*official* Route 66 Classic info. thread. 2021, June 23 - 27. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Options

[VegasRacer]

The 17th edition of the traveling party known as the Route 66 Classic is ON ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
The dates are Wednesday June 23 to Sunday June 27.
The starting location is Santa Fe, New Mexico. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bandit.gif)


This first post will be updated as more details are available. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) Please keep checking back.

Volunteers are sought to help plan the Car Show, Awards, Vendor SWAG, T-shirts, Tour Routes, etc.



Tues. 22 - Las Vegas Caravan.
Kingman hook-up. - 10:00 am (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif)
Dinner and Hotel in Albuquerque.


Wed. 23 - Rendezvous in Santa Fe, NM. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grouphug.gif)
Our host hotel will be the El Rey Court. Tell them you are with the 'Porsche 914 Group'.
Explore Downtown Plaza, Shopping, Canyon Road, Museums, Georgia O'Keeffe.

Las Vegas is an hour away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/elvira.gif) The early birds will go there for dinner.
*(Vegas drive begins at 4:20 pm. Departure time for all other drives is 9:14 am.)


Thurs. 24 - Jemez Mountain Trail. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/red914.jpg)
Bandelier National Monument. Bradbury Science Museum. Lunch in Los Alamos.
Return route adds Valles Caldera, Jemez Springs and Coronado Monument.
Dinner Plans: TBD

* The Bradbury Museum is still closed and may not reopen by June.
Plan B - The Route remains the same, only the flow is different.
Lunch will be at the Bosque Brewing Co. on the Rio Grande in Bernalillo.


Fri. 25 - Grand Tour. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Carson National Forest.
Wheeler Peak, Earthship Biotecture, Rio Grande Bridge.
Lunch in Taos. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif) Pizza Party Picnic Dinner at El Rey Court.

*(thanks to @stevend914 for help with the route plans.)


Sat 26 - Caravan on the Turquoise Trail. "Visit Gallup, New Mexico" and have lunch.
Drive through the Petrified Forest National Park then on to Winslow, AZ. "Standing on a corner . . . "
--> Make your hotel reservation NOW at La Posada. <--
Gourmet Awards Banquet at 7pm in The Turquoise Room. Cocktails at 6. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wine.gif)
Dress to Impress. Costumes Encouraged. There will be a special prize for the best outfit.


Sun. 27 - Off to your next adventure. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge24.gif) This one is done.
If you want to follow me, I am going to continue on Rt. 66 West. (Flagstaff, Williams, Kingman, Oatman.)
I will cross into Needles*, California before turning north for home. *(where the event started last year.)

"Take a right at the light, keep goin' straight until night, and then, boy, you're on your own" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tunez.gif)

This post has been edited by VegasRacer: May 11 2021, 10:23 PM