Route 66: The Asphalt Soul of America

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[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

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[@joechappell44]

Simon! Guys! TF happened to TopTenz?

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Very good....My English friend....Route 66 l know it well...Thanks..!

[@stephjovi]

@@joechappell44 it was hacked they're working on getting it back

[@zorkwhouse8125]

Nice one man. If you're able to come up with enough info about it, can you do one on the Pan-American Highway as well? It runs from either Alaska or Northern Canada, all the way down to Argentina. That's one I've always dreamed of driving. Might have to travel well armed (as long as you can also hide them well to get across border checkpoints ;-) ) to get through some of those areas, but I think it would be worth it. And I don't mean needing to be armed now b/c of the current situation - the road used to go through active conflict areas. Again though, I think it would be an amazing trip (long, yes - but still) to see the variety of scenery from Alaska all the way down through the jungles of central American, to the farm lands and then mountains of south America and all the way down to the ocean I believe in Argentina. So, if you can do a show on that one, I think it could be really fascinating. Another cool road-focused one could be a show on the Bolivian Death Road. With a name like (and that's seriously what it was and maybe still is called) that its begging for an episode. Look it up on Y T and you'll see some stuff on it, but I think you could add something to what's around.

[@NuclearGrizzly]

When I was a kid my dad and I restored a '67 GTO ragtop. The next summer we took her for a drive down Route 66. When we got to California he gave me the keys. One of the best times of my life.

[@shieldmaidenarreh4265]

Your dad seems awesome! My dad died when i was 10, only if....

[@NuclearGrizzly]

@@shieldmaidenarreh4265 My dad was awesome. A positive male role model to a lot of my friends that did have one. Sorry you lost your father at such an early age. But I know you will be an incredible parent to your children. BTW I still have that GTO.

[@shieldmaidenarreh4265]

@@NuclearGrizzly nice, does ot still run good? And yeah, i hope one day i can show my children a awesome childhood. 😊

[@NuclearGrizzly]

@@shieldmaidenarreh4265 She runs, drives and looks like new.

[@timdella92]

What a moment to remember.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Route 66, that’s where Lightning McQueen learned to be a legendary car. Life is a highway

[@crazyeyez1502]

And I wanna ride it all night long

[@christophermerlot3366]

"Get your kicks on..." Can't believe you didn't mention the song, one of rockabilly's most famous.

[@Bloodreign137]

Christopher Merlot Right!?

[@jasonwomack4064]

Route 66 isn't just a historic road, it's a state of mind. One of those uniquely American things I wish more people understood and appreciated.

[@Skraeling1000]

Heck, I'm English and I understand it! Well, after watching the Cars movie anyway ...

[@MelindaColden]

i hate when people mock, that americans have no culture they just dont see it/care to understand it im no american myself but i find it fascinating to explore the american mentality. i have a deep respect for that as i think every person should appreciate and love their own culture, it is everyone's good right :)

[@jasonwomack4064]

@@MelindaColden I think a lot of the "no culture" opinion comes from most Americans never traveling abroad. Many foreigners don't grasp how huge this place is, and we have regions with their own history/culture to see without leaving the US. I live in the Midwest near St. Louis, and drove parts of Route 66 to the Grand Canyon. If you don't stop to see anything, and stick to faster interstate it's still 22 hours to get there.

[@nibblitman]

Jason Womack I remember conversations with folks from Europe talking about their plan to see LA, Miami and New York on their 2 week trip to the US and not understanding just how far apart they are.

[@davidday9967]

@@jasonwomack4064 i grew up in a town with route 66 as well as interstate 40. We also had an original railroad. To me it was just the touristy b.s that our town made money off of 😂 it was an annoyance at times to be honest. Still kinda cool looking back at it tho.

[@artman2oo3]

I once tried to follow a portion of Route 66 in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. That was about ten years ago. It was fun. We had to use a website to tell us the best way to follow it and helped us find the various fragments that still existed. It was very interesting. I loved it. I recommend it.

[@timedson3477]

“I get to drink coffee on my other channel”😂🤣😂🤣

[@annescholey6546]

Have some more pie

[@jevinday]

Man, i wish my dad was still alive, he'd like this video. He always wanted to go on a Route 66 road trip (we're from Arizona). I'd still like to do it someday in his memory.

