Route 66 – The Mother Road

• Itinerary
• Prices & Information

Day 1 – Friday, Apr 1
– Fly from Mpls to Phoenix
– Motorcoach meets us
– Travel to Sedona, AZ
– Lunch & time in Sedona
– Travel to Flagstaff
– Begin Route 66 journey
– Williams, Arizona
– Welcome dinner at the Grand Canyon Railway
Hotel INCL
– Lodging: Grand Canyon Railway Hotel
(Historic Frey Marcos)

Day 2 – Saturday, Apr 2
– Breakfast at hotel INCL
– Board train at Historic Williams Depot
– Grand Canyon Railway to Grand Canyon NP
– Lunch & time at Grand Canyon Village
– Desert View Watch Tower
– Train journey return to Williams
– Dinner at Rod’s Steakhouse INCL
– Evening in Williams
– Lodging: Grand Canyon RR Hotel

Day 3 – Sunday, Apr 3
– Breakfast at hotel INCL
– Red Garter Bed & Bakery
– More Williams Rte 66 landmarks
– Ashfork Rte 66 sites
– Seligman, AZ “Birthplace of Route 66”
– Lunch at famous Snow Cap Drive In
– Angel Delgadillo’s Route 66 Gift Shop
– Return to the 50’s Museum
– Many Seligman Rte 66 landmarks
– Beale Wagon Road & National Old Trails Rd
– “Golden Stretch” of uninterrupted pristine Rte 66
– Grand Canyon Caverns INCL
– Arrive Peach Springs, AZ
– Dinner at Diamond Creek Restaurant INCL
– Lodging: Hualapai Lodge, Peach Springs

Day 4 – Monday, Apr 4
– Breakfast at lodge INCL
– Truxton, AZ & Truxton Station & Frontier Motel
– Crozier Canyon
– Hackberry General Store, Hackberry, AZ
– Kingman, AZ – Many Route 66 landmarks
– Route 66 Outpost Gift Shop
– Historic Beale Street – Lunch on own
– Beale Hotel Home of Andy Devine
– Powerhouse Route 66 Museum INCL
– 1950’s Hill Top Motel
– Mr. D’z Route 66 Diner
– Dinner at Dambar & Steakhouse INCL
– Lodging: Holiday Inn Express, Kingman, AZ

Day 5 – Tuesday, Apr 5
– Breakfast at hotel INCL
– Topock, AZ
– Oatman, Arizona
Explore this crusty old wild west town
Watch for the burros.
Oatman Hotel & Oatman General Store
– Needles, CA
– Another classic original stretch of 66 across
The Mojave Desert in the spring
– Amboy
– Ludlow & the Ludlow Coffee Shop
– Newberry Springs
– Bagdad Café famous from the movie
– Mrs. Orcutt’s Driveway
– Barstow, California
– Dinner – Idle Spur’s Restaurant INCL
– Lodging: Holiday Inn Express, Barstow

Day 6 – Wednesday, Apr 7
– Breakfast at hotel INCL
– Many Barstow Route 66 landmarks
– Barstow Mother Road Museum INCL
– Victorville “Where the Desert meets the Mountains”
– Victorville Old Town & California Rte 66 Museum
– Cajon Pass loop
– Summit Inn famous cobbler & pie INCL
– San Bernardino, California
– Historic site of the original McDonalds
– Dinner at the hotel INCL
– Lodging: Hilton Garden Inn, San Bernardino
– Historic California Theatre
– Broadway musical “Young Frankensteins” INCL
At the California Theatre

Day 7 – Thursday, Apr 7
– Breakfast at the hotel INCL
– Rialto
– World famous Wigwam Tee Pee Motel
– Travel original Route 66 the LA area
– Rancho Cucamonga
– Claremont – Beautiful tree lined boulevards
– La Verne – LaPaloma Café
– Glendora – Palm Tree lined street
– Golden Spur Restaurant & 1950’s Arco Station
– Flappy Jack’s Pancake House
– Azuza – Foothill Drive In Theatre
– Duarte – Justice Brothers Racing Museum INCL
– Monrovia – Shamrock Antique Gas Station
– Arcadia – by Santa Anita Race Track
– Pasadena – Colorado Blvd (Rose Parade fame)
– Rialto Theatre
– Historic Arroyo Seco Parkway
– World’s 1st 4 level Interchange
– by Dodger Stadium
– Sunset Boulevard
– Hollywood – Leisure & lunch time
– Kodak Theatre tour INCL
– Santa Monica – The western terminus of Route 66
– World famous Santa Monica Pier
– Evening & dinner on own
– Lodging: Beautiful Holiday Inn at the Pier

Day 8 – Friday, Apr 8
– Breakfast at the hotel INCL
– This is a day to enjoy at your leisure.
We have selected the newly refurbished
Holiday Inn, closest luxury hotel to the
Santa Monica Pier
– This evening we have a farewell celebration
dinner at a fine restaurant near the pier.
We have completed exploring the entire
Historic Route 66 and will honor those who
Have enjoyed this great adventure with us.

Day 9 – Saturday, Apr 9
– Breakfast at the hotel INCL
– Fly home from LA International Airport