it is called anna moya. it is a desire to visit a place in the past that you never experienced. and so, for younger americans, and for international tourists of all ages for whom route 66 was only something they may have heard about, coming to do route 66 by car or motorcycle or bicycle today is getting to visit a distant past that they have only seen in books. when route 66 came through town in 1926, our airport, at least the modern airport, was not here. today, you can drive on northeast 8th and you run into a fence that is now protecting the modern airport. but the road kept going. in fact, amarillo is one of three cities along route 66 in which the road is now buried by the modern airport. amarillo, santa rosa in new mexico, and st. louis, missouri. so, right up ahead here is where the fence and the gate are. and if you get up high enough on a ladder or on a vehicle, you can see a bit of concrete from the 1920's that was still left here. it exists just beyond the outer ring road of the airport and runs up to one of the current runways. i just saw a plane take off here. it li