Getting our Kicks on Route 66

After visiting the Billy the Kid Museum, we rode north to Santa Rosa, New Mexico. It was a beautiful drive on the highway, with rolling hills, straightaways and amazingly huge cattle and horse ranches.

Our next museum destination was the Route 66 Auto Museum in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.It's a pretty small museum with only 30 cars but it was still a fun place to stop and it was only $5.00 per person. All the cars were in good condition, a few for sale (we resisted) and we even found "Mater" from the movie "Cars" in the parking lot, ready to roll.

After the museum we cruised Historic Route 66, looking for a place to eat and an iconic sign for a photo. 
We found both at the Route 66 Restaurant. The diner was vintage and fun! There weren't any cars, except a vintage T-Bird in the parking lot which made us a little unsure about eating there. What a great surprise we found. 
Our lunch was terrific, Frito Pie and a Chili Dog with Tater Tots! Service was great, place was really clean and it was cheap too! Well worth the visit - we ended up with a great Routee 66 photo and look how happy Randy is with his Chili Dog! Simple pleasures are the best.

After lunch, we reluctantly got on the road on our way to Taos. We've been on Route 66 before, near Lake Havasu, Arizona but this time, on our "coast to coast" journey being there was memorable and inspirational. We have done so much on this trip, and to be on one of the first and most famous highways in America was remarkable. The Mother Road is famous all over the world, and many people only dream of riding on it. It was exciting to know that we're one of the lucky ones who get to ride Route 66!