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3. Nice. I've always loved the Route 66 song describing the trip. Some of the motel architecture is pretty cool.

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Sat Aug 2, 2025, 05:30 PM

Aug 2

“Route 66”
Recorded by Nat King Cole
Written by Bob Troup, 1946
If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
It winds from Chicago to LA,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six.
Now you go through Saint Looey
Joplin, Missouri,
And Oklahoma City is mighty pretty.
You see Amarillo,
Gallup, New Mexico,
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Don't forget Winona,
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino..."

And on and on.

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Cool Moment Today [View all] ProfessorGAC Aug 2 OP

Very cool. underpants Aug 2 #1

Nice. I've always loved the Route 66 song describing the trip. Some of the motel architecture is pretty cool. brush Aug 2 #3

I Live Two Blocks From Old Rt 66 ProfessorGAC Aug 2 #6

I've been on some of the western part of it...Flagstaff, Kingman AZ, and some in NV. and California. brush Aug 3 #7

The first home I remember was a share cropper house questionseverything Aug 2 #2

Very nice post, ProfessorGAC. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Aug 2 #4

Rats. All the way down from the first sentence I more than half-expected the 20somethings George McGovern Aug 2 #5