Vu on the left and Kevin on the right, celebrating of entering Route 66!


This section of route 66 from Barstow to Needles was deserted. We didn't see much traffic for almost 100 miles.


Route 66, also known as The Main Street Of America and The Mother Road, was established in 1926 running from Chicago to Los Angeles, connecting East to West. However, it wasn' t completely paved until 1938 and became the first highway in America that was completely paved.


Businesses and economy were stimulated by the Route 66 as travelers moving on this 2-lane highway can pull over anytime and anywhere, unlike today's superhighways that provided access only through ramps at intersections, making traveling/driving/riding as impersonal as it can be.


Little by little, modern Interstate superhighways replaced Route 66, providing shorter and faster of getting from point A to point B. Route 66 started to decline in the 1960s.


Today, one still can ride or drive or walk the total length of Route 66, which is 2450 miles, from Santa Monica, California, the West end of Route 66, all the way to Chicago, Illinois, the East end of Route 66.