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Route 66 then and now
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Site Supporter   Location: Olympia Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2011 Posts: 16026 Real Name: Steve 
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_________________ "I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said." - William Buckley, Jr. "...steam, artillery and revolvers give to civilized man an irresistible power." -Perry Collins |
| Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:31 pm |
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 Location: Puyallup Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2012 Posts: 9063 Real Name: Richard Fitzwelliner
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Damn. I wish I could go back in time and do rt 66 in a flathead deuce or a 59 belair
_________________ If she sits on your face and you can still hear, SHE'S NOT FAT. I'm going to type out 3 paragraphs and wax eloquently about a similar story in my life. Pm me if you figured it out. |
| Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:45 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Thurston Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2014 Posts: 669 Real Name: yup
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Route 66 is basically dismembered and lost. But there are contiguous routes that can still be pieced together, and you can get a feel for the way it once was. If you are into that sort of thing, look up historic Auto Trails, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_trail The original East - West highway, the Lincoln highway still pretty much exists. As does the first North - South the Jefferson Highway. And many others... |
| Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:01 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tulsa Oklahoma Joined: Wed Jul 4, 2012 Posts: 131
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I grew up a couple miles from the blue whale
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| Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:37 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Olympia Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2011 Posts: 16026 Real Name: Steve
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hillyard wrote: I grew up a couple miles from the blue whale That's a terrible way to describe Marine3%er _________________ "I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said." - William Buckley, Jr. "...steam, artillery and revolvers give to civilized man an irresistible power." -Perry Collins |
| Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:44 pm |
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Site Supporter Joined: Mon Aug 22, 2011 Posts: 4094
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My junior year of high school, I did rte 66 in a '37 Chev EC Coach.
_________________ FREE MEN do not need permission I Believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies." William Tyler Page 1917 |
| Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:15 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Marysville, WA Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 Posts: 11570 Real Name: Mike
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Mediumrarechicken wrote: Damn. I wish I could go back in time and do rt 66 in a flathead deuce or a 59 belair I did a bunch of it several years ago in an A/C'd pickup towing an A/C'd travel trailer. Much more comfortable, especially when traveling those parts in New Mexico or across the CA desert. _________________ "I've learned from the Dog that an afternoon nap is a good thing" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother" - William Shakespeare |
| Sat May 02, 2015 7:03 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Olympia Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2011 Posts: 16026 Real Name: Steve
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Old Jim wrote: My junior year of high school, I did rte 66 in a '37 Chev EC Coach. That's pretty awesome _________________ "I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said." - William Buckley, Jr. "...steam, artillery and revolvers give to civilized man an irresistible power." -Perry Collins |
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Site Supporter Location: Marysville, WA Joined: Fri Jul 22, 2011 Posts: 11570 Real Name: Mike
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kf7mjf wrote: Old Jim wrote: My junior year of high school, I did rte 66 in a '37 Chev EC Coach. That's pretty awesome When I was in high school Route 66 was still Route 66 and the 37 Chev's were only 20 years old. Lots of them were bone stock and were "daily drivers" where I lived. Paint colors kind of ran toward "oxide brown" which in most cases was just a full coating of rust  Darn, I'm starting to feel old.  _________________ "I've learned from the Dog that an afternoon nap is a good thing" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother" - William Shakespeare |
| Sat May 02, 2015 8:37 am |
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 Location: Vaughn Joined: Tue Mar 19, 2013 Posts: 1951
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Reminds me of quite a few towns in central/eastern WA that died off once they were bypassed by I-5. Most have the same general look and feel of pre/post Route 66 towns and resorts.
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| Sat May 02, 2015 11:35 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Stanwood Joined: Sun Mar 11, 2012 Posts: 1919 Real Name: Chris
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mancat wrote: Reminds me of quite a few towns in central/eastern WA that died off once they were bypassed by I-5. Most have the same general look and feel of pre/post Route 66 towns and resorts. *I-90 |
| Sat May 02, 2015 7:03 pm |
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Location: Vaughn Joined: Tue Mar 19, 2013 Posts: 1951
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yep, brain fart
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| Sat May 02, 2015 7:05 pm |
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 Site Supporter  Location: Sumner, WA Joined: Mon Oct 15, 2012 Posts: 3049 Real Name: Dan
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Last year, the wife and I drove around E. Wa. They only rule we had was stay off the Interstate, while roaming around.
We found some interesting stuff and places. Met real people. _________________ From a blog: Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end. Benjamin Franklin: It is the (civic) responsibility of every citizen to question authority. |
| Sat May 02, 2015 7:16 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Olympia Joined: Wed Oct 1, 2014 Posts: 958 Real Name: Thomas
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In 2004 I went to San Antonio for Officers Advance Course. I decided to take my 65 Fairlane the long way down Route 66 (at least as much as I could) to get the feel for The Mother Road back then.
My goal one of these days is to take the 62 Thunderbird down it with the wife. That's not her goal but hopefully she will just go along with it. _________________ 'The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.' Adolf Hitler |
| Sat May 02, 2015 10:29 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Seattle Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 954
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Wow, times have sure changed. Nothing like Route 66 in a '72 Barracuda in the Summer.
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| Sun May 03, 2015 7:22 am |
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