[I spent much of
my childhood either traveling on or living near the old US Highway 66- Route 66-
which has become victimized by the modern Interstate Highway system. Yet it
maintains its emotional draw on me so today I do indeed, as the ballad says, “get
my kicks on Route 66”]
Route 66…
Main Street of America
Avenue of the Joads
Journey to the Golden Coast
Funnel of Delights
Road most traveled
Route 66…
From Chicago to Santa Monica
Through Saint Louis, Afton,
Vinita, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Falstaff
Across prairie, Ozark hills,
wheat fields, desert, and the Continental Divide
Route 66…
Past farms, ranches, oil fields,
cities, and towns
Over rivers, valleys, and railways
Under nature’s weather
Route 66…
Luring the adventurers
Seducing the discontented
Beckoning the curious
Route 66…
Enabler of motels, gas stations,
and roadside wonders
Creator of year-old historic
relics
Blender of cultures caravanning
and bargaining on the way
Route 66…
Fractured main street overwhelmed
by Interstate 44
Escape for those fleeing the land
of broken promises
Funnel to nowhere
Avenue back home
Road barely traveled
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