Electric Route 66 Dashcam: Oro Grande to Victorville
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Electric Route 66 Dashcam is revisiting California for this edition. This video comes from the same day as my previous post. In this instance, we begin our trip from Antique Station in Oro Grande, and then proceed south to Victorville on Route 66. Scroll to the bottom for the embedded video, or take your time with some photos first!
We visited Oro Grande during their yearly festival, Oro Grande Days
Oro Grande Days includes a car show with some amazing vintage vehicles.
Antique Station is in a very large building containing many antique vendors.
Along this stretch of 66, one of the interesting sights is Rockfield Bridge, a historic road bridge dating to 1930 that has an interesting offset truss structure. We always love to drive across neat bridges like this one.
The Rockfield Bridge, north of Victorville
Another notable part of this drive that I've included in the dashcam footage is Turner Road. A very short piece of this road was originally used as Route 66 in its earliest years. This little-known alignment was first brought to my attention by the work of Jim Ross at his excellent web site. Jim's map series called Deep Tracks has extensively documented the known alignments of Route 66, and includes a lot of great information, no matter where on the Route you want to go exploring. I refer to his maps again and again. Thanks so much, Jim!
This video ends with our arrival at the California Route 66 Museum, a wonderful place to visit on any trip through the area. There are many exhibits to view and learn from, and a beautiful mural on the far side of the building that you can pose in front of, with or without your car. Of course, we couldn't resist taking some pics with The Blue Spirit! The museum employees and volunteers are always friendly and knowledgeable, ready to showcase the best of what California Route 66 has to offer. This attraction is truly a treasure worthy of your time.
The Blue Spirit takes a break at the California Route 66 Museum.
A brief glimpse inside the California Route 66 Museum
The full mural at the California Route 66 Museum is enough to dwarf any car.
We're always up for a photo op with The Blue Spirit and a great Route 66 mural!
As always, you can view the video embedded on this page below, or follow this link directly to YouTube. That's it for this time; coming up next time is a very short dashcam special edition: the musical highway outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
As many Route 66 travelers will know, there has been a long-term closure of a section of Route 66 in the eastern Mojave Desert in California. Due to the abundance of questions about this area on Route 66 Facebook groups, I decided to write up a summary of what is signed for travelers on the affected roads. Our October trip to the Road Runner's Retreat provided the opportunity to photograph all of the road signs that have been placed to deter travelers from the closed area. Two segments of Route 66 between Needles and Amboy have been closed for a couple of years, and there is no timetable for reopening. Many bridges were washed out in flood conditions and San Bernardino County has not finished repairing them all, as they are an enormous county without a lot of funds. After having a chance to photograph all of the signs, the source of travelers' confusion becomes clear: the signs are a jumble of contradictory and often wrong information. I will try to lay it all out here,
A Trading Post Outing On Memorial Day weekend we had an opportunity to help out the Route 66 Co-Op, a non-profit group that recently purchased the Painted Desert Trading Post . This long-closed trading post is considered to be a sort of 'holy grail' of Route 66 destinations. It is located along an abandoned segment of Route 66 east of Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. In the 1950s, the business closed for good after the highway was rerouted onto a new alignment. Its isolation kept it relatively safe and intact for some 60 years. It has been virtually inaccessible on private land, unless you knew the right people to ask for access, or were willing to trespass and hoof it several miles down abandoned 66. The Painted Desert Trading Post in 2014. In recent years, the land surrounding the PDTP has been used for cattle grazing, leading to increased damage as cattle could walk around inside the building, bump into walls, etc. Without action, it would not survive fo
With the Christmas season upon us, and so many businesses clamoring for our gifting dollars, I would like to shout out for all the Route 66 businesses who deserve to be supported with our Christmas shopping. Winter is the off-season for Route 66, so for many small businesses on the Route, getting a sales boost in December is a great help to get through this down period for visitors. If you live near Route 66, I encourage you to head down to one of your local Route 66 businesses to see what they have on offer for your gift-giving. And if you don't live near Route 66, there is still a way you can help! Listed below are many Route 66 businesses and attractions that you can support through their online stores. Spread that Christmas cheer around and get some cool & unique Route 66 gifts for your loved ones! If you know of another Route 66 store with online shopping that you think should be included, email me and I will add it to the list! The Jack Rabbit Trading Post is a world
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