OK it’s a forced rhyme but here goes, get your Tracks on Route 66.
With our old pals Travel Department who are offering this kickstastic journey on America’s most famous highway.
Now we can give you the prosaic history and description of US Highway 66 and its 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica.
Chuck it our way
But that’s not the romantic king of the road spirit which would have engaged Jack Kerouac or Chuck Berry to sing its praises.
It’ll take you anything between two weeks and a month to traverse between Illinois and SoCal, Southern California.
But just a couple of minutes on Chuck’s odyssey.
Great eight states
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 Bernardino…
Won’t you get hip to this timely tip/When you make that california trip/Get your kicks on Route Sixty-six.
Of course some of us even cheat by getting the de rigeuer photo at the end of the route on Santa Monica pier.
TD’s the day
TD’s trip, a 15-night adventure is from €3,799pp inc. flights, transfers, B&B stays and guide. Dep. September 4.
Oh, did we mention that you’ll get to walk the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Now you’ll make your own Route 66 story but for everyone else’s visit the Route 66 Museum & Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma.
TD also flags up a walk in the footsteps of Abraham Lincoln on a guided tour to his home in Illinois.
And a trek high above the Sandia Mountains on a breathtaking ride on one of the world’s longest aerial tramways.
Back to the future
Now I’ve been to the end I’m backtracking.
And I wish I could in time too to September 2018 when I should have been with my pal Martina and my go-to flyers United Airlines.
Only a selfish oul’ woman banjaxed my plans by going and turning 90.
And yes, that wee Irishwoman, my Mum, who had already enjoyed the charms of the Windy City.
And much more on her Tracks on Route 66.
