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The 6th Annual Mother Road Ride/Rally saw record registrations from the United States, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands. Twenty eight bikes left Chicago on June 10 and seventeen put the rear wheel to the curb at Historic Route 66's end in Santa Monica, CA eight days later. With this video you'll make the ride right along with them. |
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In Chicago, early morning commuters found it hard to believe that our destination was 2,448 miles away. We got caught in the 'Chicago Shock' of gas prices over $2 a gallon. No where else did we get hit that hard. |
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Share the laughs, the sights, the sounds and the pure fun of two wheel touring along America's most famous highway. You'll ride right along with us from full leathers cool at 10,648 feet to scorching heat of the dreaded Mojave Desert in California. The drenching rain storm between Springfield and Joplin, Missouri would have been most welcome! |
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Oklahoma was memorable for the road and for the guided tour of the Murrah Memorial (now officially known as the Oklahoma City National Memorial) by a man on the scene 45 minutes after the explosion. |
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Our camera peeks inside the Elvis Suite in Clinton, OK. Did he really sleep there? |
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The 'Gold Road' from Kingman, AZ to Oatman finished in a dead heat with the Sandia Crest Highway in New Mexico as the best motorcycle road on Route 66. |
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Riders saw 110 degrees in the shade in the heart of the Mojave Desert and the only shade was under the canopy of Roy's Café. Our Swedish participants had arrived from a part of the world that expects a summertime high of 75. |
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Seventeen bikes make it to the end of the road at Santa Monica. |
You'll see all that from the comfort of your easy chair when you own The Millennium Run.