Hey Dawg...if you haven't already seen "CARS"...you have to rent it!!! I liked it as much as my kids because of it's underlying theme...the destruction of small town America..and of course Route 66.
Recently I've been traveling from Springfield, Il to St. Louis Mo on Route 55. Out of curiosity I took Rt. 4 from Springfield to St. Louis. Route 4 is the same as old 66.
55 is nothing but farmland. 66 was pretty much one little town bordering another. That's when I realized how much of America has been bypassed by the interstates. Everyone is in too much of a hurry.