This are pictures from my June/July 2002 Miata trip along Route 66.
Even though I was almost never more than a few miles from the
Interstates that took over from Route 66, the experience was
incomparable to Interstate travel. Hot, narrow, two-lane roads
through deserted deserts and abandoned small towns offered a much more
leisurely, much more interesting experience.
Looking back, my overwhelming memory is of heat. It was hot enough to cause even me to raise the top on Bozo searching for shade. And it was especially frustrating that, day after day, weather maps showed the only nicely cool area in the nation to be exactly the northern Florida area I had sought to escape. When I finally turned south, to New Orleans, the hot weather travelled with me. I would not have wanted to miss the experience, but next year, I expect to be going north to Canada once more. Far north.
 Tuesday, 06/18/02 To Marietta |
 Wednesday, 06/19/02 Through Deal's Gap |
 Thursday, 06/20/02 Through Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana |
 Friday, 06/21/02 To Chicago. |
 Saturday, 06/22/02 Chicago |
 Sunday, 06/23/02 Down Route 66 |
 Monday, 06/24/02 Through Illinois and Missouri |
 Tuesday, 06/25/02 To Oklahoma |
 Wednesday, 06/26/02 Through Oklahoma |
 Thursday, 06/27/02 Through Texas |
 Friday, 06/28/02 To Santa Fe |
 Saturday, 06/29/02 New Mexico |
 Sunday, 06/30/02 Grand Canyon |
 Monday, 07/01/02 To California |
 Tuesday, 07/02/02 To LA |
 Wednesday, 07/03/02 To Las Vegas |
 Thursday, 07/04/02 To south Utah |
 Friday, 07/05/02 In the ditch. |
 Saturday, 07/06/02 To Colorado |
 Sunday, 07/07/02 Through Colorado |
 Monday, 07/08/02 Through Kansas |
 Tuesday, 07/09/02 Through the Ozarks |
 Wednesday, 07/10/02 To Louisiana |
 Thursday, 07/11/02 To New Orleans |
 Friday, 07/12/02 To Tallahassee |