There are faster ways to travel from Chicago to Southern California, but speed has never been the point of Route 66. The Mother Road rewards travelers who leave the interstate, follow an old alignment through a nearly forgotten downtown, stop when an unexpected neon sign appears, and give themselves enough time to investigate the giant …
Category: Route 66
Sep 07 2019
Wonders, Soda Fountains, Hot Springs, and Kitsch on Route 66
Some of the best places to see on the long Rt. 66 stretch between Tulsa and Los Angeles This summer my daughter, her boyfriend, and I took our longest Route 66 road trip yet: from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Los Angeles, California, tracing the route that many Oklahomans took in the ’30’s, as fictionalized in The …
Dec 18 2018
Discovering Route 66: Tulsa’s Mother Road Market
I always say that there are two things that I like best about living in Tulsa: the friendly people and the architecture, and the former proved to be true once more when my family and I took a walk through the Mother Road Market this weekend and were greeted by the friendliest of vendors! When …

