Finally on Route 66
10:00 Check out from Best Western Plus Midwest City Inn & Suites after breakfast (included) and drove a short distance on I-40 W.
10:37 First time on Route 66 at Bethany, OK; right west of Oklahoma City.
10:52 Stopped in Yukon Town (Garth Brooks’ home town).
11:35 El Reno, OK.
11:50 Back on I-40 W.
12:30 Pit stop around Bridgeport, OK. Visited Pawnee Bill’s Indian Trading Post,
Pawnee, OK. Filled gas.
12:55 Back on I-40 W.
13:35 On Route 66 to Clinton, OK. Went to the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, “a must stop for every Mother Road adventurer.”
14:30 Continued on Route 66 West. Stopped for “famous” Route 66 pictures painted on the road.
16:00 Late lunch in Elk City at Pedro’s Mexican Restaurant
16:45 Back on Route 66
17:15 Entered Texas and managed to get a state sign picture.
17:33 Route 66 to Shamrock, TX. Went to the “U Drop Inn” dating back to 1936.
17:42 Back on I-40 W.
18:18 Route 66 to Groom. Stopped by the “leaning” water tower and the Groom Cross, largest free standing cross in America, 190 feet tall
18:45 “Bug Ranch” in Conway
19:45 Arrived in Amarillo. Drove through the old part of town and shopped in an old liquor shop.
21:05 Checked in to Country Inn & Suites, Amarillo, TX
Total travel distance: 300 miles (480 km)
Total travel time: 11 hours (including ~ 4-5 hours in total for “breaks”)
22:30 Dinner at the local Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar in Amarillo, TX
