Route 66: The End of the Road. Or the Journey?

The Magellanic Diaries 7, Part III of "The American Road"

Route 66 Kitsch. Photo credit: Julia Dean

Happy New Year, everyone. Let’s hope.

So far as Route 66 is concerned, we come, at that point in the journey, or at the end of the road, to the legend. As the final leg of the journey here on Homo Vitruvius, I’ve opened this last stretch of road to all subscribers. Links to the first two parts are below. If you aren’t a paid subscriber yet, you can read them in their entirety for free with a 7-day free trial, by clicking the normal Subscribe button. Tap the Quarterly Quarter Off Sale buttons you’ll find below, and you’ll get just that, a full year of Homo Vitruvius at 25% off the regular annual price of $50 — just $37.50 to be a fully dues-paying Vitruvian with future access to the Starship.

Part I: Route 66 and the American Mythos

The Magellanic Diaries 6

Part II

Route 66: The Myth, the Model-T, and Mobility

The End of the Road. Or the Journey?

As it often is with legends, they capture the imagination even as their subjects are already passing from the scene. By the time of the television show, the new interstate sys…