One of the pleasures I derive from my blog is creating the banner photos for the top of each posting. I thought it would be fun to go back through my blog posts and display the photos with a link to that day’s adventure. I got a kick out of going back through the 6+… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – The Banner Photos
Category: Route 66
2015 Summer Road Trip – Statistics
We made it home on Tuesday, June 2. We drove 7,766.4 miles since we left home on Friday April 24! Here is a rough map of our trip. Google Maps only allows ten locations on a route plan so I couldn’t do an accurate representation. For example, I couldn’t map the true Route 66 route nor… Continue reading 2015 Summer Road Trip – Statistics
Route 66 Days 22 & 23 – Lincoln to Chicago
May 15, 2015 There has been about a week long pause in my blogging about the trip – and I left you all with the cliffhanger just as we were on the outskirts of Chicago. What can I say? Sometimes life happens. We reached North Riverside where our son, daughter-in-law,and grandson live on Friday and… Continue reading Route 66 Days 22 & 23 – Lincoln to Chicago
Route 66 Day 21 – Edwardsville, IL to Lincoln, IL
May 14, 2015 Today marks our 3rd full week on the road; we are getting so close to Chicago but still a couple of days to go. This was a pretty short travel day in comparison with some others but we would go through Atlanta, Illinois – a very small town in size, but large… Continue reading Route 66 Day 21 – Edwardsville, IL to Lincoln, IL
Route 66 Day 20 – Carthage, MO to Edwardsville, IL
May 13, 2015 We’ve been pretty lucky with the weather so far on our trip. There was an enormous storm front across the lower plains – Texas panhandle and Oklahoma – just before we were due to travel through. We didn’t leave Santa Fe, New Mexico until we were sure things were clear ahead. The… Continue reading Route 66 Day 20 – Carthage, MO to Edwardsville, IL
