Spoiled as I am living here in the land where this fabled road ends I realized I don't know much about it. Having driven on portions of what once was the "Mother Road" of America I decided to brush up on my history. This is a brief summary of what I learned:
Affectionately known at times as the Main Street of America as well as the Mother Road - this highway was the quickest year-round connection between the Midwest and the Pacific Coast. It opened in the mid 1920s and was decommissioned in 1985. Parts of it were actually destroyed, paved over, even donated to museums. However, preservationists have worked diligently to preserve the history of this great road and to help the numerous businesses that popped up during it's heyday that still exist along parts that are still accessible. The route begins in Chicago, IL and ends in Santa Monica, CA.
Immortalized in song, literature, television and film - Route 66 lives on in the hearts and imaginations of anyone prone to adventure in an automobile.
Speaking of adventure... The MTTS rally guide notes that we'll be motoring on a stretch of the historic route from Saint Louis to Chicago. WEEEEEEEE!!!!
And now for today's humor news.
A fellow motorer on Facebook found a clip and posted this of the Trunk Monkeys. This just needs to be shared. (I can't stop laughing each time I watch it.)
MINI Takes the States participants are now considering another form of this species hereby called the Boot Monkey. Large vehicles, mean drivers and the po po beware.
Boot Monkeys, in addition to being protective of their MINIs and loyal to their pilots are rumored to be extremely fun, silly and mischievous.
edited from earlier post today
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