As a mini-vacation, I'm going to be going to St. Louis this weekend via Springfield, IL, and I thought we might try to do some Route 66 travelling.  However, it doesn't look like we would be on the road for more than a few miles at a time.  Seems like it would be more trouble than it's worth...

There is still quite a bit of 66 here in Oklahoma as well as two Route 66 museums and check this out.  www.pops66.com.  This is probably the coolest conveince store ever.   It won't be open for another week or so but it is cool.  I have been able to do some work out there for them.

You could take 66 pretty much all the way from Springfield to St. Louis.  I did the same trip in 2004, from Chicago to STL.  What's there to see on an Interstate?    Here's a webpage with detailed driving directions for your trip.  On a side note, I drove through East St. Louis to the Gateway Arch and lived to tell about it...   

I followed the directions from that site, but honestly, most of it was just a frontage road along I-55 - not a lot to see.  I did get to stop at an old gas station that the web site says was destined to become a museum in 2003 or 2005 (still closed) and snapped a few pics - maybe one will become my entry for the 2008 members calendar!

Yes, I know all those places you're talking about!  66 through IL is well-signed and very easy to follow.  Did you visit the Chain of Rocks Bridge?  I'd drive the whole thing again just to have more frozen custard at Ted Drewes!  Norsky2007-08-06 19:49:18

I just took a bike trip down old 66 leaving out of ST. Louis, the best place is to start at eureka and head toward springfield MO. it was some really good riding. If you want to stay on the IL. side start at the chain of rocks bridge just north of granite city (its on 270) and you can make it almost to springfield IL. on it, just before Litchfield is country classic cars, its worth a stop, then in litchfield is the old skyview drive in (its still open and $2. a person to get in) St. Louis has its good neighborhoods and its bad ones like all city's. The arch and brewery are all pretty safe to go to. 

 Well that didn't work try this,   www.countryclassiccars

needs .com on the end.  Cool site.

66 through Okla has some cool stuff.  The blue whale (alone by itself) and some of the stuff from west of OKC to the border is cool.  It becomes a hard trail to follow thru the TX panhandle until you pass Shamrock.  In fact, it runs out at Shamrock headed east.  There are some cool antique stores in the TX panhandle though.

I did see a few neat things (I'll get pics posted soon), but I was travalling with my 17 year old step son, and the heat was really getting to him, so we didn't make too many stops.