in amarillo, we rode along with nick gerlich, following the path of the old highway. >> why do you think this highway is still popular today, even after decades after it was decommissioned? nick: it has a lot to do with nostalgia today. people want to revisit places that may be they experienced as a child. that is a huge part of the nostalgia. but there is another kind of nostalgia as well. visit a place to in the past that you never experienced. so for younger americans, and for international tourists of all ages for whom route 66 was only something they had heard by carcoming to route 66 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. they, you can drive in northeast and you run into a fence that is now protecting the modern airport. but the road kept going. numeral is one of three cities along route 66 in which the road is now buried by the modern airport. amarillo, santa rosa into mexico and st. louis, missouri. so up ahead is where the

up next, we were right route 66 as author nick gerlich takes us on a tour of the scenic highway and to the city. >> established in 1926, u.s. route 66 was one of the original highways in the u.s. highway system carey motors over 2400 miles from chicago, illinois, to santa monica, california. in their book a matter of time which 66 through the lens of change photographer alan and route 66 a story nick gerlich captures scenes around the route that speaks to its path. while in amarillo we wrote a long following the path of the old highway. >> why do you think this highway is still popular today even after decades, after it was decommissioned? >> it has a lot to do with, the one to revisit places that maybe the experience as a child. that is a huge part of the nostalgia, but there's another kind of nostalgia as well. it's called anna moya. it's the desire to visit a place in the past that you never experience. and so for younger americans and for international tourists of all ages for whom route 66 was only something that may have heard about, coming to do route 66 by car or motorcycle or