Imagine this: you wake up in the glamorous, exotic, or rustic location of your choice. A smile sneaks its way onto your face. You’re living your dream of traveling the world… and, here’s the best part – you’re getting paid for it.
It is extremely difficult to write about this subject without sounding ‘hypey’ and ‘salesy,’ so let me just lay out the facts, and I’ll let you come up with your own conclusions:
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Hundreds of billions of dollars change hands online every year.
• Thousands of one-man-business entrepreneurs are making a portion of this money.
• Internet technology has made business possible from anywhere in the world. All you need is a laptop or Internet café…
• With a little bit of training and know-how, creating a profitable business online that takes in a few thousand dollars per month takes about 30-90 days.
• There’s a growing underground community whose strategies have them making more money than their friends with ‘Jobs’ and they get to travel to wherever they like.
There are the facts. If you put it all together, there is no reason you can’t take an extremely small piece of the pie. In fact, if you made .00001% of the money being made online you’d be ridiculously rich!
So what are the methods to make this happen? There’s no selling your friends or timeshares or anything shady like that. These are completely legitimate, entrepreneurial ventures that don’t take any startup costs or a ton of training. There are MANY ways to make money online, but here are 3:
1) Sell digital information. If you’re an expert on a subject of any kind, you can quickly and easily create an digitally delivered product and then focus on selling the product online. This can be an ebook, mp3, video file, or even a simple password-protected website. The markup on these products is HUGE because they cost nothing to create or deliver, and they can be sold for $10 to $10,000+ dollars. Say you have a modest $20 download. If you sold a measly 3 products per day, you’re making $1,800 bucks a month. Sell a $50 dollar product (which takes no more work) at the same rate and you’re making $4,500 a month… for doing the work ONCE!
2) Sell stuff on Ebay. “Wait!” I can hear you objecting… “I don’t want to carry around old junk to sell while I travel!” By all means… DON’T! You can easily set up an inexpensive account with a fulfillment house and have them ship your auction sales for you. You can hire a high school kid or your little sister to ship stuff. Better yet, just sell digital products on Ebay and don’t ship anything!
3) Blogging. This is a great option for writers, photographers, and videographers who want to document their travel. You’re probably going to be at least journaling, taking pictures, or video… most likely a combination of all three. Well, did you ever consider making it into a blog that makes money? Setting up a blog to collect income from your advertisers (and visitors, if you choose) is easier than ever. Some bloggers are making $250,000+ per MONTH just for writing about their lives. Yes, you read that correctly. Per month. Not too shabby!
The real key to making money online is to take action and get started. Pick one of these methods, learn as much as you can from experts who have done it already, and then go travel the world!
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wow I have lived in kingman for 19 yrs and I havent seen have these places…
yo quiero lo hacer tambien!! deberia ser fantastico!
è il mio sogno, un giorno lo realizzerò…
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Grazie….e grazie a Billy Joel
Bella canzone. Bellisima! Multo grazie.
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Great video.
It reminds me of my trip in 2004.
Seems we went to the same places.
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In NM, take the I-40 business routes, esp. in Albuquerque (Central Ave.) and Gallup. There's also a drivable stretch between Laguna and Grants that allows you to see a little more small town.
Done the trip several times. I live on Route 66 and love it. Yes there are a lot of drivable parts still and most are in pretty good conditions. Some of the roads are marked with Historic Route 66 sings but, they are not always posted well and it depends what alligment they are talking about (Route 66 was moved several times). While it does not go to the Grand Canyon you can drive parts of it and deture up there. (We have done this several times). If you are looking for time and speed this is not the road for you, most have speed limit signs posted and a lot are 45 and under….be sure you have the time to do this. If you contact the Arizona Route 66 Assc they will send you a very detailed map with the points of interest on them, they will also send you a copy of their magazine…good stuff here the map is great! Also be sure to check out this website I have used the directions may times and they are very good! Turn by turn will walk you through, very good has the diffrent alligments to1
http://www.historic66.com
Love this site! Be sure to check out Seligman if you get the chance really neat very little old town, most of the founding members of the AZ Route 66 Assc live/lived there…you do not want to miss the Snow Cap!
I have included from the website mentioned above some directions which also have sites of interest listed…
Williams
Pass under the railroad.
