Historic Route 66 to Albuquerque New Mexico

We drive out of the canyon campground at Palo Dura Canyon State Park and get on Interstate 40 just west of Amarillo, Texas. This part of I40 follows the historic Route 66 route.

We stop at Vega, New Mexico to drive on part of the old Route 66 and stop at an old refurbished gas station.

We drive around 325 miles today to just west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and stop at a campground that is located on the old route 66 and was originally Hilltop Trading Post on historic route 66. They have some antiques, but their most interesting antiques are some refurbished old trailers. There are also several old Airstreams staying here in the campground.

They have a photo of how their building used to look 50+ years ago, and I tried to take a photo of the photo but it didn't work very well (too many reflections off the glass). It is amazing that it's just a simple building with gas pumps and nothing else around (only desert/plains). Today just ten minutes east of the RV park there is a section of interstates where at least 5 expressways pass over each other in a maze of bridges.

We run to the local Wal-Mart after dinner and end our day by watching a DVD on the history of Route 66.