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Kickin’ It West on Route 66

Travel through the west on Historic Route 66. Thursday beginning at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

Wacky Americana takes you through the west on Route 66 beginning with The Desert Speaks, as host David Yetman and his crew travel along the historic Route 66 through some of the finest deserts in the United States. Beginning near the border of Texas and New Mexico, they cruise by convertible along the road that allowed thousands of Americans to make the journey to California.

yetman-spot David Yetman
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Yetmans tours a museum that houses some of the restored cars that made the momentous track cross country, takes note of some petroglyphs in Albuquerque, gazes at the neon lights that line the historic road and stops in the Painted Desert for a picturesque sunset.

Next, at 8:30 p.m., Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations visit Sedona, the haunted hotel in Jerome, drive Route 66 to Kingmen, then cruise into Las Vegas for a stop a the Home Hammargren of Nevada History.

rare-visions&roaside_spot Rare Visions & Roadside Revelation
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Thursday beginning at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD.

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