As I’ve mentioned that I’ve got lost several times I thought I would share with you how I, and many others, find the old road. I’m using a book by Jerry McClanahan called Route 66: EZ Guide For Travellers (http://www.amazon.com/Route-66-Guide-Travelers-Edition/dp/0970995164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344513633&sr=8-1&keywords=ez+guide+for+travellers). It’s spiral bound with directions and information on each page. The instructions on the top of the page are for west bound travellers, like myself, and the instructions on the bottom of the page are for eastbound travellers.

A sample page from Route 66 EZ Guide for Travellers

Depending on the complexity of the route pages need to be turned every few miles, sometimes as little as 5 in towns or sometimes 40 or 50 miles in the open countryside. For me that means stopping, extracting it from my map holder on the top of the petrol tank, turning the page, putting it back in the holder and then reading the new instructions. A bit time consuming, and the reason for so many wrong turns (my memory being what it is!)

It is however the ‘bible’ for anyone wishing to travel Route 66, and I thank Jerry for his hard work putting it together and keeping it updated.

Time to go and start using it now.