[@Polo1683Official]

Do it while you still can! Stop by for a beer or two while you're at it. I live half a mile from 66.

[@Polo1683Official]

@FlakPengu oh yeah its just near me its rt. 53 now but still considered "historic 66"

[@theknave4415]

Give yourself some time. :) It's a *long* drive. Although some old tourist traps and motels have been restored, much is now gone, even from the first time I made the trip, back in the 1970's. Scenic drive, though.

[@JeffDeWitt]

@FlakPengu I drove it two years ago this week, and about 80% of the old highway is still driveable. It's an amazing drive, if you really want to see America it's tough to beat a Route 66 trip. There are lots of guides, maps and websites out there to help you plan and navigate the Route, and in most states it's signed "Historic Route 66".

[@Bloodreign137]

Devin Crum take the trip sooner rather than later! More and more becomes unusable as people don’t care anymore :( man it would be sweet to rent an old convertible, or even a new one, and take your time cruising across the state. I’d like to do that someday

[@shindari]

This video actually made me YEARN to drive Route 66, just to see all the sights, and visit a gigantic slice of American history! While most of the road is historically preserved (thank goodness), it's not the vast stretch of highway that it used to be. Which is sad, in a way. Still, I'm going to drive this slice of Americana one day, just to tell people that I did it. It feels like, on the whole, it's quite a scenic route to travel, especially as you get west of Texas. That's why I'm going to start in Chicago, and slowly build up to finishing on the Pacific Beaches of California. It feels like the trip gets more and more spectacular as it travels east to west, and I want to replicate that. My grandfather was my age (late 30's) the last time he traveled Route 66. I'd like to think that, as I travel this historic road, he's watching me from his place in the afterlife... and nodding with a smile. God in heaven! Now I'm crying!! I can't believe the effect a road that I've never traveled is having on me right now!

[@mdavidson101]

Was a good video on route 66, however I was expecting more pictures or clips of videos of the times when it was in use in comparison to what it looks like today.

[@amandajones661]

Probably copyright issues.

[@KishoreMathers]

A suggestion: Newgrange Tomb, Ireland. Been waiting for this a long time..

[@tgmccoy1556]

I've been "standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona." Love that country. Tim McCoy

[@bigstve61345]

Route 66 goes through my town. I use to work at a gas station on route 66 and loved talking to tourists who were traveling the road. We got more foreign travelers then people in the US. They all seemed to have fun.

[@bigstve61345]

johnson Springfield Missouri

[@theduke7539]

I've never been on the northern section of Rt 66, but I have driven from St. Louis to LA. There are times when it looks like just a barren stretch of road where the thought of running out of gas becoming an actual concern. While other stretches go through beautiful landscapes where your only concern is staying on the road as you marvel at the creation stretched before you. And then there's the towns. While the big cities are where you're going, the small towns are how you got there. And those small towns have two sides. Some are like a world in a bottle. You drive through cracked streets to see old diners and movie theaters unchanged and just as busy as they were in the 50s. And then you come to the ghost towns, towns that can be as small as a couple homes and a city hall while some span vast distances, and every bit of it barren. Businesses, homes, police stations, drive in theaters and music halls. A town that if you stop and wonder, you can almost hear the chatter of a bustling town, only for it to be wisped away by the howl of the wind and crunch of a rolling tumbleweed. You climb back in your car and drive away with nothing more than vanishing thought of lost hope and what could have been. Stay on the highway long enough and you will pass through almost every type of terrain and you will experience every range of emotions you can think of.

[@BT_aka_PET_ROOSTER]

Now-a-days it’s just a trip for nostalgia passing thru dilapidated and depressing towns. The roadside is littered with businesses and landmarks of the country’s past. I did get to stay in a crusty hotel with doors that allowed light to pass through 3 of the 4 seams and a vibrating round bed. 😬 Good times and I am glad I made the journey. 😃

[@fortyninehike]

Brian T was the whole hotel crusty or just the bed? If so, I don’t think it’s rust

[@abacab87]

@@mzulft3227 That's the best part. I find a few abandoned old gas stations in Northern Michigan on the old highways, love it.

