Day 12 - Chandler, Oklahoma to Coffeyville, Kansas. We all had a good sleep last night and trucked on out along 66 weaving its way from town to town towards Tulsa. After a quick visit to Atwoods Ranch & Home store, where Tony played hillbilly dress up and Nikita scored two giant bags of popcorn for just $2, we ventured along yet another dirt section of old 66 that crossed the Ozark Trail just East of Davenport. Another short deviation (Route 66 from 1926-28...

Day 11 - McLean, Texas to Chandler, Oklahoma. Up early enough to watch the sun rise big and red on the horizon. Our neighbours in the motel from Canada were also doing the Route 66 - east bound to Santa Monica so we swapped info on places to see and stay etc. Hit Route 66 on a long section of Portland concrete pavement that took us out of Texas and into Oklahoma. Stopped at Shamrock to fill up the Chevvy with gas. $3.20 per US gallon (3.8L) at this station wh...

Day 10 - Tucumcari to McLean Started the day with a proper barista coffee (4 shots) at a cafe attached to the motel, a rarity over here that kept us pretty well wired for the morning. Today we followed Route 66 along a dirt road for 18 miles leaving the Land of Enchantment (New Mexico) to cross the border into the Lone Star State -Texas and picked up a piece of the old seal from long ago alongside a long forgotten and abandoned motel. A lot of wind turbines es...

Day 9 - Santa Fe to Tucumcari. After our walk last night we decided to revisit a couple of places we saw. Walking to the Santa Fe Railway Depot, where we saw the Double decker passenger train depart, was first on the agenda. Then back to historical downtown to check out the Miraculous staircase at Lorretto Chapel and the San Miguel Mission (oldest church in USA, 1610). Back on 66 following the Old Santa Fe Trail out of town we called in for an hour or so at th...

Day 8 - Gallup to Santa Fe. Well we are into our second week in the mighty US of A - another 2 weeks remains for Suzanne until she exits home and a little under 4 weeks till Tony and Nikita return to NZ. US State number 4 (New Mexico) ticked off as we head off East on Route 66 ducking over, under and sometimes on the I-40 Interstate passing by colourful red rock cliffs and spires before crossing the Continental Divide at 7275 feet. We stopped off at old aban...