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From Chicago, Illinois to Albuquerque, New Mexico, we followed Route 66, although now it's been replaced by Interstates most of the way. The Mother Road now passes through deserted towns, abandoned motels and gas stations from the 1960's. A fabulous piece of Americana !

If you ever plan to motor west,

travel my way, take the highway that's the best

Get your kicks on route sixty-six !

It winds from Chicago to L.A.,

more than two thousand miles all the way,

Get your kicks on route sixty-six !

Won't you get hip to this timely tip:

When you make that California trip

Get your kicks on route sixty-six !

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National Route 66 Museum, in Elk City, Oklahoma

The U-Drop-In café in Shamrock, Texas with its Art Deco architechture

The Big Texan Steak House, famous for its 72 ounce steak which is free if you manage to eat it within one hour ! (that's about 2.3 kg for you metric people). The record is held by a certain Klondike Bill who ate two of those in one hour.

Note the life size Texas cow in the background

The Throne ! Yes, everything's bigger in Texas...

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