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  where route 66 took us

downtown full of color

day and night

along the way with cloud shadows on the hills

 

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‘have gone to flagstaff. be back on monday.’

Vacation (1983), warner brothers film

 

 

 

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flagstaff, arizona, usa, may 2026

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  2. “Flagstaff Arizona, don’t forget Winona, Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino”. I loved Chuck Berry’s song so much I never forgot the lyrics. I might just have to put that on my blog today, Beth. ☺️
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  15. oof! That storefront…a vintage store? Be still my heart. You could just drop me off there and pick me up a couple of days later…just saying! Thanks for letting me ride along, Beth! 💝😊💝

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  19. Route 66…reminds me of “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac. Still on my bookshelf. Been there for fifty years. Just looked in Google. Now replaced by InterstatemHighways, but csn still be followed for most of the way…. for those who….want their kicks!

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  23. going from newest to older posts on Jetpack, I came across ‘your post’ first on Pete’s blog, and that’s what I wrote on his:
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    …… one of my lasting memories was that trip along the route 66 in our VW camper van (with the small double window at the back), the steady leisurely almost wandering meandering …. we stopped for the fields of American poppies (my first ones ever) – took photos of us with our mascots (sand filled donkeys, just a hand full – custom made by our neighbour in Switzerland)
    that was in 1975, and believe it or not, yesterday, Friday, I was telling HH that ‘that route’ was one of my most precious memories ever, here the ocean, and on the other side of the road, the land of countless opportunities (RIP)….

    isn’t it interesting how our minds work? it might well be that since i was ‘with you’ in New Mexico, old memories surfaced and i also told HH: I just wonder where all my diaries (with tons of drawings, in colour pencil) went. when i divorced my ex, he told me he’d throw out all our albums, burn them…. he threw them in his cellar (humid) and some years later when he moved, they were destroyed and molded…. but he heart is a wonderful keeper and those memories of a great time are still alive!

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  24. What a marvellous trip you had thereWe did the route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica with a deviation through las Vegas and I left my heart in Arizona and Texas. I can’t wait to go back and see more .

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