Route 66: I plan
to spend the next few days quickly heading east with the aim to make it to New
Orleans sometime next week. The simplest way is to take the Interstate 40. I quickly realize this highway runs adjacent to much of the historic Route 66
through several states. Some parts of the original highway have kept the same
location and are littered with motels, obsolete motels, signage, murals and
paraphernalia. Route 66 was the first American highway, it spanned from Chicago to L.A., transporting migrants since the agricultural struggles of the 1930's in search of prosperity in
the promised lands. The sense of nostalgia and historical
importance makes for an interesting journey. I pick it up in the high desert and ride for miles and miles thorough Texas and Oklahoma then continue on through the green pastures of Arkansas and finally the flat meadows and cornfields of the deep south.
