> Here's a web site to start with:
> http://www.legendsofamerica.com/66-Mainpage.html
Another good one: http://www.rt66nm.org/
New Mexico shows it off in two contexts: a still-existent (here and
there) two-lane backroad, ranging from well used to near-abandoned,
and still-in-use main streets (Central Avenue in Albuquerque is a
prime example).
At the cost of some scenic backtracking, you can also, or instead,
drive the locally much different pre-1938 alignment, which goes up to
Santa Fe, cuts through Albuquerque north-south, and goes down to Los
Lunas before rejoining the post-1938 shortcut at Mesita, west of
Albuquerque.
Allow as much time as you can, both because of the curves and
sightlines and narrow lanes and shoulders of a decidedly pre-
Interstate highway, and in order to explore nearby sights (of both the
manmade and the pretty-rocks-on-an-epic-scale types) and get a feel
for the pace of life in a (not quite) bygone era, a lot of cultural
homogenization ago. To rush is to miss the point; Route 66 is a
cultural meme more than it is a piece of asphalt.
Enjoy your trip,
--Joe
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