[Calpernia]

U. S. Highway "Route" 66 was commissioned in 1926, the year U. S. numbered highways came into existence. It consisted of a 'collection" of two-lane concrete or asphalt paved roads extending from Chicago to Santa Monica, running through the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Route 66 is considered the "Mother Road" of American highways. The old "Main Street of America" was deactivated in 1984 and the U. S. 66 highway shields taken down, after being replaced by the modern interstate highway system.

[andysandmikesmom]

I appreciate your talking about Route 66...the first time our family used Route 66, was in 1958 or so, while doing our first car trip from Chicago to California...route 66 was what we used coming back from California...I still can remember some of the roads, and some of the motels we stayed at and the restaurants we dined in...my dad did all the driving, and he quite enjoyed driving along on Route 66...

Thanks for the memories...