[@ronnieeastep4246]

Love this video. I grew up within 100 or less if the Oklahoma and Texas stretches of 66, as a biker and truck driver the highways and byways of America hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for this video Simon and thank you for all your channels. I listen to you everyday.

[@ronnieeastep4246]

100 miles or less of* sorry for the poor proofreading lol

[@resileaf9501]

I just took a 2-3 day roadtrip in fifteen minutes. Nice.

[@LexieLPoyser]

Try taking one of the auxiliary road, NM SR 666

[@Ephem13]

I made the trip back in 2015, took two weeks driving from St. Louis to LA. Still one of the best times of my life.

[@CalPhotoGuy]

No you didn't. This guy left most of the trip out. You got something like one quarter of a road trip.

[@old-moose]

When my best friend and I graduated high school in 1966, we went on a road trip. From Oregon we headed north to Canada and east to Chicago. Then we drove Route 66 back west and up the Pacific coast back to Oregon. So thanks for the memory.

[@jeanatwood1421]

I live 1 block from Route 66 in California. It is so fun to think that I can get on that road and end up in Chicago. My father and his family, when he was a boy, came to California on Route 66 from Indiana.

[@TotalxTroll25k]

I live along one of the areas that really bloomed with route 66 just outside of St.Louis Missouri. There are plenty of amazing places to eat, plenty of smaller towns to explore and its amazing. My middle school was also along route 66.

[@ToddWBucy-lf8yz]

100% zero wars? really? I guess they don't call the Korean war the "Forgotten War" for nothing

[@UnspokenOldOne]

I would love to see an episode of Geographics on the Lincoln Highway. It was a fascinating precursor to the U.S. interstate system.

[@davidhanson4909]

And the Jefferson Highway, Lincoln's north-south equivalent. There's still a piece of it just outside New Orleans.

[@UnspokenOldOne]

@@davidhanson4909 Dude yeah. Both are so interesting and it seems like no one knows about them.

[@jasonwomack4064]

One of the PBS channels on KZbin has a good documentary about the Lincoln Highway.

[@The_Sly_Potato]

@@davidhanson4909 used to live right next to it. Dad gave me a crash course on its history while driving one day. Great road.

[@sinnedsinister]

I used to live a half a mile from the intersection of Lincoln highway and route 66 outside of Chicago I know both them roads too well

[@wastelandwayne964]

Excellent episode today. I really enjoyed the extra bit of narrative flare for the 2nd half of the video. Wouldn't necessarily want this in every geographics video, but certainly fit this one like a glove.

[@JIMMYTeron1882]

My parents took us on a trip from Missouri to California on Route 66. Looking back, even though we drove for almost 1000 miles, every few hours , there was some reason to pull over and every motel felt like a new country. It was a very freeing experience and one of the reasons I love taking road trips today.

[@Sprinter11dude]

Simon, I’ve been watching videos from all your channels and I love the information and format. Some of the best up and coming channels on KZbin.

[@drewdurant3835]

Thanks again for the biographics podcast. It allows me to listen to the awesome content from your channel while I am at work. Thank u.

[@jacobball8422]

I'm from a small city in upstate NY and I found out about you a few weeks ago beginning with megaprojects. I've watched dozens of them it feels. Now I'm finding all of these other awesome channels you have. I just wanted to say thank you for the content and keep it up. I love learning about history and the world but its rare to find it without biased reporting. Bravo sir!

[@oddfellow831]

I have followed you for some time, and you always do good...until now. You were excellent. Darn good job!! Keep up the good work!!!

[@johnt.inscrutable1545]

Informative, enjoyable, and Simon’s voice lulled into a meditative state that ended after the video in a short nap for me. I thought, “We need more of these. I’ve seen a fair part of the US, but I’ll likely not see a too much more so a few more stories like this about the Appalachian Trail or Four Corners and some of the other back roads of America would be motive to hear about before I miss out entirely. Thank you, Simon of the Rogue Beard.

[@HurleyFreedomBoi]

The first time I saw Rocky Horror Live was at the Rialto Theater for a midnight showing. I'm glad they saved it.

[@aaronm9166]

Thanks, team. Love watching your videos and learn something when I am cooking!

