ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) \u2014 If you\u2019ve ever planned to motor west and take the highway that\u2019s the best, this might be the time: Route 66 turns 100 this year.<\/p>\n
The Mother Road, as author John Steinbeck dubbed it, has evolved over the years from an escape for poor farmers fleeing the devastating dust storms of the 1930s to perhaps the quintessential American road trip that\u2019s still delivering kicks.<\/p>\n
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