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Anyone else have some detours planned based on a look through those?
I'll tell you mine, I highly recommend following it. The bonus, you miss that 75 cent toll coming into Miami! I hate tolls.
From Joplin the route goes straight South to the interstate and you rock into Miami on the Interstate. Instead of following that, keep following old Route 66 West out of Joplin into Kansas. This will take you into Galena, KS and then South into Baxter Springs. From Baxter Springs you just keep going South into Miami.
There are some great Route 66 sites remaining in that area of Kansas. If you've seen Cars (hasn't everyone?) it is especially great as the old tow truck that inspired Tow Mater is at an old gas station turned souvenir shop there. The ladies that run that shop are some real characters themselves and clearly helped inspire some Cars characters too. There are some other great old buildings for photos in that area. And lots of other cool old sites. I did Route 66 from Albequerque to StL one summer and the section of Kansas they have the rotue skipping is the best part of that whole section I followed!
Make it a point to go that way. Follow the black CTS-V wagon out of Joplin if you want some guidance. I plan on bringing my Route 66 maps along for help.1968 Torino - DOHC 4.6L/T56 swap project
2011 CTS-V Wagon - TR-6060 equipped
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team effort
Originally posted by GTPilot88 View PostI give the credit to Chuck....He beat me with another thread by 3 min!
Let's call it a team effort.[size=+1]Chuck
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Originally posted by 4 cam torino View PostAnyone else have some detours planned based on a look through those?
I'll tell you mine, I highly recommend following it. The bonus, you miss that 75 cent toll coming into Miami! I hate tolls.
From Joplin the route goes straight South to the interstate and you rock into Miami on the Interstate. Instead of following that, keep following old Route 66 West out of Joplin into Kansas. This will take you into Galena, KS and then South into Baxter Springs. From Baxter Springs you just keep going South into Miami.
There are some great Route 66 sites remaining in that area of Kansas. If you've seen Cars (hasn't everyone?) it is especially great as the old tow truck that inspired Tow Mater is at an old gas station turned souvenir shop there. The ladies that run that shop are some real characters themselves and clearly helped inspire some Cars characters too. There are some other great old buildings for photos in that area. And lots of other cool old sites. I did Route 66 from Albequerque to StL one summer and the section of Kansas they have the rotue skipping is the best part of that whole section I followed!
Make it a point to go that way. Follow the black CTS-V wagon out of Joplin if you want some guidance. I plan on bringing my Route 66 maps along for help.[size=+1]Chuck
2011 HRPT Long Hauler
2012 HRPT Long Hauler
2013 HRPT Long Hauler "to be"
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now we have more studing to do & plan all our extra stops & side trips2007 Power Tour Long Haul
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Originally posted by 4 cam torino View PostAnyone else have some detours planned based on a look through those?
I'll tell you mine, I highly recommend following it. The bonus, you miss that 75 cent toll coming into Miami! I hate tolls.
From Joplin the route goes straight South to the interstate and you rock into Miami on the Interstate. Instead of following that, keep following old Route 66 West out of Joplin into Kansas. This will take you into Galena, KS and then South into Baxter Springs. From Baxter Springs you just keep going South into Miami.
There are some great Route 66 sites remaining in that area of Kansas. If you've seen Cars (hasn't everyone?) it is especially great as the old tow truck that inspired Tow Mater is at an old gas station turned souvenir shop there. The ladies that run that shop are some real characters themselves and clearly helped inspire some Cars characters too. There are some other great old buildings for photos in that area. And lots of other cool old sites. I did Route 66 from Albequerque to StL one summer and the section of Kansas they have the rotue skipping is the best part of that whole section I followed!
Make it a point to go that way. Follow the black CTS-V wagon out of Joplin if you want some guidance. I plan on bringing my Route 66 maps along for help.
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does anyone know of any other route 66 stops between saint louis in miami .. that we could detour to . my copilot and I plan on leaving very early on that morning to try to drive as much of 66 on the way there as possible .Long Hauler 2009, 10, 11, 12, 15 3 of 7 in 2013 5 of 8 in 2014 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT
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note a possible mistake in the directions.
june 5, champaign to madison. coming out of Mid America Motorworks, the route says "Take route US-40 to Altamont", then "turn left on IL-28", then "left for I-70 west". according to google maps, the road from Altamont to I-70 is IL-128.
also, for those that are doing breakfast at Clanton's, i am planning on doing route 66 to hiway 177 instad of the PT route.Bruce, Sanford, Fl
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