[@pamelamays4186]

In the Crestwood section of St. Louis, Missouri there was an drive-in movie theater called the 66 Drive-in. At the time I lived there, which was in the 1980's, it was the last and only drive-in in the St. Louis metro area.

[@stevenjlovelace]

I posted this on a separate comment, but my earliest memory was watching "E.T" at that drive-in. Route 66 is there in even my earliest memories.

[@bowlofsoup12]

Pamela Mays yea now us st.louis citizens have to go to Belleville Illinois to enjoy a drive in. Thankfully it’s not too far away

[@ryanroberts1104]

It's really something every westerner should see in their lifetime. Having followed much of Route 66 in a big truck as well as the interstates that replaced it...it's well worth the detour and some extra time to travel down 66. Even if you do happen to be driving a moving truck. It's amazing how each state is different and you can roughly tell where you are without signs. It's also amazing how incredibly vast and empty the interior of the US is.

[@gbryant261]

I caught the little clip (Roy's) of Amboy in California. The entire town is about a block long and looks as if frozen in the 50's. They even pump your gas for you (albeit at $5.00 a gallon). While living in the desert of Southern California, I would take Route 66 whenever possible as everyone was on I-15 or I-40 but Route 66 was left to just me and a few others to travel in peaceful enjoyment. Thanks for reminding me how much I love that old road.

[@ceirwynsinclair4198]

When Simon says "I'll link to it below." Does anyone else mentally add, "Unless it's a Rick Roll."?

[@jimcappa6815]

Probably only to a BB OG legend😆

[@shindari]

You've been hurt before, haven't you?

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

That's still alive? I've only learned about him from a video I watched before this...

[@jimdieseldawg3435]

Your best Geo video so far sir, in my opinion. Sensitively handled with an appropriate tip of the cap to both history and progress. A salute to the folk who direct time and resource to preserving the remaining original sections and wonderful structures of this icon for posterity.

[@carlstenger5893]

Great video, Simon. Here in Albuquerque, Route 66 lives on. I live a short 10 miles from the Mother Road. Local businesses here still glorify the highway. Tourist traps and Souvenir shops abound.

[@cibinskymojo5750]

Awesome video! I've only been on route 66 for a few miles in Arizona and the entire length through California. Decades ago. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@OzzieTheHead]

This is definitely one of my favorite topics I will find in this channel.

[@goodchessactor]

The northern most part of the Texas panhandle is known as the "High Plains". Which brings to memory one of Clint Eastwood's early movies "High Plains Drifter". I believe it was labeled as a spaghetti western because of the Italian Producers.

[@megangallagher5463]

I’m do glad you have Painted Desert/Petrified Forest a mention. Probably the most breathtaking place I’ve been in my life.

[@andycockrum1212]

Even more than the Grand Canyon?

[@megangallagher5463]

Andy Cockrum absolutely

[@kevinstephenson3880]

When traveling through New Mexico, the narrator mentions Santa Domingo. This location certainly worth seeing would have on the earlier first alignment of Route 66(prior to 1937). This took you from Clines Corners northward through Santa Fe (New Mexico' State Capital) turning south through Albuquerque down what is 4th Street. It continues South to Los Lunas then westward where it would "reconnect" with the post 1937 alignment between Albuquerque and Cubero. I grew up in Albuquerque, not far from Central Ave.(Route 66) It will forever be in my heart and soul. I remember traveling it with my father on weekly trips to the "Old West Mesa Airport" (Now sadly just ruins, near Central & Coors Blvd.)or traveling to California on summer vacations. For me it wasn't the introduction of the interstate system that ended our Route 66 experience, It was the joys of aviation with the purchase of an airplane my father purchased. Making traveling much faster. Seeing Route 66 from a different aspect is something I would certainly recommend. Still travel it when I can. The "Old Road" is dear to America, stopping at that gas station, diner or catching some "Z's" at a motel along the way. Visit America!! No better way to see it today than Route 66! So much to see. Come get your kicks!

