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 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.

Catoosa to Tulsa on Sep 24, 2016 at 4:32:01 pm [Print]
If you faithfully follow the EZ directions thru Catoosa (after the Blue Whale) you will not miss old 66 thru Tulsa.

However, many people seem to be missing the vital turn onto FORD ST in Catoosa.

If you miss this turn, you'll end up following OK State HWY 66 and I-44 as it bypasses Original 66 thru Tulsa!

To remedy this, merely take EXIT 240 (at the big casino), and turn LEFT onto 193rd St to rejoin the tour route. Or if you miss that, take the 11th Street exit and head west towards downtown.

Big texan on Sep 24, 2016 at 4:26:42 pm [Print]
My big oil painting of the Big texan now hangs upstairs in the restaurant.

Dining and lodging Guide on Sep 20, 2016 at 10:16:00 pm [Print]
I don't write the federation's NOW OUT OF PRINT Dining and Lodging Guide. Its a good book, but there's apparently a mistake I don't want blamed on me!

The Instant Karma cafe is in Joplin, NOT Galena.