Through the Windshield by Karen KoshgarianHistoric US Route 66 stretches from Chicago to Santa Monica, crossing Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. I drove the entire route during my 66th year to celebrate my birthday. I knew nothing about Route 66 beyond the popular song, the 60s TV series, and John Steinbecks novel, The Grapes of Wrath, from which originated the notion of the Mother Road. My goal was to simply put the tires on all 2,451 miles of