Have you ever wondered about the real-life places along Route 66 that served as inspiration for the Disney movie Cars and Disney California Adventure’s Cars Land? If you’ve never traveled Route 66, you may not know that almost everything and everyone in “Radiator Springs” is based on somewhere or someone along The Mother Road. Since more »
Planning a Route 66 road trip? I mean, if you don’t post any photos to Instagram, did you even drive the Mother Road? I’m just kidding! But, I did recently see that Hertz surveyed 2,000 Brits who said that Route 66 is the most Instagrammable Road Trip in the world and then I took a more »
Wow, I cannot believe it’s been 5 years since my husband and I embarked on our Route 66 Road Trip! We had such an amazing time together. I always say that when you find someone you travel well with, you should marry them! Also, if you’re thinking about taking a Route 66 Road Trip, go more »
Sometimes I’m not sure which comes first, the blog post or the Instagram post?! I was planning to post a Route 66 photo on Instagram for #throwbackthursday and I couldn’t figure out which sign I wanted to post – so I figured, “why not post my favorites on the blog?” So here’s my top 12 vintage more »
Our Day 17 of our Route 66 Road Trip was from Pasadena to Santa Monica and because we live in Los Angeles (and maybe because it was a Sunday) we didn’t stop at every single little thing as we drove from Pasadena to Santa Monica, so this is quite a shorter post than all of more »
Our Route 66 Road Trip Day 16 from Rialto, California to Pasadena, California was a bit of a short day because we live in Pasadena and basically just drove home, but there is plenty to do and see in Pasadena and Los Angeles! The day included a tour around the Wigwam Motel in Rialto, a more »
Day 15 along our Route 66 Road Trip from Kingman, Arizona to Rialto, California was yet another beautiful driving day with stunning scenery! We fed wild, wandering donkeys, photographed vintage signs, and stopped for the night in another wigwam! Route 66 Road Trip Day 15: Kingman to Rialto Our Route 66 Road Trip Day 15 more »
Day 14 of our Route 66 Road Trip was a day spent driving from Flagstaff, Arizona to Kingman, Arizona and included lunch at Rod’s Steak House before a beautiful drive to Seligman, Arizona and our stop for the night in Kingman, Arizona. Route 66 Road Trip Day 14: Flagstaff to Kingman Day 14 had one more »
Our Route 66 Road Trip Day 13 from Holbrook, Arizona to Flagstaff, Arizona was a day of trading posts – both open and closed long, long, ago. It was literally just trading post after trading post along with a stop at the Meteor Crater. Route 66 Road Trip Day 13: Holbrook to Flagstaff We started more »
Day 12 of our Route 66 Road Trip was another short driving day from Gallup, New Mexico to Holbrook, Arizona and included motel signs, trading posts, trading post ruins, the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, more awesome vintage signs, and an overnight stay at the Wigwam Motel! Route 66 Road Trip Day 12: Gallup to more »
