Get your Sticks on Route 66
After a morning touring the Lincoln sites of Springfield, Brunch was at Cosy Dog. Cosy Dog is a Historic site on Route 66, where the concept of a battered corn dog on a stick was born. And we got a trip mascot for the car
Ending the day at A Microbrewery in Springfield
202 miles down, we finish our long day in Springfield, Illinois. Arriving later than planned, we end up at a microbrewery for a late night meal and one of the beers brewed on site. So that’s 2 Buffalo Chicken Horseshoes.. And a couple of Mother Road APAs and Belgian Style IPAs. What’s a horse shoe?
Goodbye Chicago
Sad to be leaving Chicago so soon, but the trip must go on! Here’s a few pics from the camera yesterday… And our final stop before leaving, breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s, where your coffee cup is always full!
Our whistle stop tour of the windy city
When Chris and I were planning this trip due to time constraints we decided to only spend 1 night in Chicago…so we had to fit as much as we could into a short period of time, here goes…. A big Fountain, a massive lake, Blues music festival,two parks, a shiny giant bean, Chicago style hotdogs…don’t ask for ketchup! Deep dish pizza, a really tall tower and we did look down, break dancing, a homeless man, lots and lots stunning architecture,…
Our Journey
Have had this map of America for a while (click the picture for a better view), finally managed to get it up on the wall and highlight all the places we are stopping. It doesn’t look to bad like this!! Our stops are: Chicago (IL) Springfield (IL) St Louis (MO) Springfield (MO) Oklahoma City (OK) Amarillo (TX) Santa Fe (NM) Gallup (NM) Flagstaff (AZ) The Grand Canyon (AZ) Kingman (AZ) Rialto (CA) Santa Monica (CA)