About Route 66 and Other "Slow Roads"
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For folks who enjoy slow U.S. travel. We don't drive the interstates unless we absolutely have to. We love mom 'n pop motels, diners, old tourist traps. Special emphasis on Route 66, The Mother Road
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Step Back into a 1950s Christmas
The 1950s Park Forest House Museum invites you to
Step Back Into a 1950s Christmas ! We’ve “Decked our Halls"
Saturdays December 4, 11 and 18, 2010
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Donation $3.00 for adults; 12 a...
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posted by nifty50splace
Route 66 Bike Trail
I've been a member of this group for quite some time now. It doesn't get much "traffic"; pardon the pun!
Anyway, I belong to an Illinois group that's attempting to turn 17 miles of "Historic Route...
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posted by Cacci
Drove the Route
My wife and I had always wanted to do the entire Rt 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica and had done portions over the years. So, this past May we flew to Chicago and rented a car and made the trip in ...
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posted by Prestoni
Route 66 - so many memories!
I got married in a '64 GTO on Route 66 near Miami Oklahoma! We all drove a lot of older cars and motorcycles down that road to our reception which, of course was themed after the era when this road...
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posted by BeccaJayne
Route 66 Memories
This is pretty interesting!
Jim
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posted by Monteguy
Hi Everyone
Is this "The Diner?" I got an invite.
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posted by Jody29
Visit the 1950s Park Forest Museum
"Dolls of the 1950s" has been extended through September 19, 2009. If you are traveling Route 66 in the area of Joliet, we are just thirty minutes beyond that.
Look us up on our redesigned website ...
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posted by nifty50splace
? Does the Mother road still go through?
I have looked up about Route 66 before, but can't remember if the road follows through all the way, the way it did when it was built. Does any one know?
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posted by Wisdomseeker
Route 66 signs
I have found a company that sells the real route 66 highway marker signs. the company has a website view link You can buy single signs or there is a special package if you buy all 8 state signs.
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posted by CHASM
