This year the Gateway Council will sponsor TWO opportunities to experience the Mother Road, each with its own sites, prices, amount of support, and season of the year. Try one or try both ... regardless, you will not want to miss out on these two tours this year!

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LPS 392 - Illinois - Route 66.jpgCycle Route 66: Illinois
Saturday through Saturday, June 12-19

Where?
Chicago – Joliet – Dwight – Normal – Lincoln – Springfield – Litchfield – St. Louis, MO

What?
You ride, we drive and take care of everything else. This ride is geared for the more "economically-minded," with amenities priced "a la carte." You choose your overnight accommodations each evening, breakfast and/or lunch stops, and transportation to and from the start and end points. We will provide detailed maps & cue sheets, rest stops, daily luggage shuttle, SAG support, commemorative ride T-shirt, and Route 66 dinners each evening.

How Many Miles?
380-ish

Cost?
$350 - member
$395 - non-member
Click HERE to purchase your ride ticket
Click HERE to purchase a HI-USA membership

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route66signfarmer1.jpgCycle Route 66: Missouri
Sunday through Friday, October 10-15

Where?
Route 66 State Park – Bourbon – Devils Elbow – Lebanon – Springfield – Carthage

What?
You ride and we still drive and take care of everything else! Vintage motels, award-winning Route 66 diners and restaurants (both breakfast & dinner), detailed maps & cue sheets, rest stops, daily luggage shuttle, mechanical & SAG support, commemorative ride T-shirt, and optional charter bus ride back to the ride start are included in this "all-inclusive" cycling package. This ride's pricing is based on your choice of single or double occupancy.

How Many Miles?
270-ish

Cost - TBD ($750-$950 range)
Click HERE to purchase a HI-USA membership

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Rediscover the "Main Street of America"
Coined the "Mother Road" in 1939 by John Steinbeck in his classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, Route 66 symbolized a new positive outlook that spread through the nation's postwar economic recovery. Join us for a week on the road and see why people describe Route 66 as "an experience, a feeling, a perception, a taste of sight and sound, and a mystery that can only be resolved by driving [or in our case, riding] the pavement itself."

Ride Coordinator
Tim Almstedt (314-814-4969 or talmstedt@moonlightramble.org)