Route 66 Towns

Kansas City area • Harrisonville • Butler • Nevada • Lamar • Carthage • Joplin

Day Notes

• Opening travel day; keep it intentionally easy.
• Start with a comfortable home charge.

Route 66 Towns

Joplin • Galena • Baxter Springs • Miami • Afton • Vinita • Chelsea • Foyil • Catoosa • Tulsa

Day Notes

• Blue Whale: allow roughly 20–30 minutes plus restroom time.
• Do not force every attraction if the day begins running long.

Route 66 Towns

Tulsa • Sapulpa • Bristow • Stroud • Chandler • Arcadia • Oklahoma City

Day Notes

• Oklahoma City offers multiple charging choices; select based on live status and next-day Amarillo leg.

Route 66 Towns

Oklahoma City • El Reno • Weatherford • Clinton • Elk City • Sayre • Erick • Shamrock • McLean • Groom • Amarillo

Day Notes

• Treat west-Texas charging as a planned travel stop, not an afterthought.
• Verify preferred fast charger before departure.

Route 66 Towns

Amarillo • Vega • Adrian • Glenrio • Tucumcari • Santa Rosa

Day Notes

• Elevation, wind and temperature can affect consumption; leave Amarillo with comfortable margin.
• Open space remains for Route 66 roadside stops discovered along the way.

Route 66 Towns

Santa Rosa • Moriarty • Edgewood • Albuquerque

Day Notes

• Arrive Albuquerque with enough reserve to avoid making local-event days revolve around charging.
• Keep the Albuquerque lunch block protected.

Route 66 Towns

Albuquerque

Day Notes

• Original plan: ~4:30 PM pre-dinner travel and ~5:30 PM TEN 3 dinner.
• Tram operations are weather-dependent; re-confirm before trip.

Route 66 Towns

Albuquerque

Day Notes

• 5:45 AM Drone Light Show; 6:00 AM Dawn Patrol; 7:00 AM balloon launch.
• Keep the rest of the day flexible after the morning session.

Route 66 Towns

Albuquerque • Grants • Gallup • Holbrook • Winslow • Flagstaff

Day Notes

• Charge Tuesday evening if practical so Wednesday starts with comfortable reserve.
• Normal westbound travel day after Balloon Fiesta.

Route 66 Towns

Flagstaff • Williams • Ash Fork • Seligman • Kingman • Needles

Day Notes

• Allow roughly three hours for Bearizona.
• Maintained gravel drive-through is an approved exception to the paved-road preference.
• Verify current Bearizona operating hours closer to October 8.

Route 66 Towns

Needles • Goffs • Essex • Amboy • Ludlow • Barstow

Day Notes

• Use paved Route 66 alternatives; avoid unpaved historic alignments unless deliberately chosen.
• Barstow is a strategic place to arrive well charged.

Route 66 Towns

Barstow • Victorville • San Bernardino • Pasadena • Burbank / Los Angeles

Day Notes

• Top off before entering heavier LA traffic if useful.
• The trip is not dependent on visiting the formal Santa Monica endpoint.

Route 66 Towns

Burbank / Los Angeles

Day Notes

• Local LA activities remain flexible.

Route 66 Towns

Burbank / Los Angeles

Day Notes

• Local LA activities remain flexible.

Route 66 Towns

Burbank

Day Notes

• TCM Classic Films Tour planned arrival 12:30 PM.
• Parking note: enter via Warner Blvd.; re-confirm before visit.

Route 66 Towns

Burbank / Los Angeles • Monterey

Day Notes

• Monterey is a required overnight stop.
• Favor scenic paved routing and adapt to coastal road conditions/closures.
• Exact route, intermediate stops and hotel remain pending.

Route 66 Towns

Monterey • Sacramento / Carmichael

Day Notes

• This completes the two-day scenic northbound transition.
• Exact route and intermediate stops remain flexible.

Route 66 Towns

Sacramento / Carmichael

Day Notes

• Keep this day flexible until the California leg is finalized.
• Return-home departure date and route remain open.