Ride into Route 66 Summerfest
FOR DIEGO LUCERO, deputy director of the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Arts & Culture, this year’s Route 66 Summerfest will feel like walking through the evolution of the Mother Road. With four…
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Category: Route 66
Summer Car Shows in New Mexico
SPOKES ON 66 CAR SHOW June 5–6 Grants puts the pedal down on summer with the full-throttle Route 66 celebration June 5–6. “We are hoping to get 200 cars this year,” says event coordinator Jose Garcia…
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Route 66 Rest Stops
EL RANCHO HOTEL, GALLUP Opened in 1937, the recently renovated hotel once played home to Hollywood legends (their names are on the doors) when out of the glare of movie cameras. The glitterati may…
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Route 66 Centennial Celebrations
MAY 2025 MAY 4 First Sunday Route 66 Market at Tumbleroot, Santa Fe May 17 Mothership on the Mother Road: A Gala Route 66 Centennial Celebration, Albuquerque JUNE 2025 JUNE 1 First Sunday Route 66…
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Route 66 Road Trip: West Albuquerque to Manuelito
ROUTE WEST ALBUQUERQUE TO MANUELITO • Roughly 155 miles • Laguna, Grants, Bluewater, Thoreau, Gallup, Manuelito EAT. Rub elbows with the locals at El Cafecito in Grants, where the same friendly…
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Meet Billy Keeler of Richardson Trading Post
L ISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER of Historic Places, Richardson Trading Post stands out with retro neon signs and display windows filled with Native pottery, rugs, and jewelry. Inside, 3,000 Navajo…
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Gallup's Route 66 Adventure
AUTHENTIC NATIVE JEWELRY, rugs, and pottery displayed in the windows of trading posts, galleries, and shops along Route 66 in downtown Gallup let travelers know that they’ve arrived at the Gateway to…
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Route 66 Road Trip: Pecos to Albuquerque
ROUTE PECOS TO ALBUQUERQUE • Roughly 192 miles • Santa Rosa, Romeroville, Tecolote, Bernal, San Jose, Pecos, Glorieta, Santa Fe, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Algodones, Bernalillo, and Albuquerque EAT. The…
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La Fonda's Jenny Kimball Reflects on Route 66
J ENNY KIMBALL OVERSEES a Santa Fe treasure that has accommodated guests for more than a century. The architectural blend of Pueblo and Spanish designs with Moorish influences was fashionable with…
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Travel the Santa Fe Loop of Route 66
SEATED AT THE PLAZA CAFE soda fountain, it’s easy to picture what Santa Fe may have looked like between 1926 and 1937, when Route 66 ran through the heart of the capital city. After 1937, however, a…
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