46. The Owl Cafe by night.
45. Citreon.
44. Classic car.
43. Car show in Albuquerque,New Mexico. As we arrived in Albuquerque we managed to locate a motel near the freeway. We pulled in and saw the a car show was being held by the Owl Cafe adjacent to the motel. I took Ann and Becky to check into the motel and drove back to show the Barracuda in the car show.
42. More old road.
41. More old road.
40. More old road.
39. Town?.
38. Interstate.
37. Route 66 Restaurant.
36. Old garage.
35. Old building.
34. Old side road.
33. Old side road.
32. PowWow Inn.
31. 66 Sign.
30. 66 Sign.
29. The Blue Swallow.
28. The Blue Swallow Sign.
27. The Motel Safari.
26. A big tourist posting board.
25. The Golden Dragon restaurant. I never was able to eat "all you can eat."
24. A motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
23. The old Tepee Curio shop.
22. I always wanted to visit Tucumcari, New Mexico!
21. Interstate 40 follows most of the old Route 66 alignment across New Mexico, so there isn't much of the old road left.
20. "Welcome to New Mexico."
19. An old pole fence.
18. The old motel in Glenrio, Texas.
17. The final remains of Glenrio, Texas.
16. This four-lane section of old Route 66 was built through Glenrio and on into New Mexico before Interstate 40 bypassed the area a little to the north. This section continues into New Mexico and reconnects to I40 a few miles later. I had heard that it was gravel, so I didn't go that way.
15. Moving on down the Interstate.
14. Moving on down the Interstate.
13. Becky inside the tourist/pie shop.
12. Ann and Becky by the half-way sign.
11. Adrian, Texas, the half-way point.
10. Old gas pump.
9. Vega water tower.
8. The front of the restored station.
7. Restored filling station. Becky is going to check it out.
6. Tourist stop in Vega, Texas.
5. Tourist stop in Vega, Texas.
4. A Cadillac provides a place to sit.
3. Becky looking over the line of Cadillacs.
2. Becky poses with one of the Cadillacs.
1. We went over to Interstate 40 to see the Cadillac Ranch. It was originally located on old Route 66, but was moved here because for the additional traffic.
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