Route 66 - Part 2!

The End! 2448 miles later!! Chicago, Illinois, Mid December 2006.


The Gemini Giant at the Launching Pad Drive-In,

Wilmington, IL.


It wouldn't be Route 66 without some neon!


Tall Paul, the hot dog giant, Atlanta, IL.
D'ya see the size of his sausage?!!!


We don't know what this is but we like it!
Somewhere, Illinois!


Chris rubbing Abe's nose for luck at the Lincoln Memorial Tomb,
Springfield, Illinios.


Abraham Lincoln's old house, Springfield, Illinois.


The old Soulsby Shell Station, Mount Olive, Illinois.


Another Jack Rabbit, this time at Henry's Rabbit Ranch,

Staunton, Illinois.


You can get Route 66 anything and everything!


The bizarre (and frankly dangerous!) Chain of Rocks Bridge,

St. Louis, Missouri, complete with 22 degree bend!


The Gateway Arch, St. Louis.
630 feet high!


Ben laps up some of Famous Ted Drewes Frozen Custard,
St. Louis, Missouri.


The famous Route 66 institution, the Munger Moss motel,
Lebanon, Missouri.


You just can't get the staff nowadays!


The endearingly sweet but now retired Blue Whale amusement park,
Catoosa, Oklahoma.


Elk City, Oklahoma.


'The Blob' plays at the 66 Drive-In.


Cool 1970's Corvette in 66 Diner,
National Route 66 Museum, Elk City, Oklahoma.


The Devil's Rope (barbed wire!) Museum, McLean, Texas.
Go figure!


The Leaning Tower of Texas, Groom.


Ben doing his Peter Kay impression!
"Is this the way to Amarillo...?!"


How could you resist?!


The famous Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas.


Old 66! The Midpoint Cafe, Adrian, Texas.


The halfway point! Adrian, Texas.


Route 66 Auto Museum, Santa Rosa, New Mexico.


One of the many kitsch vintage motel signs that line Route 66.


The Satellite Cafe, Albuquerque, New Mexico.


Route 66 Casino plays homage to the (now defunct)
Twin Arrows Trading Post, an old Route 66 landmark.


The Continental Divide in New Mexico where the
rain from the west drains to the Pacific and the east to the Atlantic.


Dinos at the Rock Shop, Holbrook, AZ.


"Have you stayed in a wigwam lately?".
The fabulously kitsch Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, Arizona.


The Jack Rabbit himself!


The famous Jack Rabbit trading post billboard,
Joseph City, Arizona.

A hitchhiker we picked up east of Winslow.

The Meteor City trading post, Winslow, Arizona.