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Old 09-22-2018, 08:49 PM
 
Location: SFBA CA USA — Go Giants!
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I’m looking for suggestions for each of the states along Route 66, and I’m posting separately for these states. What along Route 66 that is worth seeing? We’ll be driving from east to west.

This will be an epic road trip a year from today, early September 2019, from Chicago to LA. When it’s all done we will have covered over 5,000 miles and 17 states — the 8 states of Route 66 plus 9 other states just driving from San Francisco to Chicago to the start of Route 66. It will be one big clockwise loop, San Francisco to Chicago, to LA, and back home.

The car? It's a special one, a classic that’s been in our family for 25 years — a 1963 Porsche 356 convertible. The car? It's a special one, a classic that’s been in our family for 25 years — a 1963 Porsche 356 convertible. His name is “Manfred”. Yes Manfred may be a little old, but he’s a good running car. We’ e taken Manfred on long trips before, 1,500 miles, but never before this long. It’ll be riskier in a car this old, but we’ll be flexible and we’ll be prepared. It will be part of the adventure.

So our trip will be “Route 66 in a 56-Year Old 356” — it sort of has a ring to it.

There’s a lot of Route 66 information out there and I’ve been researching for months already. I want to hear from you CDers and your experiences.

When driving from Chicago to LA, US Route through CA: is about 318 miles long in California, from Needles CA to Santa Monica CA

— Where do you suggest we go?
— What do you recommend we do and see?
— Where are decent places to stay?
— Where are great places to eat?

Go!

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Old 09-22-2018, 08:51 PM
 
Location: SFBA CA USA — Go Giants!
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Hello, meet Manfred! We’re almost always top down when we drive him, except for when it’s rainy. Even when it’s cold outside we just bundle up and keep the top down. Here are some other Manfred memory pics over the years. And with this epic road trip, we’ll build some more memories.

If you are along Route 66 in California and want to meet up, for coffee or a meal or a beer, let me know. It’d be very nice meeting some CDers on this trip. We've met other CDers, and it has been very nice making those connections.

Woo-hoo, this’ll be a fun road trip!

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Old 09-23-2018, 02:40 AM
 
Location: Sierra Nevada Land, CA
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You should plan on staying in Needles in September. Last time I did that the low was 93*. Oh and Barstow is worth a 2 day stay. San Bernidino is also quite lovely. Basically what I’m saying if you want to experience the worst of CA, do visit those towns. Driving thru the LA area to get to Santa Monica will be a test of patience. Unless you plan to do it at 3AM figure an average top speed of 25mpg. IF you plan to loop back to the Bay Area, I would suggest Blowing through Barstow and spending a night in Bakersfield then head north

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Old 09-23-2018, 06:08 AM
 
Location: So Ca
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Enjoy your trip!

10 Things to See on Route 66 in California | Driving Route 66

The Best of Route 66 in California: https://www.eventbrite.com/rally/los...in-california/
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Old 09-24-2018, 08:39 AM
 
Location: SFBA CA USA — Go Giants!
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Mr5150, I hear you. But I’m dedicated to doing the entire route, all the way to Santa Monica.

CA4Now, thanks for that. Some good places are listed in that article.
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Old 09-24-2018, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Eureka CA
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Can't help you- we've always just zipped thru the California part. But I hope you have a wonderful trip!
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Old 09-25-2018, 01:41 AM
 
Location: SFBA CA USA — Go Giants!
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We live here (SF Bay Area), and we get down to Pasadena where my brother lives, and to Carlsbad where a friend lives, a few times a year. So yeah we’ll probably blast from Needles to Santa Monica at the end, but we’ll do some classic Route 66 things down there. I need to find the best ones down there.
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Old 09-25-2018, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Sierra Nevada Land, CA
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Needles isn’t bad except for the heat. Advice: stay at the higher priced motels. You will regret going cheap.

We stayed at the Best Western and walked to a good restaurant next door
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Old 09-25-2018, 02:57 PM
 
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Beautiful car - enjoy the trip!
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Old 09-27-2018, 09:41 AM
 
Location: SFBA CA USA — Go Giants!
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Needles isn’t bad except for the heat. Advice: stay at the higher priced motels. You will regret going cheap.

We stayed at the Best Western and walked to a good restaurant next door
Thanks. Yes. We won’t be staying at 5-star resorts, but we will stay at nice places. Cheap hotels, no way!
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