Reuters correspondents finish Route 66 trip

Reuters correspondents James Kelleher and Nick Carey on Friday ended their Route 66 Revisited journey at Lou Mitchell’s restaurant in Chicago, near the eastern terminus of the Mother Road.

Kelleher wrote:

We expected to see and experience many things and to meet some interesting people, as there is a lot of America in between the West Coast and the Windy City.

Our expectations have been exceeded. We’ve spent time on American Indian reservations, talked to firemen in Flagstaff, police officers in Albuquerque, cowboys on vast feedlots in Texas, Christians in Oklahoma and a sinking town in Kansas. […]

We return to Chicago with mixed feelings. It’s good to be home and it will be even better not to live out of a small bag or sleep in motels. The bad news is how much we’ll miss roaming around the country.

Route 66 is America’s ultimate road trip, with a broad cross-section of scenery, people and issues across a large chunk of the country.  It’s been an amazing ride, hope you enjoyed it too.

In case you missed the many stories they filed along the way, you can read them here.

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