Posted by: Bill and Susan Ballerstedt & family on
1 - Jul 15, 2014 at 5:37:27 pm
It was great meeting you as we traveled the 66 portion of our 5,600 mile trip around the US. Thanks for your hospitality and for your EZ Guide which helped us find fun places we would have otherwise missed!
Posted by: Peter Savage on
1 - Jul 14, 2014 at 12:29:05 pm
Jerry - I felt I had to get in touch my wife, daughter and myself have just come back from the States (live in UK)where we navigated Route 66 using your guide! (and survived to tell the tale)
I have to tell you it has been one of the most fantastic experiences of my life - we used your guide in conjunction with a restaurant/diner selection as seen on either man versus food or diners, drive-ins and dives which added to the fun and indigestion!
We spent a total of 15 nights but feel we missed a lot and took some additional side trips off the route (Grand Canyon & Vegas).
I have to say it was a special time for us - loads to learn and see
Regards - Peter,Debra and Amy Savage
Posted by: Robin L. Hardy-Groce on
1 - Jul 10, 2014 at 6:11:46 pm
Hello! Traveling the "Mother Road" has been a dream of mine since I was a tot..... I am now 51 and we are finally taking a month to make this dream come TRUE!!! I am over the moon with excitement!!! We are making this great American roadtrip in my Buick and we are leaving from our home in Auburn NH this Sat morning!!! Love everything on your site and am thirsty for all things 66 and nostalgic and Americana! Thank You!!!
Posted by: Bob Brown on
1 - Jul 05, 2014 at 11:38:05 pm
Hi Jerry,
We met back in 09 when I and 14 other Corvettes stopped by your gallery and then we drove to the Rock Cafe in Stroud for lunch. I'm driving my 59 back across country starting next week and will be coming through Chandler next Saturday the 12th. If time permits, I'll stop by and say hey.
Bob
Posted by: Bryan Ford on
1 - Jun 30, 2014 at 3:30:29 pm
Hello Jerry, We purchased your EZ66 guide during our stay at The Blue Swallow to aid me in our eastward migration home. Excellent guide. Thank you very much for the excellent detail given with regard to routes,re-alignments, and bridges. I felt like a kid on Christmas moring as I eagerly awaited my arrival to the next concrete or pony bridge. I really enjoyed driving down the old routes, or at least veiwing them as we passed by.
We stopped in Chandler to see your gallery but may have missed you as it appeared to be closed, Saturday morning of 6-28.
Thanks again for your great work.
Posted by: Julian Dellar on
1 - Jun 14, 2014 at 10:36:16 pm
Hi Jerry, just wanted to let you know that my wife and I used your guide book as we drove through Missouri today - what a delight, it was perfect, thank you.
Posted by: Mike Wanninger on
1 - Jun 05, 2014 at 2:47:30 pm
My father and I have talked about doing Route 66 for years. We finally got started. In November 2012, we did Chicago to Joplin. Last year was St. Louis (catching some things we missed in MO) to Albuquerque - and we added my wife as the official EZ66 navigator. She went just to help me - but enjoyed the trip so much that later just for her, she and I did a Joplin east to Chicago. Finally on May 19, 2014 the 3 of us headed out for 2 weeks - knowing it was 5 days of travel just to get to NM and then back home from California. Staying at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas NM we started the Santa Fe Loop. 3 Harvey Houses, 2 WigWams, Oatman Burros, a full day in the Petrified Forest, Two Guns and passing 100's of BNSF trains. Then at 6:30 PST Sunday May 25th - a photo of me and my father standing under the RT66 sign on the Santa Monica Pier. It is the trip of a lifetime - and more important 4 weeks helping my father, at the age of 89, check off the biggest item on his bucket list.
Now there is a problem - my obsession self wants to go do Dirt66 etc for many more trips. And my 89 year old father - he is now talking the Lincoln highway. The Lincoln Highway had lots of information on-line - but no McJerry or an EZ guide or Here It Is maps. I cannot imagine doing Route 66 without the guide. So for helping me achieve one of the greatest thing in my life - the weeks with my father while he is still with me - I want to thank you.
Posted by: Dave & Sue Beevor on
1 - Jun 05, 2014 at 12:05:02 pm
Hi Jerry, Just ploughing through your guide making a few notes for our trip which we start on 17th June in Chicago. Our booking included the 'River Pilot' which I hope will compliment EZ66, I can see a few possible issues (side trips and loops which you cover so well) but hopefully we'll make it :)
Hope to see you around the 22nd if you're home. Really looking forward to it.
Posted by: Lance Royce on
1 - Jun 04, 2014 at 11:38:05 pm
Jerry, just wanted to say I love your book, I drove from the mid-point to Waynesville/St. Roberts MO, during my move to Ft Leonard Wood, last fall and your book was an awesome guide, it was very helpful. I've also used it traveling to St. Louis also. Looking forward to using it to travel the western portion.
As Brian and Sue stated Devils Elbow bridge is open and the repairs are completed. They did a great job and I am glad they decided to repair it rather than replace it with a modern bridge.
Lance
Posted by: Bob & Tina Lutz on
1 - Jun 04, 2014 at 5:37:28 am
Hi Jerry, In Sept./Oct. 2012 we spent 5 1/2 traveling Route 66. We started from our home on the west coast of B.C., Canada and traveled east to Chicago and then west on 66 up to the California border. This spring we did the California portion of Route 66. Thank you for your EZ Guide, it gave us so much more info than we got from the internet. We enjoyed the trek very much.