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Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
I’m not a historian but I believe Route 66 was the first road that connected all the way west to the West coast, ending by the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica. With the advent of the more modern interstate highway, much of Route 66 seems to have fallen into despair and decay. I guess most Americans have romantic visions of… -
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Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
Well, we head north up Mount Vernon Blvd and up the Cajon Rd, paralleling Highway 215. We are right next to the trains that head north then east as well. This seems to be the theme, Route 66 paralleling the railroads that connected the east and the west prior. Mount Vernon turns into South Cajon Road. At the end of South… -
Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
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Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
After the Cajon Road, you have to get onto Highway 15 to Victorville. We exit the highway to get back to Route 66 in Victorville, this used to be a small desert town found around 1886, but with the recent real estate bubble, Victorville has grown to a city of over 99,000 residents. It’s here that we see some more quaint… -
Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
So we continue on towards Barstow and see more “Route 66” signs painted onto the road and decide to pull over and take a pic. And of course, more trains. Well, we finally hit Barstow and really didn't see much to shoot, plus we wanted to get to Roy's Cafe by sunset. So we travel east through the Mojave Desert on Highway… -
Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
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Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
Right you are. It's a few miles east of where I work (on Route 66) in Azusa. Unfortunately, it ceased being a theater a few years ago. The marquee is now used for APU announcements. I drove most of this route with a freind a few months back. We went a bit east of Barstow, but not quite all the way to Amboy. Saw the trains… -
Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
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Re: Route 66 in California 10/18/08 (Long Post)
From Victorville, we head north for 40 miles or so onto Route 66/National Trails Highway. We no longer parallel the 15 Fwy and basically are driving through a 2 lane desert Highway toward Barstow with empty fields and occasional houses, stores, and farms. Most stores are deserted and decaying while a few home look brand…
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