Turn left on Echo Canyon Rd. for the 1926-41 alignment.
Continue along the south of BL-40 till the railroad tracks.
Turn back, dead-end.
Pre 1941
Turn right on Rodeo Rd (=west-northwest).
Turn left on Airport Rd. (=south).
Turn right on Edison Ave. (west-southwest).
Turn left on Grand Canyon Ave (2nd St).
Williams Depot at 235 N. Grand Canyon Blvd. The steam train to the Grand Canyon departs here.
Cross the railroad.
Turn right on Railroad Ave. (BL-40).
Post 1941:
Post 1941 Route 66 westbound is Railroad Ave. (BL-40)
Post 1941 Route 66 eastbound is Bill Williams Ave. (BL-40)
Williams was the very last bypassed town. It clung to Route 66 from November 11th, 1926 till October 13th, 1984. During that time, Bill Williams Ave. to the west of 2nd St. has been Route 66 uninterrupted.
Sidetrip: The Grand Canyon is 60 miles north of here on AZ-64, or with the Grand Canyon Railway.
West of Williams, join I-40 at exit 161.
The southern frontage road west of exit 161 is Route 66 (dead-end).
If you don't drive on dirt roads, continue on I-40 at exit 157, otherwise leave I-40 here.
On the south of I-40 to the east of Pine Springs (exit 157) are 2 earlier alignments:
The southern most is the 1926-32 alignment.
The northern one is the 1932-52 alignment.
The route is a dirt road or with pavement in bad shape, so take care.
On the south of I-40 to the west of Pine Springs (exit 157) is the 1926-52 alignment, but it runs into private property after about a mile.
Continue on I-40 at exit 151 (Welch Rd.).
Turn north at the Welch Rd exit on FR-6, you;re on the 1026-32 alignment when the road bends slight to the east.
As FR-6 turns onto FR-6 to the east:
At the juction with Silent Bridge Rd (FR-6E), you join the 1932-52 alignment to the east (dead-ends):
The 1926-32 alignment is a bit more to the south for about a mile.
Continue straight whereFR-6E turn sharply to the left (north).
The pre 1926-52 alignment ends at the interstate (turn back).
At the intersection of FR-6 and FR6E above, Turn sharp left to continue to the west on the 1932-52 alignment.
Rejoin I-40 at exit 149 (Monte Carlo Rd.).
Ash Fork
Leave I-40 at exit 146.
Turn right onto Lewis Av. (BL-40).
Since the 1950's, eastbound traffic uses Park Ave (also BL-40).
DeSoto's Beauty and Barber shop can't be missed due to the DeSoto on top, at 314 W Lewis Ave.
A left onto 8th Ave. Followed by a slight right on Pine Ave., puts you on the original alignment on Route 66. (dead-ends)
Rejoin I-40 west of town at exit 144.
Leave I-40 at exit 139 (Crookton Rd.).
Pre 1965 alignment to the east:
Dead-ends, you'll have to return
Cross to south at exit 139.
Turn left (east) on the frontage road (not Route 66 yet)
As the pavement veers away from I-40 after a bit less than a mile, you're on the 1926-65 alignment of Route 66.
Continue on the road being reclaimed by nature til the Partridge Creek.
The bridge was built in the 1920's and has a prominent feature: a tree growing out of the concrete bridge.
The road ahead dead-ends at the railroad.
Turn right onto Crookton Rd. (Historic Us-66)
Head west onto Crookton Rd.
At Crookton Hill, note how the 1926-40's alignment veers of to the right to navidate around the hill.
As you cross the railroad tracks (Crookton Overpass), note the older highway bridge on the right (you are on a 1930's bridge).
For the next miles there will be left and right undrivable older alignments
Seligman
on AZ-66, and continue on Chino St. as BL-40 joins from exit 123 .
In Seligman the older Route 66 alignment is Railroad Ave. (1 block closer to the railroad on the left), but the attactions are on the newer alignment.
Snow Cap drive, a place full of humor like 2 door knobs on the same side of the door, a sign "sorry we're open" and the like. Juan Delgadillo runs the Snow Cap.
Angel Delgadillo has his barber shop here. Angel is not just world renowed for promoting Route 66, he's also the founder of the Arizona Route 66 Association. Angel is retired as a barber, but his shop is now part of the Visitor Center wun by Angel and Vilma Delgadillo.
