Chapter 275 Rushing on Route 66 (2/2)

Li Du was exclaimed in amazement, ”This highway is really popular. There’s even a museum for it.”

Hans said lazily, ”Of course, didn’t I’d just introduce it to you on the road?”

There were free parking lots in front of the museum, and Godzilla decided to park there. There were motels and restaurants around. Even the storage company whose auction they were going to attend was nearby.

Since they had parked here, Li Du went to purchase a ticket to tour the museum.

Since the last time he had been with Sophie, hearing her talk about the states outside of Arizona had changed Li’s work attitude.

Due to the nature of the storage auction business, treasure hunters had to travel all over America. Li Du wanted to learn more about the nation’s geography and culture while he was treasure hunting.

He was considering that perhaps, in the future, he could have a road trip around the western regions of America, or even the whole of America.

Although the museum was mainly about the highway, there were still quite a number of exhibitions.

Once he entered, he saw a bunch of manuscripts in a showcase.

”This is the manuscript of ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ by John Steinbeck,” Hans introduced. ”It was written in 1939, which he was then awarded the Pulitzer Prize for.

”The nickname of Route 66 also originated from it. Steinbeck was the first to call it ‘The Mother Road.’ Everyone started using this nickname after him.”

Besides literary manuscripts, there was also a musical manuscript. It was a piece of work from Jazz composer, Bobby Troupe.

While driving down Route 66 to California, this composer wrote one of the most famous songs of his life, ”Get Your Kicks On Route 66.”

Through another famous singer, Nat King Cole, the song became an instant hit, and brought Troupe to the height of his career.

Besides literature and music, there were also other things relating to the highway in the museum.

CBS Station had once aired a television series called ”Route 66,” from 1960 to 1964. A television in the museum was replaying this series.

There were also some documentaries on Route 66. These could be recorded by visitors as long as they had a ticket, which was one of the ways for the museum to attract visitors.

Li Du burned some of the documentaries into some discs.

Before attending the auction, there would be lots of free time. Watching these documentaries would be a good way to pass the time.

”Where will we be staying?” Li Du asked as he packed up the discs.

Hans pointed to the south and said, ”Neon Motel. If you want to properly experience the West, then you have to stay there.”

The motel had outrageous neon lights on display; the whole motel was decorated with them. Although it didn’t look like much in the day, once night fell, it was an unimaginable sight.

However, the building itself was fairly aged. The renovation style seemed to be of the last century: rough, simple and practical, like the homes of cowboys from the West.

After Hans made the payment, they had lunch in the motel.

”The food’s pretty good, buddy. Neon Motel has been in operation for a century. They have been hiring cooks and waiters from the countryside since they opened, which has preserved the original flavor of the West.”

As he listened to Hans’s explanations, Li Du flipped open the menu, and started laughing.