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Bob's Last Art Show at Cozy Dog Drive In
November 22, 2009 from 2pm to 6pm
World known artist, Bob Waldmire is hosting his last Art Show, this is because of his losing battle with terminal cancer. He will be displaying original works of art, selling various prints, postcards, posters, stickers, t-shirts, etc. If you haven'…
No. The dog did NOT take this picture! :-)
Les,
Great picture. However what really blew me away was the literary reference to Shelley! Wow! Very good and appropriate. Thanks for sharing.
Considering she had puked in the passenger seat earlier that afternoon, she was lucky to still be alive!!!!
Dangerous driver!
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- Sex:
- Male
- Birthday:
- April 3, 1959
- Hometown:
- Chicago, IL
- Country:
- USA
- About Me:
- In June 2008, my son John and I completed our tour of Route 66. It was the trip of a lifetime and we really enjoyed it. There's a link to the web site with a blog of the trip below. Check it out and leave a message on our guestbook.
- Favorite Music:
- Classic Rock & Roll, Seeger, Springsteen, Cocker, etc.
- Why are you here
- American Graffiti (technically not Route 66 but it captures some of the spririt)
- List Of My Favorite Route 66 Places
- Pig Hip Restaurant - You gotta love Ernie & Frances
Cadillac Ranch
Gallup New Mexico
Winslow, AZ
Santa Monica Pier
Afton Station, Afton, OK
Check out the web site of our 2008 tour of Route 66 at www.home.comcast.net/~kixon66
Our story has also been published in the Winter 2008/9 edition of the Corvette Restorer magazine. Click here to read it.
Our story has also been published in the Winter 2008/9 edition of the Corvette Restorer magazine. Click here to read it.
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Epilogue - A 19 Year Old's Point of View
07/22/2008
And now for the long awaited view of the trip from John's perspective:
On this two week long trip there are many things that I have learned, some of which will actually be useful to me.
Sunscreen is terribly important, because too much or too little can be disasterous. Too much and you will have to deal with the piercing pain of sunscreen in the eye while driving. Too little and you will have to deal with a chest redder than a cardinals hat.
Sleeping in teepees not only looks unco… Continue
And now for the long awaited view of the trip from John's perspective:
On this two week long trip there are many things that I have learned, some of which will actually be useful to me.
Sunscreen is terribly important, because too much or too little can be disasterous. Too much and you will have to deal with the piercing pain of sunscreen in the eye while driving. Too little and you will have to deal with a chest redder than a cardinals hat.
Sleeping in teepees not only looks unco… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 11:00pm —
Epilogue - Lessons Learned
06/30/2008
Well it's been nearly two weeks since we returned to from our Route 66 odyssey. I'm happy to say that my 49 year old body has recovered more quickly than the 42 year old Corvette. With a bit of luck it should be back from the shop tomorrow, ready for it's next adventure.
Looking back on the two week trip theres a number of things I'm really happy we did and a few we could have done better.
Things Done Right
New Seats - My posterior appreciates the fact that we… Continue
Well it's been nearly two weeks since we returned to from our Route 66 odyssey. I'm happy to say that my 49 year old body has recovered more quickly than the 42 year old Corvette. With a bit of luck it should be back from the shop tomorrow, ready for it's next adventure.
Looking back on the two week trip theres a number of things I'm really happy we did and a few we could have done better.
Things Done Right
New Seats - My posterior appreciates the fact that we… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 10:30pm —
Return From Route 66
19 Jun 08
At 7.45pm tonight, after 3 days and 2485 miles of driving we completed our return trip from California. It was a high speed run for the most part with some interesting driving along the way through California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. I will try and provide a wrap up to the whole adventure this weekend but for now I'll leave you with the update I sent this afternoon from my Blackberry to the few folks whose emails I had handy. John is also planning to provid… Continue
At 7.45pm tonight, after 3 days and 2485 miles of driving we completed our return trip from California. It was a high speed run for the most part with some interesting driving along the way through California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. I will try and provide a wrap up to the whole adventure this weekend but for now I'll leave you with the update I sent this afternoon from my Blackberry to the few folks whose emails I had handy. John is also planning to provid… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 10:00pm —
Statistics - Just The Facts Ma'am
06/28/2008
A few of the facts and figures from our trip:
Mileage Driven
Route 66 Out - 2474
Highest Mileage Day Out - June 11 - 500 miles
Return Trip - 2485
Highest Mileage Day Back - June 19 - 895 miles
Total Miles - 5210 (incl. drive to Chicago and drive around LA)
Fuel & Oil
# of Fill Ups - 30
Most Fill Ups in One Day - tie - June 17th & 19th - 5 fills
Fuel Consumed - 350.1 Gallons
Avg. MPG - 14.9
Oil Consumed - 9 quarts
A few of the facts and figures from our trip:
Mileage Driven
Route 66 Out - 2474
Highest Mileage Day Out - June 11 - 500 miles
Return Trip - 2485
Highest Mileage Day Back - June 19 - 895 miles
Total Miles - 5210 (incl. drive to Chicago and drive around LA)
Fuel & Oil
# of Fill Ups - 30
Most Fill Ups in One Day - tie - June 17th & 19th - 5 fills
Fuel Consumed - 350.1 Gallons
Avg. MPG - 14.9
Oil Consumed - 9 quarts
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 10:00pm —
Day 6 - Yorba Linda to Santa Moncia, CA
Day 6 - 12 June 2008
We arrived! At about 11.30am John and I drove on to the Pier at Santa Monica to officially end our tour of Route 66. What an adventure. Susan and Kahlee were at the pier to meet us with our friends Anne Jones and her son Justin. They snapped this picture as we arrived.
While at the pier we had the ceremonial pouring of Lake Michigan water into the Pacific Ocean off the end of the pier. The bottle of water developed a distinctive odor which had us concerned that the local a… Continue
We arrived! At about 11.30am John and I drove on to the Pier at Santa Monica to officially end our tour of Route 66. What an adventure. Susan and Kahlee were at the pier to meet us with our friends Anne Jones and her son Justin. They snapped this picture as we arrived.
While at the pier we had the ceremonial pouring of Lake Michigan water into the Pacific Ocean off the end of the pier. The bottle of water developed a distinctive odor which had us concerned that the local a… Continue
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 9:38pm —
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 12:43pm on January 6, 2009,
Rob Chilcoat said… - So don't forget to look for it next time when you are on the route. Thanks and Later, Rob
- At 11:21am on January 5, 2009,
Earl Cory said… - Mike,
Thanks for the comments. I checked out your web site and it is great. I really miss all my Route 66 travels. My late wife and I had so many wonderful times, meeting lots of nice folks. Of course the old road holds many memories for me. I remarried in 2005 and have done only limited route 66 trips since than. We will go to Flagstaff in Sept. 2009 for the annual Route 66 Festival. We attended the "07 event in Clinton, OK and had a great time. Your 1966 Corvette brings back memories of the good old days for me. I owned a new 1962 corvette and lots of my friends had 64-65-67 vettes back then!
- At 4:56pm on December 24, 2008,
Rob Chilcoat said…
- At 3:44pm on September 15, 2008,
Josh Friedrich said… - Wow! GR8 pix! Awesome 'vette! Welcome to the group. It is always good to see another Illiniosian here.
- At 10:23pm on September 14, 2008,
Joe Loesch said…
- I saw my friend Ron Jones in your photos. Where did you run into him?
- At 4:24pm on September 14, 2008,
Joe Loesch said…
- You guys look so cool there in Grant Park! Welcome to Route 66 People. Let me know if I can make your ride more comfortable? - Joe
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