Historic Harvey house.
Leaving Seligman, pass under the western overpass
Continue on AZ-66.
GAS: The stretch to Kingman might be hard to get gas (and certainly from a major brand), if you're picky about brands or rulling low, fill up here. We're leaving I-40 for a while and gas stations will be far less densily available than what you've seen so far on Route 66. It's not a big deal, and it can be driven without a problem, just fill up here to be on the safe side.
People are very friendly on Route 66 and it is a wonderful drive, I do not know how far you are going but the best Route 66 drive is up to Oatman, very windy old school roads not for the faint of hear but, still was photographed a lot and has been used on numerous commericals….The old town is also very neat to see. Also contact the Williams Visitors Center and tell them you need info on Route 66 and they will send you directions. You will have a great time and it is just a wonderful time, The Mother Road is one great trip. Hope this helps!
Well Gallup is a good spot but it is in New Mexico NOT Arizona. Gallup mostly has Native American crafts, art, and trinkets. (Gallup is home to a huge Navajo population) Amarillo, Tx is much more of a "cowboy" town and is a mecca of western wear stores. Rt 66 skirts Amarillo, but it would be well worth your time to cruz down on I-40 and check out your shopping options. I have never seen as many western wear stores as I have in Amarillo. Also if you want a unique experience you can try to eat the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan restaurant, if you eat it all in one hour its free. (Its really hard though). Its a real tourist spot but fun if you think you can eat the steak. Good luck and have fun. If you make it all the way out to Flagstaff make sure to do the short drive down to Sedona for a day as well seeing the Grand Canyon.
I thought that route 66 was a road, in which case there would only be 'one' route along one road!
I love Route 66 and Drive it all the time! There are sooo many great places to stay see. I don’t even know where to start.
Okay well first lets start with IL. There is a ton of good places to eat. There is Lou Mitchell’s in Chicago, Dell Ray’s Chicken Basket in Willowbrook. There is also the Cozy Dog Drive In in Springfield IL. The Polk A Dot drive in which is in Atlanta, Scoty’s in Hamel best Horseshoe on the Route! There is also DeKamp Junction which is cool Al Capone and his guys robbed the place. Be sure to check out the Rivera Restaurant, again Al Capone came here in fact his “throne” is here. Located in a basement that is decorated like a cave this place is cool. I would not eat here, but get a drink and check it out! Behind the Rivera is an old diner cart. The National Route 66 Org. has done a wonderful job restoring it! Best part FREE! As for places to see in IL the Atlanta has a great Route 66 Park, there is also the Hall of Fame in Pontiac which is really nice. Henry’s Rabbit ranch is a visitors center and museum and yep they have rabbits and lots of them. Very cool place! There was the Pig Hip Museum but on 5/11/07 it burned down. They are rebuilding it and it will be pen soon! Very sad had been on the Route since the start. Oh yeah and don’t forget about Funk’s Grove been here before 66 they make real maple Surip and yes that is spelled right. Still family owned today!
Okay MO. My favorite place to stay is the Munger Moss Motel. Very fun! Ted Drews of course has the best custard on the Route located in STL. There is also Route 66 state park which is new pretty nice. Who can forget about Merimac Caverns? You see sings painted on barns for this all over the Route. Very cool place. Also you get to drive through a town called HOOKER, very funny to take pictures of and who could forget a place called that. It is really funny to see the sing for Hooker Cemetery, we had a few questions when we saw this. Right by Hooker is Devils Elbow a very nice drive on the route. There is the Skyline Motel in Springfield MO still looks like it did back in the day. The people who work there are really nice. Oh Yeah and Fantastic Caverns is there, a drive through cave how cool is that. The drive through Animal Park used to be there. That was always fun you got to fee all kinds of things from your car. They sold it last Oct, now it is being turned into condos I think. Springfield MO is Route 66 crazy and there is a ton of stuff to do here. Check out their website. In Carthage there is a very cool drive in theater that is still working. Very fun to go to. The Castle Court in Joplin is also a nice place to stay at.
