01/16/2026
Route 66 Unpolished Driving Tour with
This all came to fruition pretty quick because of my lead guide and New Mexico Route 66 expert Willie Lambert. Willie has been studying and traveling the mother road here in NM for over 22 years. 35+ binders, 1,500 postcards, and countless hours and memories spent on the road.
Now if you didn’t know this year marks the centennial or 100 years of when the original Route 66 was established. True birthdate is 11/11/1926. However when I knew I had to create something around likely the most marketable and well known number “66” coast to coast I knew I needed help. Thankfully a good friend put me in touch with Willie and from the very beginning we hit it off.
To be honest I didn’t know much about Route 66 other than it was a road that connected the east to the west followed by roadside hotels, neon signs, and old school cars. But until you get on the road with me and Willie there is much more to it than that. It’s a road and path of so much history, even before the road came the train, before the train came the Santa Fe Trail, and before that came a path that indigenous people and animals have taken for thousands and even millions of years.
Route 66 is just the most recent and therefore iconic path. On our tour you get it all, history, local stories, a glimpse into past and the present and yesterday joined Willie and I on the road to capture several hours of content to put into a few minutes of tv time. I’m thankful and excited for Willie and this opportunity to share the original Route and all the amazing things we see along the way. A post on the tour specifically to come soon but I’m confident this could be the coolest Route 66 tour coast to coast! No neon signs or fluff, just raw, authentic, and immersive!
