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Fried Green Tomatoes Filming Locations
Juliette, Georgia During August of 2004 (and again in 2005), we visited Atlanta, Georgia. We also made a side trip to the tiny town of Juliette, about an hour south of Atlanta. Juliette was the location for Fried Green Tomatoes, serving as the fictional Whistle Stop, Alabama. We revisited Juliette in October 2023 as well. This shot is from the beginning of the movie, which took place in the 1990’s, when Evelyn (Kathy Bates) and her husband Ed are lost in Whistle Stop on the way to visit Ed’s aunt in a nursing home. Juliette, Georgia actually looked this way before the movie was made. The movie people cleaned up…
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June 2004: Tulsa Route 66 Festival
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The Smithsonian Institution – Washington, D.C.
On our way back to Indiana from Connecticut, we decided to go by way of Washington, DC. I wanted to stop at the Smithsonian and see the “America on the Move” Exhibit which actually contained a portion of U.S. 66 pavement from Oklahoma. The traffic from Connecticut to Washington DC was horrendous, but once we got there, everything was fine and I even managed to get a parking spot not too far from the museum. Slideshow of All Photos For more details about a particular photo, click on it in the slideshow and it will open in my Flickr site. [flickrslideshow acct_name=”roadtripmemories” id=”72157607634488787″ width=”500″]
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April 2004: Connecticut & Rhode Island
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March 2004: New York, NY
We’re back visiting our family in Connecticut during Amber’s spring break, so I decided to take Amber and her friend Meaghan to New York City for two days. It was cold and dreary, but no precipitation the first day. We first had lunch at Junior’s in Brooklyn, where we had way too much food – but what we had was great. Of course, I washed it down with a chocolate egg cream (the real deal – made with Fox’s U-Bet syrup, thank you very much!). We barely had room for dessert, but not having a slice of cheesecake from Junior’s simply isn’t an option. I had a slice of Chocolate…
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October 2003: Missouri Route 66 & Illinois U.S. 40
Amber and I decided to take a weekend trip and head to St. Louis, Missouri to visit Six Flags. When we lived back east, we always enjoyed going to Six Flags’ Great Adventure, particularly during Fright Fest. So we thought we’d try it here. Unfortunately, we got rained out, so we opted to do other things instead. We did a little 66’ing and visited the Riverside Reptile Ranch. Leo the Lion grew much bigger and we got to hold snakes and alligators! yech We also went to the Museum of Transport in St. Louis, which was really cool. They have an outdoor exhibit on trains (which we passed on due…
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June 2003: Route 66 – Oklahoma & Missouri
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Our Route 66-Themed Wedding
We visited Town of Summer Place during a Corvair club trip in July, 2002 – just two months before our wedding. Town of Summer Place is the very cool realization of Jim Richardson’s dream…to build a replica of a typical 50’s town…in his own backyard, which helps him to raise funds for his charity “A Home For Every Child.” Click on the links below to learn more. Town of Summer Place A Home For Every Child Jim has built something very special…Jim has a barbershop, Standard Oil station, cinema, fire station and even a working diner! They can even serve good old delicacies like cheeseburgers, fries, banana splits and cherry…
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Honeymoon on Route 66: Our Love Story on America’s Mother Road
Route 66 has brought countless travelers adventure, nostalgia, and unforgettable memories. For us, it did something even more special. Route 66 brought us together. In June 2002, we set out on a 10-day honeymoon journey along the legendary Mother Road, traveling from the Midwest across the Southwest and back again. Along the way we visited classic diners, historic motels, neon signs, trading posts, museums, and many of the people who keep Route 66 history alive. But the story of this honeymoon actually began many years earlier. A Love Story Born on the Mother Road Our honeymoon on Route 66 wasn’t just a road trip — it was the continuation of…
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Day 10 – Our Honeymoon on Route 66: June 23, 2002: Joplin, Missouri to Speedway, Indiana
Not much on this day except to take the Evil-I back home. All Route 66 Honeymoon Photos