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Passend zum Wetter, heute mal wieder winterlich 🍜

Tagesangebot in der Kantine

Unsere Kantine hat jetzt eine Ninja Slushie-Maschine und wenn am Ende des Tages zu viel überbleibt, geht die nette Frau aus der Kantine rum und fragt, ob wer eins möchte :-)

Updated Reddit Post (5/11/26):

Our trip is now booked from June 27 to July 19, 2026.

A small update to our plan: around Flagstaff we’ll deviate from Route 66, because we already explored parts of it towards LA in 2025. Instead, we’d like to head more towards San Francisco, which we love, and discover some areas we haven’t seen yet. Maybe we will do Page and Horseshoe Bend again.

We also plan a few detours along the way: from Oklahoma we’ll take a short trip down to Dallas, and in New Mexico we’re planning a stop in Roswell. We couldn’t resist seeing the UFO sights!

One highlight we’re especially looking forward to is visiting Badwater Basin in Death Valley in the early morning at sunrise. It’s something we definitely don’t want to miss.

We also plan to visit Lake Tahoe, Reno, and Sacramento on our way towards San Francisco, maybe Yosemite too, because that wasn’t possible last year as we didn’t book in advance. This year it should be fine, as far as we know, since a reservation won’t be needed.

Original Reddit Post (3/24/26):

Hello,

this is my first post here, hope I’m doing this right 😄

My mother and I are currently planning our next US roadtrip, and this time we’re thinking about doing Chicago to Los Angeles via Route 66.

We’re from Germany and still have a valid ESTA. It will be our sixth time visiting the USA, and definitely not our first roadtrip.

Here’s a bit of our travel background:

- 2016: San Francisco, Los Angeles & Oahu (Hawaii)

- 2016/2017: New York City

- 2018: Florida roadtrip (Miami & the Keys)

- 2019: Canada roadtrip + flight to New York City

- 2025: Major Southwest roadtrip (CA, NV, UT, AZ; SF, Las Vegas, LA, Page, Grand Canyon)

So we’re comfortable with long drives and planning.

We’re planning 2.5 weeks (6/30–7/18/2026) and would love to get as much “real Route 66 feeling” as possible, not just driving interstates the whole time.

This is also a rather short-notice plan, so we’re trying to figure things out quickly.

Questions:

- How much of it is actually “driveable” vs. replaced by interstates?

- Any must-see stops that are easy to miss?

- Would you recommend any detours (e.g. national parks along the way)?

- Other things we should keep in mind?

Appreciate any tips or experiences!