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HERE WE GO THEN-BRING ON THE MOTHER ROAD.WE MADE IT INTO THE HEART OF CHICAGO TO FIND THE ROUTE 66 'BEGIN' SIGN ON ADAMS STREET(84)..(DEBBIE-YOUR DAD HANDLED THE DOWNTOWN CHICAGO TRAFFIC LIKE A REAL PRO-IMPRESSIVE STUFF,EVEN THOUGH WE DID HAVE A FEW SPATS- AS YOU DO WHEN THE HEAT IS TURNED ON )FROM THERE IT WAS A CASE OF FOLLOWING THE OLD ROUTE SIGNS (85)FIRST STOP WAS IN WILMINGTON-HOME OF THE LAUNCHING PAD GIANT(86)ALONG WITH 50 CENTS BEER IN THE LOCAL BAR (WE STAYED OVER HERE FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT ON 66). FIRST BREAKFAST WAS AT 'DWIGHT',LOVELY OLD DINER ACROSS FROM AN OLD GAS STATION(87)THE ROAD EVEN BEARED THE '66' MARKER(89)THE DINER OFFERED UP AN ALTERNATIVE 'MAIN STREET' ILLUSTRATION(89) ALONG WTH SOME T-SHIRTS AND OF COURSE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY(90)ANOTHER RESTORED GAS STATIOM CAME UP ALONG THE ROAD IN ODELL(91)NEXT WAS ATLANTA WHERE WE MET A REAL CHARACTER WHO RAN A TRINKET AND MEMORABILIA GIFT SHOP,HE TOOK OUR PICTURE WTH ONE OF HIS COLLECTIONS(92)NEXT DOOR TO HIS STORE WAS THE BUNYANS GIANT(93)..WE ENDED THE DAY IN HAMEL(94) HAD A GREAT NIGHT WITH SOME LOCALS-GREAT WINGS TOO AND THAT WAS ILLINOIS ON ROUTE 66,REALLY WELL SIGNPOSTED,THE OLD ROAD RAN ALONGSIDE THE INTERSTATE 55 FOR MOST OF IT'S PATH THROUGH THE STATE,NEXT UP IS MISSOURI..FIRST STEP TO GET PAST ST.LOUIS...
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debbie Omg wow how cool are you two your trip is just fantastic x