A number of very picturesque but generally dead-end stretches of the old road go over Cajon Pass, but the main road is definitely I-15. At the top of the pass, turn off the freeway at the “Oak Hills” exit and stop for a burger and fries at the Summit Inn (760/949-1313 or 760/949-8688), one of the few survivors of the old road businesses along this stretch of highway.
East of Cajon Pass, Hula Ville, formerly California State Landmark No. 939, bordered old Route 66 on the west side of Victorville. Since the 100-year-old creator and caretaker, “Fry Pan” Miles Mahan, passed away in 1996, some of the hundreds of beer bottles and hand-lettered memorials to sundry bums, hobos, and other travelers he called his friends have been moved to the California Route 66 Museum, in downtown Victorville on old Route 66 at 16825 D Street (closed Tues. and Wed.; 760/951-0436), with a small but growing collection of road signs, photographs, and reminiscences.
Old Route 66 follows 7th Street through town, past a few neon-signed old motels like the New Corral ($50; 760/245-9378) at 14643 7th Street with its animated bucking bronco, and the large Best Western Green Tree Inn ($80; 760/245-3461), just off the freeway at 14173 Green Tree Boulevard.
