The couple was driving from Albuquerque to their home in Southern California along historic Route 66. New kicks are in store for Route 66. Calif. It inspired a 1960s television series about traveling the West and at least two songs by Nelson Riddle and Bobby Troupe. Those displaced Oklahomans weren't the only ones to head West on U.S. 66. It means little towns like Flagstaff can apply for funding to repair parts of the old roads or to get some landscaping or park-like settings,'' Zanzucchi said after Congress approved the bill July 28.
Tourists still retrace the route.
An Italian couple shipped their Motoguzzi motorcycle to Chicago to ride west in tandem, and a German couple arranged to pick up their new Harley-Davidsons in Los Angeles for their eastbound Route 66 trek, Szeman said. They're going to ship them to Chicago and do the Route,'' he said. The eastern leg takes viewers across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The western portion crosses Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.