Route 66 - San Bernardino to the 'End of the Trail'

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Route 66 - San Bernardino to the 'End of the Trail'

Why has the Santa Monica Pier always been the traditional end of Route 66? It makes sense. Since it was built in 1916, the pier has been a place of celebration with a sensational backdrop of the Pacific Ocean sprawling endlessly over the horizon. After traveling 2,448 miles to complete the Mother Road, this definitely seems like ‘the end of the trail’. For sure, it’s a more dramatic and fitting end to the Mother Road than a rather nondescript city street intersection.

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US- 66 – Driving the Mother Road – Needles to San Bernardino

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US- 66 – Driving the Mother Road – Needles to San Bernardino

The driving distance between Needles and San Bernardino on US-66 is only about 212 miles and 3+ hours if you drive straight through without stops and assuming you don’t hit any traffic snags (or take wrong turns). Our mileage was a bit more since the route is not always signed well through several towns and significantly longer time-wise because… well… we never drive straight through and there were quite a few things to see along the way.

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South to the Algarve

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South to the Algarve

Our time with our friends was short. We only had two days to spend before heading back to Lisbon to catch our plane home. Axel rented a car, and Brit put on her ‘tour guide’ hat, and the next morning we headed to beautiful Ponta da Piedade, a rocky cape that sits about 10 minutes south of Lagos.

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