This is amazing. Ian Johnson of England and two friends took a trip on Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica in September 2009. The result is the first time-lapse video footage of Route 66 on the Internet.
Johnson said in an e-mail:
For Route 66 we extensively used the EZ66 Guide written by Jerry McClanahan and cannot praise it enough. Without this guide we would have missed so much and it really helped us get the most out of our travels. We attempted to include as many side trips and original pavement as possible. […]
The camera was set to record an image every 2 seconds and the resulting video is shown at 20 frames per second (one minute of video is about 40 minutes on the road).
And he wasn’t kidding about wanting to follow most — if not all — of the old alignments. If you want to see the dirt-road Jericho Gap in Texas, it’s there. If you want to see the old Ozark Trail alignment near Sapulpa, Okla., it’s there. If you want to see the gravel-road alignment from Glenrio to San Jon, N.M., it’s there. And Johnson and his pals took the old Santa Fe alignment, too.
Each video segment is 4 to 13 minutes long. Day 1 goes from Chicago to Springfield, Ill.
Day 2 is from Springfield to St. Louis:
Day 3 goes from St. Louis to Springfield, Mo.
Day 4 goes from Springfield, Mo., to Bethany, Okla.
Day 5 goes from Bethany, Okla., to Amarillo, Texas.
Day 6 goes from Amarillo to Santa Fe:
Day 7 goes from Santa Fe to Gallup, N.M.
Day 8 goes from Gallup to Holbrook, Ariz.
Day 9 goes from Holbrook to Kingman, Ariz.
Day 10 goes from Kingman to Barstow, Calif.
Day 11 goes from Barstow to Santa Monica, Calif.
Don’t be surprised if you spend an hour or two watching this. Happy travels.