..that it would take so long but, we have, finally, arrived at dates and got a major chunk of the tour, stopovers, hotels, etc., nailed down. We shall be on the road for 17 days, though not driving for all of those, as we have a couple of 2 nighters planned. We'll arrive in Chicago, 31st August, return from Los Angeles, 20th September, arriving back in Blighty on the 21st.
Having finalised the dates and cross checked our route distances and timings, we were able to identify our overnight stops, taking into account that this is not just a road trip from A to B to C but one where we want to experience the real Route 66, so 4 or 5 star hotels are not a dominating feature. We may be sacrificing some of the more usual creature comforts of the 21st Century but given the choice of having a TV or sleeping in a room where Clark Gable reportedly slept, which would you choose?
My main worry was that we were going to be away for Labor Day, a Bank Holiday in the US. I'd been warned, by David at Orange & Black, that it might prove difficult to find accommodation for that weekend and that the roads would be busier. As it goes, the hotels are booked. How busy the roads are, we shall discover soon enough.
There's still a few ends to tie off, 2 or 3 hotels to confirm, car hire and flights to organise, then I can relax and you can have a rest from blog updates for a while. It has been questioned, as to why I have to write about it before we've even set off!
Anyway, that's all for now.
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| El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico |
Personally, I look forward to the Blog updates. Mainly, because it brings back the memories from 2010, and I can also follow along with Google Maps.
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