The Backroads of Route 66: Your Guide to Adventures and Scenic Detours

Route 66 is arguably the (more than 60% of Route 66 adventurers are from overseas!)—its motels, diners, and roadside attractions comprising a time capsule of America’s love affair with the automobile. While many of the road’s have disappeared with time (along with large stretches of the road itself), others are as enduring as ever. In this of , author and is your guide from the lowlands of the American Plains to the high plateaus of New Mexico and Arizona, from the Great Lakes to the mighty Pacific Ocean, and through major metropolises and remote country towns. But rather than take the road oft traveled and the sites most photographed, Hinckley encourages you to branch off the Mother Road and discover the hidden gems beyond today’s familiar motels and tourist traps— that date to westward expansion; the legacy of ; and the that have graced these lands since time immemorial. There to be explored , discover: The thirty trips in offer for you and the thousands of road-trippers who follow this legendary route, looking for something more.