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Continued from page 11 towards Claremore, Oklahoma, the home of Will Rodgers. Five - We were up early and headed west along Route 66, iving at Catoosa, OK, which is home of the Blue Whale Park. Next stop was the Rock Creek Bridge, a steel truss bridge with red brick on the deck. The bridge is no longer used, but you can still drive over it. Then it was on to Ghandier to see another old Phillips 66 Statio Our next stop was at Arcadia to Route 66 and then on to Amarillo for the night. Here we got a free limo ride to the Big Texan Steak House which is famous for its 72 0z. steak. If you can eat it and the trimmings in one hour... you don’t pay. Not many succeed. Barf bags included. President Abe Lincoin sits on top of Day Six- As we headed west out a huge wagon near Glenarm, illinois of Amarillo, Texas, the land began ten. First stop was the Cadillac Ranch where 10 Cadillacs sit upright in a field with nothing around them for miles. Next stop was in Adrian, Texas, the mid-point on the Route 66 trip between Chicago and Los Angeles - 1139 miles in either direction. ‘We entered New Mexico later than morning and turned into Glenrio, the first settlement in the state, which is basically a ghost town. Along this section of R66 we were greeted by cattle roaming on the road, and cattle grates to prevent them from getting onto the interstate highway. At Tucumcari, we stopped and took a picture of the ‘famous’ Blue Swallow Motel, which has been operating continuously since 1939. We made another stop near Cuervo where we toured a private Route 66 auto museum with some amazing classic cars. Day ming we crossed the border into Arizona and decided to take a side- on into the amazing Painted Desert National Park with its petrified forest. After leaving the park, we drove to Holbrook, then onto Winslow, Arizona (famous for the Eagles song “Take It Easy”). Don't miss the statue in the centre of this desolate town. We did! Next it was on to Flagstaff, Arizona. Day Eight —- Here we took another detour to see the picturesque town of Sedona and it's beautiful red mountains. After returning to Route 66, our next stop was at the Rusty Bolt in Seligman, where we both purchased Route 66 t-shirts and were given an “official Route 66 license”. We arrived in Kingman, Arizona at 4 p.m. with the temperature at a scorching 95F. By now we were running with the convertible top-up and ar conditioning pumping out cool air. Nine — We left Kingman and entered the Black Mountain range, winding around the mountains on some pretty scary roads. At times there was a 1,000 foot drop over the side and there were very few guardrails anywhere. As we came out of the mountains the barren and flat Mojave Desert spread out before us for as far as you could see. Hot, hot, hot!!! After crossing the Colorado River into Califomia our next stop was at the Amboy Crater, a large cinder cone. The Amboy cone is 246 ft high and the lava field covers 43.5 sq miles. From here we drove to Barstow, California which was our farthest point west on Route 66. We had travelled 2,913 miles (4,687 km) from Port Perry. Although we didn’t quite make itto Los Angeles, due to time constraints, in nine days we saw some of the most diverse and fascinating scenery, people and towns we've ever see! And would we do it again... you bet in a heartbeat! 24 Focus ~- APRIL 2007 Sign at Adrian, Texas shows half way point along Route 66 to Los Angeles Entering Sedona, Arizona with its fascinating red soil and rock formations focus@observerpub.ca