[@abw48]

Loved the TV Show as a kid in Scotland in the 1950s, later, 1990s, I lived on US66 in Flagstaff Arizona, learned to drive Big Rigs on US66 in Victorville California, lived on US66 in Joplin Missouri, and drove on it many times from Chicago to LA, in a Big Rig, though most of it today is incorporated into the Interstate System but often you can see old US66 running alongside and the surface is more reddish than black and the photo used here of a black top road with the US66 Logo painted on it is rather new as the various States got tired of people stealing the original old signs and so decided on painting the logo directly on the Highway hoping that nobody will dig it up, I guess, however you can sit beside it and somebody can take your photo as long as there aint any traffic. The most original part of old US66 is out of Kingman Arizona as it leaves I-40.... Its more than a Road, its a state of mind.

[@scottholgate6941]

Very nice video Simon. I enjoy all you channels very fun and informative

[@John_Fugazzi]

I've traveled most of it's length - picking it up in St.Louis rather than Chicago - five times in my life and it was always fun. Your travelogue was very apt.

[@PGar58]

Great video. I’m a huge road history guy and this was right in my wheelhouse. I liked the virtual tour at the end. I think in August 85 I’d be playing a-ha Take On Me.

[@teufelshunde4]

I was in middle school about 3 miles east of Route 66 in Central Illinois

[@shaninnmarie]

I grew up on Route 66, and my town was in the song. Kingman, Arizona.

[@mouawyaa]

Nice!

[@mattg7952]

San Bernardino here. I can be on the original road in about 10 minutes.

[@davidday9967]

I'm so sorry for you 😂 i grew up there as well

[@rwdplz1]

Drove from Michigan to California on I-80, not the same but still one of those once-in-a-lifetime memories/experiences, especially once you get out of Nebraska and into the the west and the beautiful scenery. Later drove back!

[@jrlito2777]

Simon, I just need to tell you brother. You are a master story teller! Keep up the good work.

[@marginalized945]

Really appreciate this extremely well done content and organized presentation, Really among the best KZbin channel offerings. Thoroughly enjoyed, subbed and liked. Thank you for your work, please keep it up.

[@rob1tnt]

I've driven from Reno to Toronto and followed 66 as much as possible. Was an amazing trip, absolutely wanna do it again.

[@DPImageCapturing]

That was AWESOME Simon!! My Dad would have loved to seen this. Now you need to do one on The Lincoln Highway please!!

[@12oclocker12]

Simon, you make my day. Thanks

[@ColtM1889]

"The open plains of Oklahoma" Simon you sly tounged devil, you just melted my heart.

[@mbazzy123]

Nice job ! I really enjoyed this.

[@ritual64]

We did the trip from LA to Chicago back in 2015. Long time to travel but a lot of fun to be had along the way... just watch out for all those souvenir stores.

[@yapper58]

Travelled this highway as a kid when my family would go visit grandparents in Lodi from our home in Arkansas in the 60's. Parts were still 2-lane 66 and ran through the middle of towns like Winslow and Tucumcary(sp?) while others were 4-lane interstate 40. Cars didn't have air-conditioning and the drive through the desert in summer required that you hang a bag of water wrapped in burlap on the front of your radiator to help keep your engine from overheating. Drove through the lava beds in California and the Painted Desert. Mom got to play on slot machines in Arizona. Worried about running out of gas before the next gas station. Miles and miles of harsh, rugged, beautiful landscape. Jackalope signs (look it up). Tourist traps and tourqouis(sp?) jewelry everywhere. I told my wife I want to take a trip down old 66 when we retire to see my old home in California (I was born in Lodi). I'll probably be disappointed by the delapidation and wear and tear of time, but I think it will be worth it.

[@markj1069]

Nicely done. I've enjoyed my time on US-66 and I-40. Insightful video.

[@history4joe840]

Business Blaze is probably my favorite channel from Simon by far!

[@JeffDeWitt]

I drove Route 66 all the way from Chicago to LA two years ago. It was the best road trip I've ever taken. So much cool stuff to see and interesting people to talk to. If you really want to see America, the REAL America, it's tough to beat driving the Route. You'll see great cities, small towns, ghost towns, cross mighty rivers, forests, farmland, rangeland and deserts. It's just and amazing trip.

[@stevenjlovelace]

My earliest memory was watching "E.T." on the hood of a Volkswagen Beetle at the Route 66 Drive-In just outside of St. Louis, Missouri.

