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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
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Day 2 – Our Honeymoon on Route 66 – June 15, 2002: Fenton, Missouri to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Saturday, June 15 brought a long stretch of driving on our honeymoon journey along Route 66. Unfortunately, much of the day required traveling on Interstate 44 through Missouri so we could reach Oklahoma at a reasonable time. Both of us had already driven Route 66 through Missouri—individually and together during our April 2001 trip—but it still pained us to be on the Interstate. We really didn’t like “shunning” the Mother Road! Whenever we could, we jumped back onto Route 66. Breakfast in Pacific, Missouri Our first stop of the morning was Pacific, Missouri, where we exited at I-44 Exit 261 to visit Monroe’s Route 66 Diner. The diner is housed…
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Day 1 – Our Honeymoon on Route 66 – June 14, 2002
Speedway, Indiana to Fenton, Missouri Our honeymoon road trip actually began three months before our wedding. We weren’t married until September 14, 2002, but Jennifer had just moved to Speedway from the Chicagoland area and wouldn’t have any vacation time at her new job by the time the wedding arrived. So we decided to take our honeymoon early. Since we’re both road warriors at heart—and our shared fascination with the lore of Route 66 is actually how we met—it felt only natural to plan our honeymoon along America’s most famous highway. As luck would have it, Indipala SS, an Impala SS club in Indianapolis that Pat belonged to, was planning…
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April 2001: Route 66 – Romeoville, IL to St. Robert, MO (Day 2)
When we awoke Sunday, our Wayfarer Inn experience wasn’t over. When we discovered there wasn’t any hot (or even lukewarm!) water coming out of the shower, Jennifer decided she’d had enough and called the front desk. When she told Mr. Patel we weren’t getting any hot water, he said it would get hot if we left it on “for 5 or 10 minute”. At this point, Jennifer vowed to never take a chance on an independent motel she hadn’t previously stayed in. So, feeling a bit peeved at Mr. Patel’s remedy for hot water, we just decided to end this nightmare and leave. (I won’t tell you that we left…
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April 2001: Route 66 – Romeoville, IL to St. Robert, MO (Day 1)
After Jennifer got back Saturday morning from the airport, we met at her apartment in Romeoville to begin our weekend excursion. The plan was to take 55 to St. Louis, and 66 in Missouri. After a “grab & go” at Burger King for breakfast, our first stop Saturday morning was Funk’s Grove. We had the chance to talk with Debby Funk and pick up some sirup, maple candy and a few other trinkets. Jennifer never had their sirup before. On her first trip last August with Amber, they were closed for the season. We found out from Debby that during that season, they had less sirup than normal, only 800…
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Second Route 66 Weekend Together February 3–4, 2001
Springfield, Illinois to St. Louis, Missouri Since our Route 66 trip through Illinois had been cut short the previous weekend because of snow, Jennifer and I decided to finish the second half of the journey the following weekend. We started the trip by leaving Indianapolis and heading west on US 36 toward Springfield, Illinois. The main goal for the afternoon was simple: return to Cozy Dog Drive-In and see if Jennifer could finally try her first Cozy Dog. The weekend before, the Cozy had mysteriously been closed even though it should have been open. Fortunately, this time our luck was better. When we arrived Saturday afternoon, the Cozy was open…