Day 1
St Louis then Springfield
Day 2
Ghost Bridge & Chevys in Pontiac
Day 3
Home on Fifty-Two
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I left Historic 66 behind and headed home on US-52. I stopped by the
Tippecanoe battle site and checked out a fifty year old watch tower.
Today I got to walk down a length of the old route and check out the
remnants of a bridge that used to cross Salt Creek. In Pontiac, we got
lucky and found the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum, normally
closed on Sundays, open for a car club outing.
When Chris learned she couldn't make it, the Cahokia portion of the trip
was scratched. Then I learned that Pat & Jennifer were not taking the
wide & boring I-70 to St Louis but were heading out on US-40. That
didn't sound so bad so I decided to hook up with the Indianapolis group
and get in a little Forty on the way to Sixty-Six. My pre-sunrise Cincy to
Indy dash was more of a Cincy to Indy splash but it all worked out. We met
the bulk of the group at the Luna in Mitchell and had a nice cruise to
Springfield.
Prelude
On the ides of March, I received a message from Pat B, co-moderator of the
American Road eGroup, with "IL 66 Run" as the
subject. It was an invitation to what Pat called a "nonscripted Illinois
Route 66 caravan". Pat and his wife, Jennifer, are planning a Saturday
morning expressway dash from Indianapolis to St Louis followed by a more
leisurely drive east on Historic US 66. Details are TBD but I hope to at
least do the east bound portion with the group. I might get up early and
race Pat to St Louis or Chris may go with me and the two of us would head
out a day or two earlier and spend some time at the Cahokia mounds and
maybe even the mounds at Wickliffe. It'll work out some way.
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