[@reesedavis3499]

Having an advwnturous father I have memories of traveling route 66 a couple of times as a kid, this video brings back good memories for me

[@JulieMaeThies]

How did you over look Winslow AZ?? The Eagles mentioned it in their song Take It Easy. "Standing a corner in Winslow Arizona, such a fine sight to see, it's a girl my lord in a flatbed Ford, slowing down to take a look at me" They even have a statue of a guy playing guitar with a mural next to it of a girl in a flatbed Ford!

[@estonian-1996]

Big fan of you from estonia. Keep up the good work.

[@allenboogaard5690]

I am planning a trip on Route 66 either this year or next. I found on Amazon a complete set of maps from Ghost Town Press, one for each state the Mother Road goes through. The maps show the currently driveable parts of the Road and how to drive between them to get to the next part. Been on my bucket list for quite a few years. It's going to be a blast. I'm going to give myself about 5 weeks to do the trip as I'd like to visit as many of the roadside attractions, that are still left, as possible, taking pictures all the way of course.

[@WildStar2002]

You should check out the spur from Gallup, NM northwards towards CO, and UT. It is now know as U.S. Route 491, but it was once known as Route 666 "The Devil's Highway". :-)

[@Greye13]

Now That is a "drive" down memory lane. Nice video of an American icon, Simon, thank you.

[@robertohollas2099]

I grew up on 66 in Oklahoma, lots of neat things along the way between Tulsa and OKC. Arcadia's Round Barn and Pop's (bacon soda!), Stroud's Rock Cafe (featured in Disney's Cars), and my hometown, Chandler, the home of the Route 66 Interpretive Center and one of the last remaining billboards on the roof of a barn, advertising Maramec Caverns in Missouri. Great video with great stops along the way.

[@suspectsikka1198]

That was great, makes me want to fly to Chicago and get that trip done!!!

[@route66flyer29]

In 1952 as a seven-year-old I traveled Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica in a 1951 Blue Henry J with my folks as dad had to report to Travis AFB on his way to Korea. Funny as life completes its circle as 52 years later I moved to the middle of the longest continuous stretch of Route 66....... Kingman, Arizona.

[@jimmyjimjims7483]

I've been down it several times, it's cool how the wigwam motel (the teepee car drive-in hotel) is still there and diners/drive-ins all rotting away in their original 50's space age style. I go every few years since I live not too far from it, reminds me of the movie Cars haha

[@Bloodreign137]

A drive a few sections of Route 66 every day I leave the house just about! I knew a lot of the history but I always learn something new from you Simon, thank you

[@MrThad15]

Main thing I learned is that there’s an Atlanta, Illinois 🤣😂

[@mikeylikesit5955]

Hey Simon! I was born 5 mile south of the Mason-Dixon line. Interesting back ground, facts, markers and history would sound great! I look forward to that! Thanks man!!

[@adamc1966]

I was born on it...San Bernardino, California. Shout out to Bobby Troup.

[@crookedcarpet]

Drove it from st Louis to cali a few months ago!

[@hardankles3382]

I would have loved to hear Simon’s commentary in a Business Blaze style in this video!!!!! I have a gut feeling about some of the things he may have said!!!!

[@georgem1139]

The painted desert is also home to the petrified forest. "Don't forget Wynona" from the song. Really like your site. Thanx for all of the information and putting it into understandable context.

[@koltonroofe4411]

Err merr gerrrd! I've lived on this highway my whole life. Excited for this video!

[@rachaelsdaddontdrink]

Take a drive on US 395. Catch it near Hesperia, CA (off the 15) cruise to Reno, NV... Beautiful high desert scenery - east of the Sierras...

[@stayfaded69]

This is so cool. I've driven the west to east part to Kansas from California and back. I always try to stop at random places in every state. AZ, NM, TX, OK & KS

[@stayfaded69]

I also live near it in the high desert area around I-15

[@sinnedsinister]

I have lived on route 66 all 45 years of my life I have driven it numerous times I grew up next to it in the city of Chicago most of the pictures you're showing are taking in Arizona and I'm literally looking at all of them like okay well that's oatmeal that's hackberry that's Kingman that's topok used to work at the roadkill Cafe in seligman Arizona that road is a part of my life thanks for this video

[@ItsJustLisa]

Friends of mine rode the length of Route 66 by motorcycle for their honeymoon last fall. Their Instagram of the trip is just beautiful!

