Leaving Taos we head south to catch the I-40 and old Route 66. Along the way we see some cool old billboards, stop at the Continental Divide, visit the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest and spend the night in a “wigwam” at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona. … “Route 66″ “Wigwam Motel” teepee Arizona [...]
Time lapse taken while driving along Route 66 in western Texas (some of the route here is the interstate highway), ending at Vega, TX. Shot from the dashboard, using a Pentax *istDL controlled by a Pclix intervalometer…. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Froute66tubes.com%2F2009%2F10%2F17%2Fwestern-texas-sunset-driving-on-route-66%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Western+texas+sunset+driving+on+route+66′; addthis_pub = ”;
of the stretch of Route 66 known as the “Arcadia Stretch”. This mile or so is unique in that the first half of it was paved in 1928 (Portland Concrete) and the second half was paved in 1929, and is blacktop over concrete, with curbs. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. [...]