Moving on to OK. OK has some of the best parts of Route 66 all over you will find one lane roads, parts of the old brick road and more. I love going to the Blue Whale and the World’s Largest Totem Pole. Don’t get more touristy than that! There is also Yukon which has a Route 66 Museum, also home to Garth Brooks as the let you know when you pull into town. The Metro Diner in Tulsa is great and Elvis ate there! They have some of the best food around! The Rock Café is also a great place to eat at, I believe the girl that owns it was used as a character in the movie “Cars”. In Clinton there is a really nice Route 66 Museum try to go to it each time I drive the Route. The Lincoln motel in Chandler has been there forever and it is a great place to stay. The round bar is crazy it is located in Arcadia, across from it is some restaurant and motel called Hillbilly something. They were closed when we went so we just visited the Barn. There is also the new POPS which just opened. I have not had the chance to go, but it has the world’s largest soda bottle, windows made out of soda bottles, a diner, gift shop and more. They have a website, check them out! El Reno has a Route 66 Museum that is connected to the town museum and it is just cool! Huge fun and we spent hours there! Elk City is home the National Route 66 Museum a must stop for all Route 66 Travelers! Love the place! There is also the new Route 66 Interpretive Center in Chandler OK that just opened up. I have not been to it but they have a lot of stuff. They also have a very nice Route 66 Museum.
Texas has the smallest part of Route 66 so I have never stayed there but, the Shamrock Restaurant in Shamrock has a killer chicken fried steak! You also must go to Amarillo, not only is the Big Texan Steak House home of the 72 oz steak there but also Cadillac Ranch. Wow you get to spray paint on these cars, 10 caddy’s nose in the dirt sticking straight up! I have never seen anything like this, we had a great time here! One on my favorite places to eat is the Adrian Café in Adrian this is the Midpoint of the route. They have the best everything here, get some pie! They also are very nice and answered all of my questions, and told us their stories of the route. Wonderful place!!!! Glenrio was this wonderful little ghost town on the border, we got some really cool pictures here. The old buildings are very neat to see.
NM is cool because if you do your research you can drive parts of Route 66 that are still unpaved. It did not start out being a paved highway that was added latter and here you can find old pieces of the road. The other cool thing that I remember as we were driving these parts in some places you could still see marks from the wagon trains and big ruts on the side of the road that were made by them. You will find yourself alone for hours just like it used to be. Okay there are a couple cool places to stay in NM. My favorite has to be the Blue Swallow. This place is still awesome! The blue neon will knock your socks off. It has been restored and you still even have your own little garage now that is cool! I will never forget this place. There is also the El Rancho Hotel very famous the old movie stars used to stay here and all the rooms are now named after a star. Located in the heart of downtown they also have a really good restaurant in the place. Tee Pee Curios is also in NM an old store still fun to go into! Gallup has the best shopping around and is home to the Native American Nations. They are always having a Pow Wow or something here. They also have the best shopping for Native American jewelry around! I also like Gallup because the El Rancho Kitchen wonderful eats! You also get to see the Continental Divide which runs on the boarder of NM and AR, something you will never forget.
AZ is also a great state for 66 they really have done their best to preserve it and the coolest part of driving Route 66 can be found here. I love the drive to Oatman which was a ghost town but they are bringing it back to life. The drive is very twisty and turny and there is nothing to keep you from falling off the side of the mountain this part of the road is one of the most photographed on Route 66 and is not for the faint of heart. With that said I just love to drive this part! My favorite place to Stay in AZ has got to be at the Wigwams, now how cool is that to sleep in a Tee Pee okay so they are not really but, you do get your own little wigwam made of concrete. Been here forever and still family owned, old and young love to stay here. I make it a must each trip! There is also the Museum club in Flagstaff been on the route forever, nice bar good music. The Petrified Forest, Painted Desert and The Meteor Crater are all breath taking. Well worth the time to see them. Glad I did. Seligman this whole small town is Route 66 Crazy! I love going to the Snow Cap, great food and a ton of stuff showing the pride of Route 66. This place is just hard to describe, they have old cars, signs and all kinds of things! The Route 66 motel is also a very nice place to stay here. Now the funniest part of Seligman has got to be the Roadkill Café, um yep that is what it is called and that is why I remember it! Oh yeah I almost forgot that I stood on the Corner of Winslow AR just like the song! Um it is a nice site to see, don’t know if I would call it lovely.
