ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL 100 YEARS ON THE MOTHER ROAD

SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2026 (7 DAYS)

DAY ONE: We’ll depart the Gateway City and head west through the rolling hills of Missouri. We’ll stop to visit the Circle Inn Malt Shop, Munger Moss Motel and Missouri Route 66 Museum. Our coach will continue through Missouri, then jog over into Galena and Baxter Springs, Kansas to stop for lunch and stroll along Main Street Attractions. Our drive continues through the afternoon into Oklahoma to take in the famous stops at The Blue Whale, 66’s Rock Café and the World’s Largest Totem Pole. Our hotel accommodations are just a short ways from the state border.

DAY TWO: Breakfast at the hotel, then relax aboard as we roll through Oklahoma, stopping to see the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum before crossing the border into Texas. Visits to the Shamrock Main Street and famous Conoco (featured in Disney’s “Cars” Movie) are followed by a short, continued drive to Amarillo. We’ll lunch and browse along Amarillo’s Main Street, then stop to admire the iconic Cadillac Ranch (amazing photo op!) Our journey west offers picturesque views of the high plains with a stop at Midpoint Café. Our coach will stop for the day just over the New Mexico border in quaint Tucumcari, NM.

DAY THREE: Explore the beauty and history of Tucumcari! After breakfast, we’ll board the coach to visit Laguna Pueblo & San Jose Mission Church, Tucumcari Main Street & Museum, and have time to shop at the various Trading Posts and Blue Swallow Motel. By mid-morning it’ll be time to continue west, over the Sandia Mountains into Albuquerque, where we’ll stop in the Albuquerque historic district for a southwestern lunch. Just a short drive from Albuquerque is the cliffside town of Gallup, where we’ll overnight.

DAY FOUR: After breakfast, into Arizona we go! Be ready for the beauty of the Petrified Forest National Park & Visitor Center, followed by the Wigwam Village in Holbrook, then another iconic photo op at “Standing on the Corner” in Winslow, AZ. We’ll travel into beautiful Flagstaff and Williams to stop at the Twin Arrows Trading Post and Main Streets. We’ll overnight high in the pines of for two nights in Kingman, AZ.

DAY FIVE: After breakfast, all aboard to circle around Kingman, visiting the Grand Canyon Caverns Grotto, Cool Springs Station, Peach Springs on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

DAY SIX: After breakfast, west we head into California to the famous Roy’s Motel, Cafe and service station in the middle of the Mojave Desert town of Amboy. Our overnight and dinner will be in Barstow, CA.

DAY SEVEN: Pacific Coast bound! We’ll leave Barstow after breakfast, then take in the greenery of the San Bernardino Hills before descending into the Los Angeles basin. See the Wigwam Motel as we head to our Route 66 terminus at the Santa Monica Pier. There will be plenty of time for photos with Pacific Ocean behind the Route 66 signs, and we’ll get to enjoy the sights and sounds of the busy and colorful pier and beach. We will return to St. Louis via our evening flight.

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*Please note: This journey is seven days (the itinerary attached shows incorrect dates) - SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2026 (7 DAYS)

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