ROUTE 66 in a VAN | California

Julie, Dick, Abby and Boxy the Van are driving from California to Oklahoma via Historic Route 66 and we're taking you with us! Check out all the landmarks we visited and the various places we ate and stayed in the van. In this first video of the series, we travel from Santa Monica to Needles.

00:00 early drive to Santa Monica
00:23 Santa Monica Pier
02:22 the start at Lincoln and Olympic
03:06 Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena
04:29 lunch at The Hat World Famous Pastrami
05:29 Madonna of the Trail in Upland
05:59 Magic Lamp Inn
06:21 Cucamonga Service Station
08:17 Glen Helen Regional Park
09:15 Wigwam Motel in Rialto
10:47 breakfast at the Outpost Cafe
11:13 intimidated by truckers
12:07 Victorville Route 66 Museum
13:21 Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch
17:05 the town of Hodge
17:34 Harvey House in Barstow
18:46 lava field
19:39 Amboy Crater
20:33 Amboy BLM camping
22:27 Roy's in Amboy
23:51 bicycle gang
24:50 breakfast at Wagon Wheel
25:52 California Route 66 Gateway
26:22 Colorado River crossing
27:04 next time in Arizona
27:39 thank you for watching

photos and video taken with Nikon D850 and Nikon ZF
music by soundstripe.com

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