The "DRIVING 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 & 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!
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RIDING ROUTE 66 - Official July 2021 Tour Book - DAVID WICKLINE:
The New JULY 2021 Second Printing with 2 more pages & 2 more maps is now Available!! 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!
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IMAGES of 66 - VOLUME 1:
An Interactive Photographic Journey Along the Length of the Mother Road with 400 full color pages featuring 2,100 digital photos of what awaits you along the flanks of the once neon-wonderland of old Route 66!
Volume 1, A Photographic Journey features the historical alignment, from Chicago to LA, and is a must-have guide book for the novice Route 66 Traveler, whether planning your first trip, or actually taking to the old road. Text can never describe a building or an attraction like a picture can, and that is the value of both of the IMAGES of 66 Books. It is possible to drive right by several icons and attractions simply becasue you do not know exactly what you are looking for or where it is located. Some folks make it a game to visit every place in the book as a challenge to learn more of the history of the historic two-lane we fondly call the Mother Road!
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IMAGES of 66 - VOLUME 2:
Digging Deeper Along the Length of Historic Route 66 with 400 full color pages featuring 2,000 digital photos of the hard-to-find icons, attractions and less traveled alingments of old 66!
Volume 2, Digging Deeper features a unique west to east format, beginning in LA and ending in Chicago. This book is a must-have guide book for anyone from the novice Route 66 Traveler to seasoned Roadies who are always wanting to experience more of 66 and new places they have not yet been. Along with Volume 1, the two book series documents the attractions of Route 66 in full color for the benefit of our future generations to enjoy and experience the heartland of America in a pre-franchised era before America became generic.
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*Volume 2 also includes the most comprehensive photo documentation of the 2003 Route 66 Hampton Inn Caravan featuring sixty-six historic and popular Route 66 Roadside Attractions located in all eight Route 66 States arranged in consecutive order on 43 full color pages. Each Route 66 Roadside Attraction is captured, as well as the actual sign banners and descriptions, as placed by the Caravan is fully documented! Thanks to Hampton Inn for their continuing support of the icons along old Route 66 and to Jim Conkle and others for leading the 2003 Hampton Inn Caravan!
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RIDING ROUTE 66 "The Chigago to LA Tour Book" - DAVID WICKLINE:
A detailed Self-Guided/Self-Drive Manual & Itinerary for traveling Route 66 on a motorcycle or by automobile, featuring detailed turn-by-turn directions and maps! 86 - 8 1/2" x 11" Pages plus 13 Pages of Maps for your two-week Tour! This NEW Tour Book is like no other Route 66 Book out there! SELF-PUBLISHED in August 2017 by DAVID WICKLINE, noted ROUTE 66 Author, historian and preservationist. No more guessing where to go, where to stop, where to eat, where to sleep and where to stop for fuel ... once you are out on the road. It is all laid out for you so you can travel on the most two-lane pavement of the 2,448 miles of historic Route 66 as you can and stop at as many Route 66 attractions, trading posts, museums and visit many, many other icons of the old highway! Book has a comb binding for easy handling on a motorcycle, or in an automobile. AND is Autographed by the Author!
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