A Munger-Moss Motel Route 66 Trip-- Part 6: Eating Our Way Across 66-- Chicken, Tacos and Cookies

APRIL 25, 2016, Monday

Said our goodbyes to Ramona and we'll definitely get back sooner.  Got gas for $1.85 at a Road Ranger at Exit 163 which is by Hooker Cut.  We were happy to find a Chester's Chicken place at the station and had to get some.  Best fried chicken anywhere.  Drove Hooker Cut, my favorite stretch of Route 66.

Also paid our respects at John's Modern Cabins which fall apart a little more every time we see them.

Tacos at Jack's in Sullivan.  Of course.

Took I-270 around St. Louis to see the Chain of Rocks Bridge.  Stopped at McDonald's on the way and bought their 3 chocolate chip cookies for $1.  Had to wait as they were baking them.  Hot and gooey, some of the best cookies ever.

--RoadDog

Back on the Mother Road-- Part 6: Motor Tour, Day 1, Crossing the Bridge

Drove to the famed Chain of Rocks bridge and got in line to cross it (the only reason Liz wanted to go on the tour).  While waiting, we saw a truck with a name plate on it reading "R.A.S. Concrete Gurnee, Ill.".  Could this be my buddy Rick Selle?.  I walked over to it and, sure enough, it was.  I hadn't seen him for many years, even though I had deejayed at his and Jenny's wedding many years ago.  We did some catching up and again on the several occasions we encountered them the next two days.

We were the last ones off the bridge, but caught up with the rest at Route 66 Rides in Hamel, Ill., for the second passport stamp.  Then to the really crowded Henry's Rabbit Ranch in Stanton.

We got the next stamp at Soulsby Station (Shell Gas station)  in Mt. Olive.  Even better, this was the first time we ever got to go into this mighty small, mighty old gas station.

--RoadDog