Tucumcari New Mexico & Tinkertown: Route 66 Road Trip
Route 66 road trip starts Tucumcari New Mexico riding by the Blue Swallow Motel and checking out the Tee Pee Curios across the street but the real fun starts at Tinkertown, this place all kinds of miniatures and quirky stuff.
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Filming locations
Tee Pee Curios 924 E Tucumcari Blvd Tucumcari, New Mexico
Blue Swallow Motel 815 E Rte 66 Blvd, Tucumcari, NM 88401
Tinkertown Museum 121 Sandia Crest Rd Sandia Park, New Mexico 87047
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What To Do In Tucumcari New Mexico?
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Historic Route 66, Museums, Swimming Pools, Music, Festivals, GREAT Food, Classic Cars, Route 66, Horseback Riding, Fossils, Murals, Souvenirs & More!
Wikipedia says that Tucumcari, NM is known for it's old western gunfights.
The city is located near the base of Tucumcari Mountain, 35°10′10″N 103°43′32″W (35.169453, −103.725488).[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.6 sq mi (19.6 km2), of which, 7.5 sq mi (19.5 km2) of it is land and 0.13% is water.
Tucumcari Visitors Museum
416 S Adams St, Tucumcari, NM 88401
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If you ask: What's To Do In Tucumcari New Mexico your answer is here and this video shows you everything in just a little over 2 minutes.
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Route 66 sights in Tucumcari, NM
Some of the old Route 66 buildings in Tucumcari, NM
Timeline: 100 years of New Mexico
Here are some of the biggest events in New Mexico over the past 100 years.
Tucumcari, New Mexico on US Route 66, beautiful neon signs, buildings
Driving through Tucumcari, New Mexico on U.S. Route 66. Beautiful gas stations, hotels, restaurants, and buildings with great neon signs. Visited July 2015. Great neon signs at night time. Love it. Great town to drive through. Favorite. #USRoute66
Route 66 Auto Museum - Santa Rosa, New Mexico
If you love vintage cars then this is the museum for you.
Historic Route 66 - Santa Rosa - New Mexico | Drive America's Highways ????
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We start the video merging onto Will Rogers Dr (Route 66) at the US-84 / Interstate 40 interchange east of Santa Rosa. Driving west along the historic highway, we soon cross another interchange with I-40 before entering Santa Rosa Proper. Just past I-40 lies the Santa Rosa Blue Hole and the rest of the old business district. We soon come to the intersection with NM-91 before turning more northwest at the intersection with US-54. We end the video merging back on to Interstate 40 west of Santa Rosa.
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The Forgotten Towns of Route 66 in New Mexico
Day 5 of my Route 66 trip across America . Visited Tinkertown Museum , Musical Road and checked out lots of vintage neon motel signs and mixed in a lot of abandoned towns and bizarre twists and turns along the drive
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Gallup, New Mexico US Historic Route 66 July of 2015
ARIZONA JAIL ON THE HISTORIC ROUTE 66 ALSO KNOWN AS WILL ROGERS HIGHWAY.
U.S. Route 66 (also known as the Will Rogers Highway after the humorist, and colloquially known as the Main Street of America or the Mother Road) was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 was established on November 11, 1926. However, road signs did not go up until the following year. The famous highway originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles, covering a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km).It was recognized in popular culture by both a hit song (written by Bobby Troup, originally recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio in 1946, and later performed by such artists as Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, The Manhattan Transfer and Depeche Mode) and the Route 66 television show in the 1960s.
Route 66 underwent many improvements and realignments over its lifetime, changing its path and overall length. Many of the realignments gave travelers faster or safer routes, or detoured around city congestion. One realignment moved the western endpoint farther west from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica.
Route 66 was a major path of the migrants who went west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and supported the economies of the communities through which the road passed. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive even with the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System.
U.S. 66 was officially removed from the United States Highway System on June 27, 1985 after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System. Portions of the road that passed through Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Arizona have been designated a National Scenic Byway of the name Historic Route 66. It has begun to return to maps in this form. Some portions of the road in southern California have been redesignated State Route 66, and others bear Historic Route 66 signs and relevant historic information.
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The video begins with us turning west onto Historic Route 66 from Interstate 40 exit 26 on the eastern edges of Gallup. Driving west on the mother road, paralleling the BNSF rail line to the north (the right of the video), we cross the intersection with NM-564, Boardman Dr, before making a quick pit stop at Walgreens.
Back on the road, we soon pass the historic El Rancho hotel before entering the central business district and the Rex Museum. After a few more intersections, including one with NM-602, we make our way out of town, passing the airport before turning left to merge back onto Interstate 40.
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Historical Route 66 Tucumcari in New Mexico. Driving through the old Route 66
We were driving from Washington state to Dallas Texas and on our way there we passed by The Historical Route 66. See how it looks like. I liked it a lot. It has a very good vibe.
Route 66 Museum Clinton Oklahoma
The Route 66 museum in Clinton Oklahoma
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NM True TV - Tucumcari Trading Post
This unusual roadside attraction specializes in stuff. And in memories of the Route 66 culture. While it looks like a gas station now, it was originally an antique store. Now with a remarkable collection of Route 66 memorabilia we will let you realize the irony on your own.
Seen Along Route 66
U.S. Route 66 or Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, the Main Street of America or the Mother Road, was one of the original highways within the U.S. Highway System. US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, with road signs erected the following year. The highway, which became one of the most famous roads in the United States, originally ran from Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona before ending at Santa Monica, California, covering a total of 2,448 miles.
The Blue Hole, Route 66, Santa Rosa, NM: Road Life More Life
62 degrees, 80 ft deep, crystal clear, brillant blue spring. Cliff jumping into incredibly freezing and refreshing water! TO BE HONEST: It may not look like it, but this was a rough stop! It was just a ROUGH DAY! We were tired, HOT, the kids were whinning, the adults were whinning, and the day just wasn't going well...when we returned home, The Blue Hole still haunted us...we somehow lost MOST of our video (we met some friends and promised them we would share their video, but we lost it! So Sorry guys!) , and then had multiple issues creating this video with what we had left. BUT STILL...we count it as AN ADVENTURE! Not every journey is perfect...not every day goes as planned, but we are better for it and learn from it!
Route 66 - Texas and into New Mexico
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Tucumcari-Quay County Chamber of Commerce
We welcome you to get your kicks in Tucumcari (pronounced TOO-kum-kair-ee,) the Heart of the Mother Road and the Gateway City of Murals. Nestled on historic Route 66, Tucumcari has more than 1200 motel rooms. Two lakes within half-hour drives, a golf course, world-class Dinosaur Museum, and Historical Museum. Legendary Route 66 motels, National, State and Historic Scenic Byways make for fabulous photo opportunities. There are beautiful murals, grand mesas, gorgeous sunsets, and striking monuments, and so many special events throughout the year. Because we are The Gateway to New Mexico for travelers on I-40 and US 54, and the intersection of State 209 and 104, we invite you to stop a while and make it Tucumcari Tonight, Tomorrow, for a Lifetime! Please visit tucumcarinm.com to find out all that Tucumcari has to offer!
Albuquerque, New Mexico US Route 66 cool sign
Driving through Albuquerque, New Mexico on U.S. Route 66 in July of 2015.
Driving Routes 40 & 66 West in New Mexico - Santa Rosa to Gallop
Driving along Route 40 & 66 West through New Mexico from Santa Rosa to Gallop - taking in the towering mountains and ramshackle huts.