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Rt 66 trip begins!

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NutmegCT

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Johnny from England arrives in Nashville prior to the Chicago to Los Angeles Rt 66 adventure -

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Moggy owners?

A fellow Morris Minor owner is driving the old Route 66 in October. Are there any BCF Morris Minor or MG Midget owners along the way?
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I've been in touch with Johhny and plan to connect with them at the beginning here in Chicago. :)
 
First video of the trip -

 
Any road trip involving open roads is fantastic. I'll need to do some research on the Yellowstone Trail Highway but it's looking like we're heading in a Northern direction. Does Canada have their version of a transcontinental highway?
 
gonzo said:
Any road trip involving open roads is fantastic. I'll need to do some research on the Yellowstone Trail Highway but it's looking like we're heading in a Northern direction. Does Canada have their version of a transcontinental highway?
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JP will add more, but start with the Trans-Canada Highway.

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A Trans-Canada Highway roadtrip planning & travel website 🍁

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NutmegCT said:
JP will add more, but start with the Trans-Canada Highway.

transcanadahighway.com

A Trans-Canada Highway roadtrip planning & travel website 🍁

Canada's BEST all-in-one road trip planner for the Trans-Canada Highway! It runs across Canada between Victoria, British Columbia and St. John's, Newfoundland
transcanadahighway.com transcanadahighway.com
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We definitely do but we don't really have a comparable to something like Route 66. This partly because even though there are lots of very early communities in the maritimes and Quebec and even Ontario - when the country was surveyed, pretty much everything was done in squares meaning a lot of straight roads. The transcontinental is there but not super interesting in terms of turns or roadside attractions like Route 66. As well, due to a much smaller population there is big distance between communities. Obviously there is gorgeous scenery like the great lakes and the rockies - but the prairies - Let's just say you can fall asleep behind the wheel and keep going till you run out of gas.

In honour of Canadian topography, an ode or two.


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Matt Givertz drove his Morris Minor Albert to Mongolia and back! Doesn't get much more open road than that! :D
 
Had the pleasure of meeting up with Jim and Johnny Saturday night. Great guys! Took them to a Chicago institution - Portillo's. Then we went back to the AirBnB they were staying at for a pint. Had hoped to drive out with them for a distance on Sunday but had other commitments. :confused: I did manage a cameo in their video on YouTube. :smile: That's me with the red Mini.

Will be fun to follow along on their adventure.
 
Popeye said:
mmmmm Portillo’s… good bit of American culture there!!
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Surprisingly, there's a Portillo's here locally. Good food and plenty of it. Somewhere here I've photos of their grand opening.
 
No fair! You get Portillos in Florida, but I don’t get In-n-Out anywhere in the east coast?!

Nothing like a good burger to derail the thread… sorry!
 
We even met up with Brer Mickey and his wife there a while back as they were running thru the area. A too-short visit but the food was good! :bananawave::cheers:
 
I'd never even heard of Portillos before. We do have Whataburger though, and over in New Mexico they have Blake's Lottaburger, both good burger joints, and it is hard to beeat a Lottaburger green chili cheeseburger.
 
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