tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34744429.post5401701507441752112..comments2023-11-19T06:49:06.290-05:00Comments on Riding With Mud: Route 66MUDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00210979052443058111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34744429.post-35005129956358151852010-09-07T14:00:08.865-04:002010-09-07T14:00:08.865-04:00I made the US 66 trip a couple o' times in the...I made the US 66 trip a couple o' times in the '50s as a child with my USAF father, in transit from one base to another...west to east and back... and again as a young three-striper in '68... out and back to Mississippi from California. <br /><br />The thing I remember most about those trips was the Radio Desert in west Texas, NM, and AZ... nothin' but static or WLS out of Chicago on a skip... IF you were lucky. Well, that and drivin' like a bat outta hell in my '67 SS396 Chevelle. <b>;-)</b><br /><br />Short sections of 66 remain as a sorta "blacktop" museum in certain parts of NM and AZ, but they're pathetic little things with no traffic and absolutely NO life left in 'em. Sad for us geezers to see.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com