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ProfessorGAC

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3. The Old Route 66 Runs Two Blocks....

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 03:10 PM

Jul 20

...North of our house.
We're not a ghost town, but a sleepy little community of 6 to 7 thousand and we see lots of Rt 66 cruisers come through this time of year.
Had a 100+ parade of motorcyclists come through a couple weeks ago.
In early June we had a Corvette club come through. Probably 60 Corvettes in that gaggle.
Memorial Day weekend there was a classic car show of about 150 cars and I saw plates from at least 10 other states.
We see this stuff every year. The Route 66 fascination is a real thing.

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