[@minoyd]

I'd love to see a dedicated video to the Route 66 State Park in Missouri - formerly known as Times Beach, a site of huge criminal negligence and staggering dioxin poisoning. Could be a Biographics on Russell Bliss, the man who accidentally doomed an entire town, or a Business Blaze, a fail of epic proportions by Hoffman-Taff and improper toxic-waste disposal

[@KarenRose70]

Or here on this channel. It the other one in NY. I forget what its called

[@roberthill3207]

Have a great day Simon.

[@OhighOSkater]

Whenever this Rona is over, I plan on traveling what’s left of Route 66. I’ll be making videos about it and I can’t wait

[@geoffreygriffin3015]

Can you still travel it in its entirety? Or are sections gone now? Just curious if you can still make the original trip end to end

[@OhighOSkater]

Geoffrey Griffin Unfortunately you aren’t able to drive the entire thing anymore. However there is a good bit of it that you can still travel on. I think you should be able to find stuff about it if you search for “Historic Route 66” or maybe “Old Route 66” on Bing or here on KZbin

[@geoffreygriffin3015]

@@OhighOSkater on bing? You have been watching Business Blaze too... lmao

[@Paperfiasco]

Having done the drive... I know it sounds stupid, but there is a special feeling when you’re on that stretch. I can’t describe it, but once you’re on it... you feel it.

[@japjiobhan1687]

Wowww!!! This is undoubtedly Simon's best video on this channel everrr!! Nice job Simon I loved this vid of urs Love from India ❤🇮🇳❤🇮🇳

[@lauralouXD]

hey! you guys should do a video on the battle of Lake Erie! or the war of 1812, or the only time the US and Canada fought against each other! itd be so cool to hear you talk abt my hometown🤣

[@Redbird1504]

Lol at Misery (Missouri) Thanks for that Simon.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@marissabones]

I really enjoyed this one

[@ajf2958]

hello, this is a biographics suggestion: Stephen Fry

[@OsKuukkeli]

Hey that's pretty good. Maybe Christopher Hitchens too? I miss the man...

[@thomasbarca9297]

Perfect selection, I’ve got another suggestion William Wilberforce or Ibn Battuta

[@OsKuukkeli]

@@thomasbarca9297 Extra credits just did a series on Ibn Battuta.

[@annescholey6546]

Not that overpaid berk

[@ajf2958]

@@annescholey6546 you would have no obligation to watch the video

[@custodialmark]

iver rode alot of it in midle.2012 500 mie bicycle ride,marfa to tucumcari, Santa Rosa , once in 80's just misste author of one of best roadbooks at time, twin arrows to flagstaff, but got ill in motel. several bike ride in arizona rim and twice to the grand canyon south rim. biked mesa to california border but not alowed on interstate. so powow in compton before finished a part to the end on pier. . i hope to bicycle tour it all in part of zig zag across usa.

[@1kinut800]

As a young child, we used to watch a tv show called Route 66 ("get your kicks, on route 66") and a bunch of summers late, dad drove us on route 66 for only a short distance since it had been closed for long enough that the pavement wasn't in good condition and there wasn't much left there except empty shops and space. The thing about the tv show was that two unmarried white guys who had the freedom to just take off and drive 3/4 of the way across the USA have adventures and a good time.

[@huwguyver4208]

This channel is awesome for travel ideas.

[@savagetuner2404]

I WAITED TOO DAMN LONG FOR THIS!

[@XionicAihara]

TIL love the videos!

[@roboto204]

As a long haul truck driver, this episode is awesome!

[@Dog-O]

And all this time I thought it was Lightning McQueen that brought Route 66 back.

[@TheAuck]

Dog-o is it bad to say that the only reason I clicked the video is because of Cars?

[@Dog-O]

Oakley Maclean no shame in that. Lol

[@TheLadyMaul]

Well, the U-Drop Inn in Shamrock, TX, *is* darned adorable... (It was the model for Ramone's. I drive by it most days.)

[@Ce13stialBunny]

I've driven this road! Lots of dying towns but they all have this great charm. Bought cigarettes from a shop along the way while in New Mexico