Carlos--
I may have missed your original email and so do not know how much of 66
you want to run and from where to where.
When I came back from Conclave 2002 in Tahoe I drove out to the Coast and
down to visit my children in LA, then set back east intending do see a bit
of 66. The problem is that there is very little of the old road left--in
most cases its alignment has been taken over by interstates (e.g. across CA
from LA to Barstow to Needles you will be on I-40.) In a few places there
are loops of 66 left, in others 66 is simply a service road through small
and medium size towns paralleling the Interstate lined mostly by old closed
businesses, etc.
Some of it is fun--I actually did stand on the corner in Winslow Arizona
though now they serve "Seattle's Best" coffee there. But much of 66 is a
memory.
There are a gazillion books out there on 66--I also have a great Route 66
cookbook filled with recipes from places long closed (but the recipes are
the epitomy of comfort food! I would recommend keeping an open mind and if
you are more interested in doing real two-lane travel than driving larger
roads or interstates in order to say that you drove where 66 USED to be that
you should get a copy of Jamie Jensen's Road Trip America. It is entirely
devoted to the two-lane concept an gives tons of information about a
number of transcontinental routes and what you should see.
Many of the original but less famous two-digit roads that still more or
less track the original alignment exist and go through small towns. As an
example when we were travelling west on Route 50 which is often 4-lane divided
I found numerous places where smaller roads (Route 56) provided parallel
tracks and much more fun driving.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Best--Michael Oritt
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