Route 66 artist and researcher Jerry McClanahan has just released a revised version of his acclaimed “EZ 66 Guide for Travelers,” published by the National Historic Route 66 Federation.
It’s $15.95 in a handy spiral-bound form, with $4.95 priority shipping.
McClanahan keyed me in about the book’s revisions:
Despite a change in cover color, it’s the same EZ 66 Guide that has accompanied tourists on their Route 66 expeditions since it was first published in 2005: 200 pages containing over 200 maps, directions both west AND eastbound, mom-and-pop recommendations, car games, giant alerts and much more. […]
This second edition features all of the revisions necessitated by the evolution of Route 66 over the last three years (about 90 pages’ worth), eliminating the need for those with earlier versions to study a list of revisions. All previous updates through the end of June 2008 are present and accounted for.
Revisions to the first edition in the fall of 2005 and 2006 kept the EZ 66 Guide as current as possible, but made the ever-lengthening list of updates hard to manage. Now, new EZ Guiders will start off with the freshest version possible, while early EZ adopters have the option of purchasing the updated second edition.
For those with earlier editions of the guide, McClanahan has a list of revisions here. And it’s constantly updated, so that folks who own the newer edition can keep up-to-date, too.
We’ve had the first “EZ 66 Guide” since it was first published, and we highly recommend it. I have no doubt this one will be valuable, as well.
On our recent trip (Spring of ’08) we tried a couple of different books and sources. We started in Oklahoma City and got lost in El Reno (just about 30 miles away. We found this book at the Midpoint Cafe and no problems from there on out.
As far as I’m concerned, this is the best book out there.