CA you get to drive through the Joshua Trees and that is really cool. You don’t even have to go to the park they are right outside of your window. Barstow is one of my favorite stops, sorry not because Route 66 runs through it but, this is the first In-N-Out Burger on the Route. If you have never had it I cannot even tell you how wonderful In-N-Out is! A California must the best fast food around, fresh really no freezers or microwaves, made to order simple yummy goodness! Victorville also has another good Route 66 Museum. I really liked it. The Santa Monica Pier is where Route 66 ends, although this was not true back in the day. Still the pier is fun and there is some great food, games and fun. Love ending the trip there. There really is just a ton of cool things to see on the CA drive, you go through LA, and Hollywood. There are a ton of old builds and wonderful restaurants.
Every time I drive Route 66 I see something new, and every time I make a new memory. There is just too much that I could list here! I have already gone on enough. In fact I will be driving parts of it this weekend. Route 66 is always fun and is a huge part of my favorite travel memories. Take time, do your research, contact the chamber of commerce for the towns along the way tell them you are driving 66 they will give you suggestions on places to see. I spent a while researching it, some things you just stumble upon. There are a ton of roadside attractions along the way; they will just jump out at you! Be sure to get off of highway 40, that is not the real Route 66, get directions from the site below and do the turn by turn directions. They really are great and you get to go through the small towns, the interstate goes around them and some are not even labeled on the exit signs.
Here are some of the websites that I use for my searches:
Best directions, very good, lets you choose what alignment you want to drive! I use them every time they even have the modern day street names!!!!!
http://www.historic66.com
http://www.national66.com
http://www.route66.org
http://www.oklahomaroute66.com
http://www.missouri66.org
http://www.bygonebyways.com
http://www.route66university.com
http://www.theroadwanderer.net/route66.htm
http://www.azrt66.com
http://www.theroadwanderer.net/route66.h...
http://abe66.com/
http://www.route66buzz.com/
http://www.tucumcarinm.com/visitors_guide/index.php
http://www.lacusveris.com/MotherRoad/Attractions%20US66.shtml
http://www.route66photographs.com/photographs/roadside_attractions.php
http://route66.backroadsplanet.com/
http://oklahomaroute66.nstemp.com/
http://www.route40.net/culture/attractions.shtml
http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Roads_and_Highways/Route_66/
http://www.route66motels.com/attractions.htm
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/66-California.html
I hope this helps you, there really are some wonderful things to see and the people of 66 are just the best! I always meet friendly, wonderful people when I drive 66. Doesn't matter what age you are, if you tell them you are traveling 66, they will help you on your trip. I also recommend contact the chamber of commerce/visitors center for each town/city along the way. It takes time but, they send you the best stuff and really help you find unique things on 66. I made a huge Route 66 book to help us on our travels. You might also want to check out the Route 66 Pulse. You can find it online, it is a newspaper all about Route 66. Wonderful they are always listing new things!
Almost forgot you will see brown Route 66 signs along they way, these will help mark your path!
Hope this helps! Happy travels!
The weather should be fairly good. Albuquerque can get really cold in the fall. So can the higher elevations, so bring warm clothes and check the weather channel each night for the area you will be traveling through the next day. You don't want to get caught in a surprise snow storm.
Route 66 can be hard to follow in some states, I've done a lot of it. You will need a good guidebook or map to follow it, it isn't well marked in many places.
It's a bit boring in New Mexico where it runs on the interstate and directs you off at each town to drive down their main street and get back on again at the end of town.
Gotta Travel On – Billy Grammer
Diesel on My Tail – Jim & Jesse
Road Song – Charlie Rich
Hot Rod Lincoln – Asleep at the Wheel
On the road again – Willie Nelson
I've Been Everywhere – Lynn Anderson
Restless – Carl Perkins
Highway 40 Blues – Ricky Skaggs
Six Days on the Road – Dave Dudley
Girl on the Billboard – Del Reeves
Forty Miles of Bad Road – Duane Eddy
Most of the movie diner songs I've heard were hot songs from the 50's & 60's Ricky Valens to Elvis Presley, Big Bopper stuff. Is this what you want?
Try these:
http://www.nps.gov/history/rt66/map/map.htm
http://www.historic66.com/description/