Category: Route 66
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Route 66 Day 1: We’re Back!
After more than a year of cancelled and postponed travel, Art and I embarked on a trip we have dreamt about for awhile- traveling historic Route 66 from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California.We have been planning this trip for months, hopeful everything would come together to get us back out on the road. Our…
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Route 66 Day 2: Coming Home
Where we love is home- home where our feet may leave, but not our hearts Oliver Wendall Holmes This morning we woke early at 5 AM to begin our travels on Route 66. Our first stop was the “Begin” sign in Chicago. We got up so early to avoid the worst traffic. That at least…
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Route 66 Day 3: Breaking Out of Joliet
It is Day 3, and well, we are still in Joliet. Yup, we have so many memories here, and so much we wanted to see, we travelled about 250 miles and are in still in the city! Time to break out, and our first stop out of town was the old Joliet Prison. The architecture…
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Route 66 Day 4: Playing In The Rain
I loved playing in the rain as a kid. Splashing in puddles, the coolness of the rain on a hot summer day. Ehhhh, not so much as an adult, and especially with a camera! We got to play in the rain today as midwest rain storms welcomed us on the road. Impressive clouds and torrential…
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Route 66 Day 5: We’re Not In Illinois Anymore
After a full day of driving we crossed the bridge into St Louis, Missouri. It only took us 5 days to get to another state! 1 down, 8 to go! Actually, we walked to Missouri before we drove to Missouri. We went to the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River. It…
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Route 66 Day 6: Show Me, Missouri!
Today we spent a beautifully sunny day driving through the picturesque Missouri Countryside. One striking observation was the number of armadillos we saw at the side of the road. Armadillos appear to be the equivalent of Northern Virginia squirrels in frequency. Ok, most sadly, all the armadillos we saw today were, well, what is the…
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Route 66 Day 7: OOOOOOOk-La-Homa!
As we travel along, lots of old show songs keep popping in our heads. Today was the musical Oklahoma. We left Springfield, Missouri this morning after a fantastic stay at the Best Western Rail Haven Motel (We highly recommend when you take your Route 66 trip!), and traveled through Kansas into Oklahoma. Kansas went by…
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Route 66 Day 8: The Star of The Show
We spent the night in Miami (pronounced My-am-uh), Oklahoma. When we arrived we drove through the main part of town and saw a beautiful building that really stood out among the others on the main street. We learned it was the Coleman Theatre Beautiful. We were happy to see they offered tours, and before hitting…
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Route 66 Day 9: Signs, Signs, Everywhere A Sign
We decided to get an earlier start to our travel today, which allowed us to take in a brilliant sunrise in Catoosa OK. As we headed out, we didn’t really know where we would “land” today. Today turned out to be a day of signs- literally. We passed so many old Route 66 business signs,…
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Route 66 Day 10: See You SoonersÂ
We decided to spend an extra day in Oklahoma City. One of the places we wanted to visit was the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. On the eve of September 11, it seemed appropriate to visit this memorial and remember the 168 victims of the Alfred P Murrah Building bombing. The memorial is so…
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