SPOTLIGHT ON ROUTE 66 RAMBLE, PART 9, CALIFORNIA

THEROADTOAMBOY beckons with the Route 66 shield painted on the pavement and the mountain range across the desert in the distance.
THEROADTOAMBOY beckons with the Route 66 shield painted on the pavement and the mountain range across the desert in the distance.

ROAD CLOSED In the Southern California deserts, many two-lane roads—including surviving stretches of Route 66—were badly damagedbytropicalstormwashoutsinrecent decades and have remained unrepaired.