Strange 66: Myth, Mystery, Mayhem, and Other Weirdness on Route 66

Strange 66 by Michael Karl Witzel Myth, Mystery, Mayhem, and Other Weirdness on Route 66 As a child my mother would pack the suitcases. Dad would put the suitcases on the top of the car. A mattress was put into the back of the station wagon and then usually mom would start the long trek from Des Moines, Iowa to Glendale, California to see her parents. Dad would usually fly out to join us later and we often drove back to the Midwest as a family. Those trips were magical and most of the time Route 66 made up the greatest portion of the trip. We stopped at night and along the way of there were sites to see sometimes detouring to see a park someone thought was worth our young eyes seeing – one was the petrified forest. Anyway, this book brought back many memories though the ones I have were not really found in the book – not many of them anyway. A couple that were happened to be the MacDonald’s Arch spanning the highway…I do believe we stopped to eat there at one time AND the Pasadena Suicide Bridge we used to cross when we lived in Eagle Rock and would head over to Pasadena. I enjoyed learning about the man who was instrumental in the building of Route 66 and why it was so very important as the automobile replaced horses for transportation. I learned of killers, mysterious happenings, haunted buildings, ghostly hauntings, monuments, artistic endeavors, historic eating establishments, interesting buildings, musical anecdotes…and so much more. I had fun looking at the beautiful photos and came away thinking that at some point in time I would love to travel Route 66 again and take this book along with me to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Voyageur Press for the ARC – This is my honest review. 5 Stars