This is the black and white version of the Motorcycle Party Guide to Route 66. It is identical to the color version except the photographs are in black and white and it is less expensive than the color version. The Motorcycle Party Guide to Route 66 is the most complete one volume guide to the Mother Road. It has a motorcycle theme, but it is the perfect book for adventurers who want to get the most fun and excitement out of their route 66 travels. It is the only Route 66 guide that in a single volume has: -Easy to follow turn by turn directions going both east and west. -A suggested primary route and interesting alternate routes. -Hundreds of photos. -Historical information about how Route 66 was created and how it changed over the years. -Current and historical information on each town along the route. -How to find all the traditional and new Route 66 attractions. -Recommended rowdy bars and cool restaurants. -A listing of Route 66 museums. -A listing of classic Route 66 motels. -A listing of casinos along Route 66. -A listing of all campgrounds or near route 66. -A listing of all the motorcycle shops along route 66 and surrounding towns. -Information on state motorcycle helmet laws. Sam Allen, the author of the Motorcycle Party Guide to Route 66, has been traveling the Mother Road for over 25 years, but he had never ridden it from Chicago to Santa Monica in a single trip. In 2011, he found himself with a chunk of free time, so he decided to travel Route 66 from start to finish and to record his adventures along the way. That first trip wound up being the first of 10 that Sam took gather the information and take the photos that appear in the book. During his travels, Sam reviewed many different Route 66 resources. He found that those with the most information about Route 66 often did not have many photos, and when photos were included, they were black-and-white rather than color. Books with color photographs tended to be short on information. Some books were narrowly focused, such as those limited to listings of restaurants and motels. He found only a single guidebook of Route 66 dedicated motorcycle riders, and as useful as it was, it was 10 years out of date. The Motorcycle Party Guide to Route 66 puts all this information in a single volume. But it is more than just a simple directional guide and listing of Route 66 sites. This book is about how to explore the best of what Route 66 has to offer and about having as much fun as possible during that exploration. The book includes Sam's personal experiences in visiting traditional sites as well as his recommendations regarding the sites worth seeing, the sites worth skipping, the bars and restaurants worth visiting and the motels that offer the best Route 66 experience. He gives an honest, rather than romanticized, description of what Route 66 explorers will find today, as well as information on traditional Route 66 icons that have disappeared. He also chronicles many of his Route 66 adventures, like when he was in Joplin, Missouri, on the morning of the 2011 tornado that destroyed several square miles of homes and businesses. There also was the time he accidentally locked himself out of his hotel room in St. Louis dressed only in his birthday suit. If you want to explore Route 66 and party down at the best bars, restaurants and biker joints along the way, this is the book for you. Buy it now, fire up your two-wheeler (or hop in your car) and hit the road today.
About the Author: Sam Allen has been traveling Route 66 for over 25 years. Sam had never been on a motorcycle until he bought his first Harley-Davidson Road King in 1996. Later that year he rode over 3,500 miles from Houston to the Sturgis motorcycle rally and back. Since then he has been to Sturgis over 10 times and has ridden his bike to every major motorcycle rally the United States. He rides over 20,000 miles a year, and has ridden through all of the lower 48 states and over 2,500 miles through Canada. Sam is a member of the Iron Butt Association, which sponsors extreme motorcycle rides, including the Bun Burner Gold, which requires a rider to go 1,500 miles less than 24 hours. He once completed two Bun Burner Gold rides in a single month. In 2002, Sam founded the Deacons of Deadwood Motorcycle Club. The Deacons started with 13 businessmen, and now has over 100 members. The Club has donated over $1,200,000 to charities benefiting children. It took Sam over three years to gather the information to take the pictures in this book. During that time, he rode from Chicago to Santa Monica and back ten times, and now is greeted in many biker bars along the Mother Road as "The Route 66 guy." He operates route66mc.com, which is the most complete Route 66 website on the Internet. He is working on a Route 66 GPS directional guide and is development Route 66 reality show.