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Trip Dates: September 22-28, 2025 (Also a 5 night option if you want to fund your flight home from Chicago. )
Travel over 700 miles from Tulsa to Chicago with stops in Rt 66 communities in OK, KS, MO, and IL.
Cost: Will be available on May 1, 2025
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Welcome to Tulsa Whimsy Tours!
I am Annette LaFortune Murray, Route 66 picture book author and public speaker.
This tour is created for those who want to join The Route 66 Centennial Celebration activities as America approaches the 100th birthday of Route 66, an iconic highway that changed travel in America forever. The actual Route 66 birthday is November 22, 1926. The Centennial Celebrations begin in 2025 and continue for 5 years.
I am a lifelong learner, lifelong teacher, and lifelong traveler. I cannot wait to travel on historic Route 66 from Tulsa, OK to Chicago, IL with you. There is much to see, smell, taste, touch, and listen to as we experience the beauty of a by-gone era.
My travel-colleague, Karen Smith, who is a long-time travel and tour guide, will be with us. Karen plans trips like no one else! She has worked for Village Tours and The Oklahoma Historical Society as well as Downtown Tulsa Tours.
Together, Karen and I have over 50 years of travel experience as travelers!
Welcome aboard The Route 66 Centennial Motorcoach Tour of 2025!
Karen and I can’t wait to meet you. I have completed 6 book-signing tours along Route 66 for my picture book, ABC, WHAT DO YOU SEE? ROLLING ALONG ROUTE 66. This trip highlights many of my favorite stops.
Itinerary
Itinerary
7 Day Tour
Option B
Complete 5 Day Tour and continues as follows.
Saturday Sept. 27 Load the bus and enjoy a leisurely drive to Springfield, IL for lunch. Continue south on RT66 visiting vintage motels, drive ins, and attractions with your guide.
Sunday Sept. 28 Your final day will include breakfast and a short drive to Kansas for lunch. You should arrive in Tulsa, Oklahoma by 3:00pm.
5 Day Tour
Sunday Sept. 21
Kick off reception to meet your guides and travel colleagues in downtown, Tulsa, Oklahoma at 4:00pm
Monday Sept.22
Load the bus and take off on your customized tour of OK, KS, MO, and IL Route 66, America’s iconic highway. Stops in OK, KS, and MO
Tuesday Sept. 23
Visit 12 Route 66 businesses between Springfield, MO and St. Louis, MO
Wednesday Sept. 24
Travel north to Illinois. See RT 66 parks, murals, vintage cars, museums
Thursday Sept. 25
Continue travel north to the windy city of Chicago. Dine on Italian pizza, soak up the culture, tour Millenium Park gardens, cruise on an architecture tour
Friday Sept. 26
Enjoy a day-on-your-own in beautiful Chicago. Your guides can recommend short and long activities. End the evening dining in an urban garden under the Chicago skyline.
Option A
Tour ends after your 2nd night at a luxury hotel in Chicago. You may return to Tulsa by your airline choice. You are responsible for this booking & payment.
What’s more fun than a road trip in an old vintage car?
Answer: A road trip in an oversized Village Motorcoach with two expert travel guides!
What will I see on this Route 66 Tour?
Iconic neon signs from the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s
Quirky landmarks, historical motels, cozy diners, entertaining souvenir shops, vintage cars and motorcycles
Beautiful midwest-America landscapes
Unexpected art, music, and storytelling of America’s Mother Road
Will we have a guide on the us?
You will have 2 expert guides on the bus AND even more Route 66 well-known guides off the bus.
Annette LaFortune Murray, a Route 66 picture book author, has been traveling Route 66 for the past five years. Annette is familiar with Route 66 in large cities as well as in rural areas.
Karen Smith, a longtime Village Tours guide, has been showcasing Oklahoma’s history and beauty for over 30 years. She toured extensively with The Oklahoma Historical Society.