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Tri-State Route 66 Festival — Day 1
After getting a somewhat late start out of Indy this morning, we made it to Springfield, IL in a record 3 hours for lunch at the Cozy Drive In. Afterward, we picked up Route 66 and headed south through Farmersville, Litchfield, and Mount Olive before arriving in Collinsville. I was on a mission. It’s been more than 6 weeks since we ordered our Serro Scotty trailer, and I needed a fix…bad. The first time I saw one in person was at an RV dealer there back in November. We arrived at Randy’s Trailer Town to a scorching 92 degrees, but that didn’t stop me. I was pleased to find not…
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The Grapes of Wrath Filming Locations
Beckham County Courthouse, US 66 – Sayre, Oklahoma US 66 west of Albuquerque, New Mexico One day, I was watching The Grapes of Wrath and noticed that this particular view looked very familiar. I checked our Route 66 honeymoon photos from June 2002 and saw the 2nd photo below. I don’t think I could have taken the photo of the same location and had it match more perfectly with a printed screenshot with me! We took this photo without even knowing about this particular scene! June 2002 Trails Arch Bridge – Route 66, Topock, Arizona 2002. This bridge crossing on Route 66 from Topock, Arizona into California over the Colorado…
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November 28, 2008: Route 66 (Day 2)
This morning at the motel, I did searched geocaching.com for geocaches along Route 66, as well as back to Indianapolis. I just got a new GPS, a DeLorme PN-40, and was anxious to try it out. I hadn’t cached for a while, and was ready for some caching! We left the motel and followed 66 through Rolla, where we found our first cache of the day, and our first in Missouri. We decided to stick with just one or two caches per hour so we could make it as far as Oklahoma City on this trip. We also wanted to get to Pop’s – a gas statiohn/ soda ranch /…
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November 27, 2008: Route 66 (Day 1)
We woke up this morning intending to head south to Georgia. After a last check of the weather we noticed the forecast had worsened. The chance for rain increased significantly, and since I had a specific purpose for this trip mostly involving outdoor photography, it was not something I wanted to do in the rain. We struggled between wanting to go and whether or not to trust the forecast. We could go somewhere else with a better forecast or not go at all. Pat hinted at going west on 66 since we hadn’t done that in a while. He’s very indecisive, as readers of his blog know from his recent…
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September 2007: Missouri Route 66 Motor Tour
Missouri Route 66 Motor Tour 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=”72157601974310965″ width=”500″] Animal Paradise – Route 66, Stafford, Missouri 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=”72157601978087550″ width=”500″]
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May 14-15, 2005: Illinois Route 66 Cruise
Pat had the idea to do a cruise on Route 66 in Illinois with some of our Route 66 friends. We started from the Luna Cafe in Mitchell and headed north on 66. With Pat and I were: Randy and Melody, Kent and Mary Sue, Marge, Fran and Dolly, Denny, Shellee and her son Trevor, Kip and Quinn, and Jane. 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=”72157610906382469″ width=”500″]
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June 2004: Tulsa Route 66 Festival
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=”72157622560829797″ width=”500″]