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Showing posts with label Illinois Red Carpet Corridor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illinois Red Carpet Corridor. Show all posts
Monday, May 15, 2017
Got Our Kicks on 66 This Past Weekend-- Part 3: Pontiac to Towanda
May 7, 2017, Sunday
We went to downtown Pontiac to get a Red Carpet Corridor button (all towns had a different one) but found out they had all been given out yesterday.
Drove to Chenoa and found out the same thing. No buttons. They must have been popular.
We then went to Lexington and walked on Main Street awhile, but didn't find any place with buttons. It is nice to see that the old Filling Station restaurant will be reopening as Kelly's on 66.
Last stop was Towanda where we found about a half mile of the unused old Route 66 lanes converted into a half-mile long classic car show with lots of people and cars. Sorry to see Schenk's Garage is essentially no more.
We then drove home.
Always a Great Time on the Mother Road. --RoadDog
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Got Our Kicks on Route 66 Last Weekend-- Part 2: Pontiac
MAY 6, SATURDAY
Into Pontiac, past the Meramec Caverns barn which is looking worse for wear. Past the Log Cabin restaurant and to the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum where I paid my dues for the association and saw Bob Waldmire's minivan (we we saw so many times before at various festivals. Went through his bus outside and walked around the wonderful square and that beautiful old court house. Drove out to I-55 and got a room at the Super 8.
Went back downtown and saw the Kentucky Derby at the Mill Street Tap, then went to Bob and Ringo's and J & J's Bar. We were happy to find Bull's Place, a bar and gambling place, right by the motel so had a few more cocktails there before walking across the parking lot to our room.
To Towanda. --Road66
Into Pontiac, past the Meramec Caverns barn which is looking worse for wear. Past the Log Cabin restaurant and to the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum where I paid my dues for the association and saw Bob Waldmire's minivan (we we saw so many times before at various festivals. Went through his bus outside and walked around the wonderful square and that beautiful old court house. Drove out to I-55 and got a room at the Super 8.
Went back downtown and saw the Kentucky Derby at the Mill Street Tap, then went to Bob and Ringo's and J & J's Bar. We were happy to find Bull's Place, a bar and gambling place, right by the motel so had a few more cocktails there before walking across the parking lot to our room.
To Towanda. --Road66
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Got Our Kicks on 66 This Past Weekend-- Part 1: Joliet to Odell
We sure had a great time on Route 66 in Illinois this past weekend. We drove the Mother Road from Joliet to Towanda (just north of Bloomington-Normal) and made many stops.
SATURDAY MAY 6
We drove to Joliet, toured the museum and then we did he stretch of 66 which we don't usually go on between Joliet and Dwight.
Really sad to see the site of the former Riviera Roadhouse outside of Gardner where we sure had great times there. Glad we were able to meet the Krafts, and, of course, Bob holding "court" in his bar. We had root beer floats at the Trolley car Diner and 66 cent pork sliders at Vino's in Gardner.
Stopped at the old gas stations in Dwight and Odell and then went to the Illinois Route 66 Museum and Bob Waldmire bus in Pontiac.
--Road66
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