EZ UPDATES

For readers of the EZ 66 Guide for Travelers, I have provided free online updates to help keep your Route 66 experience as current as possible. As you might imagine, Route 66 is constantly undergoing changes, some good, others not so. Businesses open and close, roads are re-routed and street names change.

Please check back here just before your trip for the latest info. Entries are dated as to when they were added.

If you wish to purchase your own copy of the EZ Guide, please go here.

EZ 66 readers have been helpful in keeping me keep the guidebook updated in between my own road trips, so if you discover something that needs to be addressed while on your journey, please let me know!

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CA page-19 on Dec 18, 2016 at 9:16:10 pm [Print]
BIG alert!

There is a sign depicting a BIG steaming coffee cup in front of the Starbucks on north side of Foothill, just west of Mulberry Ave in UPLAND. NOT the Mulberry Ave futher east in Fontana!

Its only a few feet high, so look close to the edge of the parking lot.

TX page 3 on Dec 06, 2016 at 7:24:37 pm [Print]
Here are some Shamrock updates from my friend Randy Murphy:

The Blarney Stone in Shamrock has been moved from Elmore Park to the NE corner of 2ND and US-83/Main into its own little “Blarney Stone Plaza.” Picture attached.

2) The Route 66 mural on Route 66 in Shamrock seems to be complete. (This is on the east side of town, along the south side of 66.

3) At the restored Conoco/U-Drop-In a photo of Elvis in a corner booth he sat in has been added.


az page 3 on Dec 06, 2016 at 7:21:56 pm [Print]
Reader Tim Weigel advises that the cattleguards on the section of 66 west from Lupton exit to Exit 354 have become very rough, so go slow as you encounter them. Good idea any time you see a cattleguard (a section across the road where steel pipes are laid in a row to prevent cattle from crossing) in the west on any road.

CA Motels on Dec 02, 2016 at 3:35:37 pm [Print]
On my recent LA trip I stayed at 2 motels that were new to me.

In Monrovia is the Oak Park Motel 925 E Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016
Phone: (626) 358-1148. Nice and clean with a good neon sign.


I finally got to stay at the New Corral Motel in Victorville. The room was small but clean. Great neon sign too.
14643 7th St, Victorville, CA 92395
Phone: (760) 245-9378

Il page 23 on Nov 05, 2016 at 5:31:53 pm [Print]
The section of 66 that is now a frontage road between Divernon (exit 72) and the I-55 overpass north of Litchfield is currently very ROUGH. Its driveable, but if you're on a bike or sports car or RV I'd stick to I-55 between Divernon and Litchfield.


IL page 17 on Nov 05, 2016 at 5:17:07 pm [Print]
The former Shea's Museum in SPRINGFIELD is gone. But an old gas station from the collection has been moved a bit down the road. Now located at

1168 E Sangamon ave.

Springfield Illinois 62702

Next to Fulgenzi’s Pizza and Pasta

IL page-10 on Nov 05, 2016 at 5:13:27 pm [Print]
Eastbound (EB) thru DWIGHT: When HWY 47 joins from the right (from across the tracks) you must STOP but the HWY 47 traffic does not. They come in at an angle, so be careful.

IL page-9 on Nov 05, 2016 at 5:11:34 pm [Print]
Between Wilmington and Braidwood are new STOP signs on 66 at some crossroads. The crossroad traffic in these cases DO NOT STOP.
This is in connection with the transformation of the railroad across much of Illinois 66 to high speed rail. You may encounter temporary closures and detours at crossings.

Dining and Lodging Guide on Oct 07, 2016 at 3:10:48 pm [Print]
The Dining and Lodging guide is now OUT OF PRINT! DON'T pay outrageous sums for it on ebay, etc...as it is now out of date.
was a great resource for traveling 66, especially in those locations where there is not a classic motel or cafe to visit. I used it myself.

BUT...i want to be sure everyone knows I did not write it!

Recently visitors have told me of errors. Like the address for the Campbell Hotel in Tulsa is incorrect.

Don't blame me! I make enough goofs of my own!

Meramec Caverns Motel MO page-10 on Sep 29, 2016 at 8:17:11 pm [Print]
I've had readers recommend the Meramec Caverns Motel near Stanton MO.