We checked out of our hotel this morning and were getting ready to begin our trip back across the country to get home. Of course I had to throw a wrench in things and begged Eddie to drive almost 2 hours in the wrong direction (in traffic) to go to the Santa Monica Pier to get our passports stamped at the unofficial end of Route 66.

I can’t believe how much traffic we hit on a Tuesday afternoon. The pier was packed too! We are both trying to figure out what people in LA do to make money because they clearly don’t work, unless they get paid to go to the beach and/or create traffic on the highway.

We got to the Route 66 kiosk on the pier and were welcomed with handshakes and applause for the completion of our Route 66 journey. We shared our travel stories with the guy at the kiosk and were awarded more certificates for completing the route. I’m happy that we now have completion certificates from the official and unofficial ends of Route 66.

Now, on to In-N-Out Burger for lunch on our way out of California. There’s way to much traffic in this state.