The famous and historic road and one of the first original highways in America was none other than Route 66. This was the mother of all highways back in the day and people would love to cruise different sections of Route 66. Most didn’t cruise the entire road, because it did go through 8 states. Route 66 began in Chicago, Illinois and would go south and gradually bend to the west until you would reach the end in Los Angeles, California.

People back then would fix up their cars or go shopping for truck accessories, so they would have the hottest ride on the cruising strip. It wasn’t just the people in trucks and cars cruising Route 66 and you would often find big rigs and groups of motorcycles showing off their rides too. This was certainly one place that you wanted the latest gadgets to add to your vehicle. It was a magical time back then and now a lot of that magic is gone.

Many sections of this historic highway are hard to find now and you can even see grass growing in some places on the Route 66 of today. It seems each state has their own opinions of how they should treat or keep up the road that was once called the Will Rogers Highway. It was the new interstate system in America that killed off Route 66. People wanted to get from point A to point B faster and the interstates offered this to travelers. It is sad to see that more isn’t being done to save America’s Main Street today. I haven’t had the chance to travel on any section of Route 66; but I do want to go cruising on it one day. Taking a journey on Route 66 is as American as baseball, apple pie, and perhaps seeing the Statue of Liberty too.