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beelikejOh, hey, before I forget: I posted my artwork for the SPN-Cinema challenge: It's Grease Lightnin'! featuring Jeff, Jensen and the Impala:)
I confess: when I found out JDM is going to be at the Pasadena Convention in November the first thing I did was check to see if there were any tickets left, haha. I'm not going to a con, people. I'M NOT. Shush. Meeting up with fellow fangirls would actually be a bigger draw than seeing J3 on stage, but I prefer the peace and quiet of being a hermit;) Besides: I just went to the USA and nothing can really top the Roadtrip experience and those fangirl-meet up-meals.
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tmn1966 and me traveling up North from Kansas; we have one sight in Missouri to find before we get to Springfield, IL, home of Lincoln. Are you ready to get on the road again? Let's go!
Wednesday August 12, 2015
Still in Kansas, here's a motelphoto of the morning after for a change;) We have quite a long way to drive today, so we leave around 9:30 a.m.
And we're on the road (Interstate East 70) - first bridge of the day, wahey.
Second bridge of the day. I love bridges, okay. In fact, we are looking for an historic one: the Chain of Rocks bridge that crosses the Mississippi River.... Are we there yet, are we there yet?
Right after we enter Missouri, the Googlemap lady tells us our destination "is on the right"...
and there it is indeed, right where we can't get to it. Haha, Googlemap lady, haha, well played.
I'm glad I had my camera ready;) The Chain of Rock bridge was built in 1929 and is 1,632 meters long (little over a mile). The western end of the bridge is on the Missouri shoreline, while the eastern end is on Chouteau Island, Illinois! Hello again, Illinois:)
Our goal today is the suburbs of Chicago, but we're going to make a stop in Springfield first. That brings us back on Route 66, woohoo! \o/
Ehm. I don't know. All I knew was that I had to take a photo. For reasons.
It looks like they accidently left the backdoors open, but a lot of trucks have this aerodynamic contraption at the back.
Heh. Junk in the Trunk. The things you see down Route 66;)
Springfield, we are in you. This Lincoln dude is EVERYWHERE. Time for an American history lesson!
A ranger giving us the rules for entering the old Lincoln house. I got a real kick out of the nametag on the door;) President Lincoln lived here from 1844 until 1861, when he was elected.
The front parlor, with mahogany furniture, no children allowed in here. Check out the carpet! The couch in the back parlor is made out of black horse hair. Lincoln was probably sitting in that chair when he heard he was elected President. How cool is that?
The sitting room, where the children would be spending time with their parents, probably being in awe of the stereoscope, which showed photographic cards in 3D! The furniture here was too tiny for 6'4" long Abraham Lincoln; we were told he would just lie down on the floor for comfort.
The bedroom is Mrs. Lincoln's, how about that wallpaper? Having seperate bedrooms was a sign of wealth, not necessarily of marital conflict;)
The most photographed angle of the Lincoln house; the whole area is preserved, you can visit more houses and there are people in costumes walking around. The dome in the distance is the Illinois State Capitol.
Driving through Springfield, we passed this pretty in pink towing company. *chinhands*
President Lincoln was assassinated in 1965, a month after starting his second term. He and his family are buried underneath this big tomb in Oakridge cemetery. Apologies for rubbing his nose, but apparently it's for luck;)
You can walk inside Lincoln's tomb; there are bronze statues in the corridor that runs around the center. They are replicas of statues that are all around the United States. Here's 40-something Abe and young Abe as a soldier.
Before leaving Springfield, we had to take a picture of another Route 66 sign;) For dinner we were very pleased to find the Cozy Dog Cafe, which is the birthplace of the corndog!
Of course we had to taste the specialty of the house. The whole place is full of Route 66 memorabilia. Very awesome.
Back on the road. This was a long ass train (I won't bore you with the five photos I took of the whole thing;). When we were looking for gas, we drove past this historic site: The Mill. This restaurant first opened in 1929 under the Name "Blue Mill.", with a Dutch themed interior. In 1945, it was enlarged and painted red. Closed in 1966, it has been in restoration since 2006...
But the sight we were looking for is the first stop if you start Route 66 in Chicago, so our very last on our way up North; The Gemini Giant at The Launching Pad (a roadside cafe that is now closed) IS IT NOT THE COOLEST?
Last but not least we did some fangirling withdugindeep; we met up at the Cross Town Grill for a drink and some food....
Okay, I know it looks gross and the name for this burger with fried egg and chicken on top is even worse: it's called Hairy Uncle Dan. It tasted great though:)
After a long, long day we spent the night in an Extended Stay America hotel, we had our own kitchen! Not that we needed that. We pretty much crashed. Goodnight!
