Well we have completed the drive. 2400 odd miles from freezing Chicago to 91 degrees F in L A when we arrived. We left San Bernadino and had about 65 miles to cover to get to Santa Monica Pier. This is not the official end of route 66. This is at the intersection of Lincoln Boulavard and Constitution Street. We went to this location and it is not marked in any way. We then fought our way through the mother of a traffic jam to the pier where we had our photo take...

Well, back on Route 66 we travelled down the road to Barstow via an old mining town of Oatman, where donkeys roam the streets and will hunt for any food that you have on you> Cute place but does rather smell of donkey sh***. Gold mining was huge here up until the 1930's. The town was named after Olive Oatman who was abducted by the Mojave indians and lived with them for several years. We had lunch at the old Oatman Hotel where Clark Gable and Carole Lombard ...