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✈️ Drive Route 66 end to end across America

Chicago to Santa Monica, about 2,400 miles. Much of it is now frontage road, faded neon, and towns the interstate skipped.

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How you would actually start

  1. 🔍 Check whether the promise holds

    “Chicago to Santa Monica, about 2,400 miles. Much of it is now frontage road, faded neon, and towns the interstate skipped.” That is the pitch. Spend an hour on first-hand accounts rather than listicles — what it costs, how long it really takes, and what people wish they had known.

  2. 🪜 Find the small version first

    Somewhere nearer will tell you whether you actually like this kind of trip, for a fraction of the cost.

  3. 📌 Put it somewhere you will see it

    An intention you have not written down is a mood. A list you revisit is a decision you keep making.

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