Next up: the final destination: Chicago!!!
part 1: Amsterdam to Ohio | part 2: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
part 3: Missouri, Route 66 | part 4: Oklahoma & Texas
part 5: TX, OK & Kansas
I confess: when I found out JDM is going to be at the Pasadena Convention in November the first thing I did was check to see if there were any tickets left, haha. I'm not going to a con, people. I'M NOT. Shush. Meeting up with fellow fangirls would actually be a bigger draw than seeing J3 on stage, but I prefer the peace and quiet of being a hermit;) Besides: I just went to the USA and nothing can really top the Roadtrip experience and those fangirl-meet up-meals.
If you've been cruising along, you know the last post ended with
tmn1966 and me traveling up North from Kansas; we have one sight in Missouri to find before we get to Springfield, IL, home of Lincoln. Are you ready to get on the road again? Let's go!Wednesday August 12, 2015
Still in Kansas, here's a motelphoto of the morning after for a change;) We have quite a long way to drive today, so we leave around 9:30 a.m.
And we're on the road (Interstate East 70) - first bridge of the day, wahey.
Second bridge of the day. I love bridges, okay. In fact, we are looking for an historic one: the Chain of Rocks bridge that crosses the Mississippi River.... Are we there yet, are we there yet?
Right after we enter Missouri, the Googlemap lady tells us our destination "is on the right"...
and there it is indeed, right where we can't get to it. Haha, Googlemap lady, haha, well played.
I'm glad I had my camera ready;) The Chain of Rock bridge was built in 1929 and is 1,632 meters long (little over a mile). The western end of the bridge is on the Missouri shoreline, while the eastern end is on Chouteau Island, Illinois! Hello again, Illinois:)
Our goal today is the suburbs of Chicago, but we're going to make a stop in Springfield first. That brings us back on Route 66, woohoo! \o/
Ehm. I don't know. All I knew was that I had to take a photo. For reasons.
It looks like they accidently left the backdoors open, but a lot of trucks have this aerodynamic contraption at the back.
Heh. Junk in the Trunk. The things you see down Route 66;)
Springfield, we are in you. This Lincoln dude is EVERYWHERE. Time for an American history lesson!
A ranger giving us the rules for entering the old Lincoln house. I got a real kick out of the nametag on the door;) President Lincoln lived here from 1844 until 1861, when he was elected.
The front parlor, with mahogany furniture, no children allowed in here. Check out the carpet! The couch in the back parlor is made out of black horse hair. Lincoln was probably sitting in that chair when he heard he was elected President. How cool is that?
The sitting room, where the children would be spending time with their parents, probably being in awe of the stereoscope, which showed photographic cards in 3D! The furniture here was too tiny for 6'4" long Abraham Lincoln; we were told he would just lie down on the floor for comfort.
The bedroom is Mrs. Lincoln's, how about that wallpaper? Having seperate bedrooms was a sign of wealth, not necessarily of marital conflict;)
The most photographed angle of the Lincoln house; the whole area is preserved, you can visit more houses and there are people in costumes walking around. The dome in the distance is the Illinois State Capitol.
Driving through Springfield, we passed this pretty in pink towing company. *chinhands*
President Lincoln was assassinated in 1965, a month after starting his second term. He and his family are buried underneath this big tomb in Oakridge cemetery. Apologies for rubbing his nose, but apparently it's for luck;)
You can walk inside Lincoln's tomb; there are bronze statues in the corridor that runs around the center. They are replicas of statues that are all around the United States. Here's 40-something Abe and young Abe as a soldier.
Before leaving Springfield, we had to take a picture of another Route 66 sign;) For dinner we were very pleased to find the Cozy Dog Cafe, which is the birthplace of the corndog!
Of course we had to taste the specialty of the house. The whole place is full of Route 66 memorabilia. Very awesome.
Back on the road. This was a long ass train (I won't bore you with the five photos I took of the whole thing;). When we were looking for gas, we drove past this historic site: The Mill. This restaurant first opened in 1929 under the Name "Blue Mill.", with a Dutch themed interior. In 1945, it was enlarged and painted red. Closed in 1966, it has been in restoration since 2006...
But the sight we were looking for is the first stop if you start Route 66 in Chicago, so our very last on our way up North; The Gemini Giant at The Launching Pad (a roadside cafe that is now closed) IS IT NOT THE COOLEST?
Last but not least we did some fangirling with
dugindeep; we met up at the Cross Town Grill for a drink and some food....
Okay, I know it looks gross and the name for this burger with fried egg and chicken on top is even worse: it's called Hairy Uncle Dan. It tasted great though:)
After a long, long day we spent the night in an Extended Stay America hotel, we had our own kitchen! Not that we needed that. We pretty much crashed. Goodnight!
Next up: the final destination: Chicago!!!
part 1: Amsterdam to Ohio | part 2: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
part 3: Missouri, Route 66 | part 4: Oklahoma & Texas
part 5: TX, OK & Kansas