Epic Route 66 Road Trip Illinois to New Mexico – Family Adventure

Route 66 Family Road Trip Vlog Fun Places Illinois to New Mexico

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A couple of years ago we drove the old historic Route 66 from Chicago Illinois to Albuquerque New Mexico. We tried to visit every major stop along Route 66 that was a landmark or historic Route 66 point of interest.

Our daughter was barely 5 years old, and about to start school. So we packed our stuff, got our dog ready to go, came up with a rough schedule and bought some Route 66 tour books, and then hit the road.

Here are the Route 66 books we bought, and can recommend.

EZ66 Guide – https://amzn.to/3VeXgBR
This was a great book that covered a lot of stops and things to check out. (Amazon affiliate link, helps us out a ton! Thank you!)

Here It Is! Route 66 Map Series – https://amzn.to/3wE2de5
This was another map series we picked up for our trip. It included some more info the book missed and is formatted as a cool map pamphlet. (Amazon affiliate link, helps us out a ton! Thank you!)

Roadtrippers Route 66 – https://amzn.to/4aCl9Ye
We love Roadtrippers! We use their app on pretty much every road trip we take, short or long. You can check it out here, and if you sign up you’ll get $5 off the premium subscription which is what we use.
The Route 66 book was a must-have for us. (Amazon affiliate link, helps us out a ton! Thank you!)

We never booked hotels until halfway through the day. We didn’t know how far we’d make it each day, or what we’d find. So we played it by ear. It was the best way to do it. We found so many random amazing places and had a great time. Since then, we’ve done a couple more longer road trips, and have done them the same way. Never set a plan in stone. Go out and find your adventure.

This video isn’t so much of an educational or informative video, but more of a montage of our trip. I love filming everything and everywhere we go and love to edit. Hopefully, everyone likes it as much as we do.

If you ever have a chance to take the Route 66 road trip, DO IT!

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Maps and Roadtrippers

Below is a map of stops along Route 66 to check out. It’s from Roadtrippers, an app that WE LOVE and have been using for a long time now. Whether on longer trips like this, or just day trips where we only drive a few hours in any direction, we use Roadtrippers to help find stops along the way. We highly recommend it.

We do have an affiliate link if you want to try it out. If you subscribe to the premium version which we use, you’ll get $5 off. Use the promo code BTR5QTP, or you can sign up through this link – https://roadtrippers.com/plus?via=andrew25.

The top things to do on a Route 66 road trip on Roadtrippers

https://roadtrippers.com/the-ultimate-guide-route-66

Route 66 Road Trip

Some of the places we visited along the way.

• The Launching Pad Gemini Giant Wilmington Illinois
• Dwight Illinois
• Pontiac Illinois – Vermilion River
• Oak Ridge Cemetery – Lincoln Tomb
• Downtown Springfield
• Cozy Drive in Springfield Illinois
• Twistee Treat Diner Antiques Livingston Illinois
• Totem Pole Trading Post Rolla Missouri
• Uranus Fudge Factory Saint Robert Missouri
• Steak n Shake Springfield Missouri
• Spencer Garage Spencer Missouri
• Red Oak Carthage Missouri
• The Blue Whale Catoosa Oklahoma
• Tulsa Oklahoma
• Skyliner Motel
• Rock Cafe Stroud Oklahoma
• Oklahoma City Oklahoma
• Roberts Grill Onion Burger El Reno Oklahoma
• Texola Oklahoma U Drop Inn Shamrock Texas
• Jericho Cemetery
• Clarendon Texas
• Palo Duro Canyon Canyon Texas
• Clayton New Mexico
• Abbott New Mexico
• Springer New Mexico
• Maxwell New Mexico
• Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs Colorado
• Pony Express Trail Sante Fe Trail Colorado
• Nebraska Iowa

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