Wanted to download a quick Route 66 scavenger hunt for a family about to make the trip.
Come to discover, however, that all of the lists available online are either to general ("red car") - quickly completed in the first few miles - or too specific ("Blue Whale of Catoosa") - more like a passport than a scavenger hunt. (And also a guaranteed exercise in frustration if you aren't planning on visiting every site on the list.)
So I quickly threw together the following list of eclectic, non-specific sites and experiences that families are likely to encounter along the route. Some are serious, some are tongue-in-cheek ... but all should be eminently discoverable along the way, for those willing to look up from their phones long enough to take in the sights.
My gift to you! Please feel free to copy and paste this into whatever format works for your family.
RELATED TO HISTORY
OF THE U.S.
·
Reference
to Abraham Lincoln
·
Reference
to Will Rogers
·
Reference
to Dust Bowl
·
Someplace
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
·
Vintage
movie theater
·
Vintage
gas station
·
Drive-in
movie theater
·
Diner
with jukebox and/or soda fountain
·
Military
installation
·
Prison
or jail
·
Ghost
town
·
Cave
·
Huge
American flag
·
Barn
with painted advertisement
·
Windmill
·
Covered
bridge
·
National
park
·
State
park
·
Saguaro
cactus
·
Petrified
wood
RELATED TO HISTORY
OF THE ROUTE
·
Reference
to “The Mother Road”
·
The
song “Get Your Kicks on Rt 66”
·
Original,
paved stretch of Rt 66
·
Original, cement stretch of Rt 66
·
Route
66 emblem painted on road
·
Map
of Route 66 painted on window or wall
·
Route
66 museum
·
Route
66 mural
·
Drive-thru
Route 66 sign
·
Burma-Shave
signs
RELATED TO HOTELS
& SHOPPING
·
Vintage
motel (open since >1950s)
·
Neon motel sign advertising Color TV and/or air conditioning
·
Hotel
room with sunlamp and/or rotary phone
·
Abandoned
motel
·
Mom
& pop gift store
·
Trading
post
·
Indian
casino
·
Route
66 snow globe
RELATED TO PLANES,
TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES
·
Restored
vintage car
·
Unrestored
vintage car
·
Vintage
car museum
·
Silver
stream trailer
·
Train
with over 50 cars
·
Directional
sign with more than 5 arrows
·
Vintage
police car or fire truck
·
Railroad
museum
·
Hot
air balloon
·
Car
on a pole
·
Party
of 10+ motorcycles doing the route
RELATED TO POPULAR CULTURE
·
Elvis
statue or cutout
·
Marilyn
Monroe statue or cutout
·
James
Dean statue or cutout
·
Betty
Boop statue or cutout
·
Reference
to the movie “Cars”
·
Reference
to the movie "Blues Brothers"
·
Reference
to Woodie Guthrie
·
Reference
to John Wayne
KITSCH
& KIDS
·
Giant
Muffler Man
· "World’s
largest _____"
· "World’s
smallest _____"
·
Pet-a-pet
farm
·
Oversized
plaster animal
·
Drug
store children’s ride
·
Giant plaster dinosaur
·
Covered
wagon
·
Roller
coaster
·
Novelty
museum
·
Real
cowboy on a horse
·
Live
buffalo
·
Cow
crossing the road
·
Novelty
water tower
·
Wall
of license plates
·
Wall
of stickers
·
Wall
of old tin signs
·
Folk
art installation
·
Restaurant
with “Route 66” in the name
·
“_________ Hall
of Fame”
·
UFO (representation or real!)
