When we left St, Louis many of our readers were afraid that we were going to go by Ferguson, but no worries - we went around the east of town where Ferguson is on the upper left of town. So we were off!
Going on this journey has really been a great tour through earlier times and a slower way of life. You don't realize how much the interstate has taken away from just a slower pace of life. Towns which probably were once thriving are almost to the point of total abandonment due to the diversion of the main traffic. We see businesses closed and buildings in ruin, houses deserted and families gone, industry closed and money lost. Mother Natures has taken back many places that once was alive and vibrant. On the other hand we have crossed bridges that have been in use since the early 1900's and are still being used today
For the most part we have been following an interstate through the states, but some places we are paralleling the original abandoned '66. It is usually cracked and the grass is coming through the pavement. It is a melancholy feeling looking at that concrete road. I wish I could post some pictures, but only using a tablet makes it a little tough. I do have plans to put a lot of these pictures in a book so if you ever get close to us I will show them to you.
Right now we are in Amarillo and are only about 300+ miles from our house in New Mexico. We are planning on staying there until, after the balloon fiesta which ends the 2nd weekend of October. Then we will drive down to Phoenix to see our building project on our RV lot for a few days then continue our '66 journey in Flagstaf. For those who are wondering, we left Chicago on Sep. 3, had two stops where we stayed for 2 nights and now it's Sep. 10. So we have traveled about 1100 miles in 6 days (but we haven't stopped at a lot of the places they suggest because you can only see so many museums until they start looking the same.)
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