surrender:. After what I've been through, why not?

Note: the European trips were his pay back for the YEARS I spent planning and going on his bucket items:yes:.
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Lassen Volcanic is one of my favorites. Right up there with Mesa Verde. Heading back there this August.
 
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Smallvol#1 said:
Don't like flying; I'll do it if necessary, only way to get to Europe:). It's just flying over glaciers is beyond me.

We flew to Anchorage for the Alaska parks, then bused, trained, and cruised while there. All the rest we drove. We had several 7,000 mile trips to do the parks, and we have hiked 22-25 miles a day to do the GSM. TO refuses to overnight. My day pack weighed 18 pounds and his was 22. We were always prepared, just in case. And we had a just in case happen too:eek:hmy: (trail caved in).

As to how we did it, TO is a driver, literally and figuratively:). For some reason I have always thought if he wanted something there was no reason he shouldn't get it. So hours were spent planning trails, planning routes, drawing house plans (we designed and built our house - you have to be crazy to do that!), you get the idea.

Only time I bucked up on him was Dry Tortugas. After several years of caves, mountain foot bridges (some with no hand rails), mountain roads etc. that was the only one left. One time I had to literally jump from a boat to "scale" a cliff and then jump back down on the thing, while it was bopping away from the cliff. I'm slightly claustrophobic and very acrophobic. So guess who decides since he gets motion sick he'd pass on the Tortugas? I would have put his rear end on that boat if he'd had to hang over the rail all the way there and back! That was when I found we could rent a sea plane...he was very happy:yes:. It's definitely a great place to see. We drove to Key West and got the plane there.

It took us several seasons to do the trails; we literally went every weekend unless rained out from April through November/December. Not home games of course. The parks took a few years too. We had several years we took three week vacations; some of them are hard to reach, Big Bend, Lassen Volcano, Great Basin, etc.

All in all it was worth it. So now he's wanting to do Route 66:mf_surrender:. After what I've been through, why not?

Note: the European trips were his pay back for the YEARS I spent planning and going on his bucket items:yes:.
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The tradeoff for our trip to Ireland is that my wife wants to see the cherry blossoms in Japan...funny I thought that was a mutual trip instead of "my trip" :)
 
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TnMountaineer said:
Lassen Volcanic is one of my favorites. Right up there with Mesa Verde. Heading back there this August.
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I love Lassen Volcano. Good hiking there too. So few people know of it, even in the west. Also loved Great Sand Dunes (Star Wars:eek:hmy:) and of course Bryce and Zion. Edit: you're right, it's really named Lassen Volcanic...but for some reason I always think Volcano😯.

If you get a chance drive over to Silverton and Ouray. TO said the drive was beautiful getting there. I wouldn't know:), had my eyes shut hyperventilating and cringing in the seat. No joke, but the little towns were worth it.

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VolnJC said:
The tradeoff for our trip to Ireland is that my wife wants to see the cherry blossoms in Japan...funny I thought that was a mutual trip instead of "my trip"
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Consider yourself lucky. So far TO has had to take me to Wales, England, France, and Italy.
He's getting me back though, now he's wanting to do one of those river cruises on the Rhine/Danube.
 
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