We Got Our Kicks!

So here we are...finally on Route 66! Just west of Oklahoma City we found the old road and headed west toward Amarillo. In some places Route 66 was easy to find...in some places it was almost impossible. We added almost 50 miles to our forward progress in turning around and re-tracing our path to find the Route again. Toured two Route 66 museums and took lots of great photos. We drove a long way on the old road. We were disappointed to find Lucille's closed and for sale. A new and "improved" Lucille's is now further down the road.The landscape was so flat! We could see for miles. As we approached Amarillo we drove into and out of a Texas size rain storm.Turns out we're sharing the downtown Amarillo Marriott with a VIP no one wants to "officially" name. Rumor has it it his initials are "W". We waited almost 20 minutes to be allowed into the hotel check in parking. The place is swarming with Amarillo cops. The staff here were extremely solicitous to us after we called to ask why the police turned us away from registration parking. A desk clerk actually brought a luggage cart out to the parking area for us. We waited a while in the hotel bar this evening in case "W" decided to hang out, until Cheryl remembered that he doesn't drink any more. She'll be in the fitness room first thing tomorrow, just in case.

At dinner tonight we were waited on by two very nice young ladies, Crystal & her trainee, Mary, whose only knowledge of New Jersey was based on the show "Jersey Shore". We assured them that New Jersey is nothing like what they see on TV.
291.3 miles today....2 Corvettes.