

Day 5 - Six of the Best
The Elbow Inn we had hoped to have lunch at had been decimated by millions of gallons of  water, the debris on the bridge showing just how h


Day 4 - Mopping Up
Outside the long and short of it became evident when Rex met James and his big 'truck'! It was voted 'shot of the day' even


Day 16 - 'Chicago Blues'
Phil and Debbie Becker certainly made us feel at home in Dwight, opening up the old gas station especially and then showing us the very best


Day 14 - Missouri Washout
We awoke to the TV news telling us two of the interstates in and out of St Louis were closed due to flooding. That's only a problem if y


Day 12 - The Art of History
Red Oak II was the first stop, the brainchild of veteran artist and sculptor Lowell Davis where we found an entire town relocated and recrea


Day 11 - Tri-States
Baxter Springs is more famous these days because the man who inspired the backward driving Mater in the movie Cars is here.


Day 10 - Oklahoma Storm Troopers
Twenty minutes further on in Clinton the ultimate Museum on Route 66 leaves a clearer understanding on the background to it becoming one of


Day 9 - Everything's Bigger In Texas
Closer to Amarillo is Cadillac Ranch, one of the most famous and unusual farming techniques in the world. What they planted decades ago hasn


Day 8 - Adobe to Prehistoric
A trip on Route 66 just wouldn't be the same without a stay at the old Blue Swallow Motel, so we settled in down the road for a quiet dr


Day 7 - Albuquerque... Here we come!
If sleeping in a wigwam was turning back the clock then visiting the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert brought new meaning to 'going b