OPENING DAY: May 3, 2014
Music, movies and a popular 60s era TV show have mythologized the famed cross-country Highway Route 66. Also known as the Will Rogers Highway and Main Street of America, Route 66 was officially established in1926. It originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, landing at Santa Monica, California, a total of 2,448 miles. “It’s a road so quintessentially American that it has become a permanent part of our cultural memory,” notes the Lemay American Car Museum, as they announced their newest exhibit “Route 66: Dream of the Mother Road,” on May 3, 2014.
If you’re a car lover, travel buff or road-trip junkie, this could be a great day-off or weekend activity. The Lemay American Car Museum is located at 2702 East D. St., Tacoma, WA 98421 (right off that other colorful route “I-5”). Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week.