*nods* Thanks, John ... hope you enjoyed 'em. * FYI * A new section to my Route 66 story (newly titled _That's The Highway_), is on Jim Hinckley's website, complete with titles/chapters (newest chapter is "Research and a Test")... http://www.route66infocenter.com/Share_Your_Adventure.php Future chapters will be posted on Jim Hinckley's website (which also has a link to my "photo journal of a Route 66 adventure") ... so, if you're interested, stay tuned there! BTW, anyone notice these pics...? http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY4#5427870882125664050 http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429732405238780786 ALSO, people have asked what MY favorite pics are ... all of them! But, a FEW "highlights".... 09/05/09... ...Franklin Grove IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY1#5427143137160812866 ...west of Rochelle IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY1#5427144394574074370 ...Pontiac IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY1#5427146455652435954 ...Atlanta IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY1#5427148753305989314 09/06/09... ...Auburn IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY2#5427154812343567826 ...Virden IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY2#5427158530798427218 ...west of Nilwood IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY2#5427160260907386882 ...Staunton IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY2#5427435471795286994 ...near Mitchell IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY2#5427437391087316370 09/07/09... ...Fanning MO: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY3#5427441336502661330 ...Jerome MO: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY3#5427442141527676274 ...Devil's Elbow MO: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY3#5427444101572828338 ...Paris Springs MO: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY3#5427859218304450258 09/08/09... ...Galena KS: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY4#5427865446750242146 ...Commerce OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY4#5427870886601073106 ...Afton OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY4#5427874252195807410 ...north of Afton OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY4#5427875449887905842 ...Chelsea OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY4#5427875462987865714 09/09/09... ...Sapulpa OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY5#5428251173893528562 ...Chandler OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY5#5428253696750058322 ...Fort Reno OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY5#5428259472179330626 09/10/09... ...Clinton OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#5428261329252171842 ...Elk City OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#5428264164237600498 ...Sayre/Hext OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#5428265343202751266 ...Erick OK: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#5428647982435472610 ...McLean TX: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#5428652033919334178 ...TX: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#5428652616742933170 ...Conway TX: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#5428653427642577842 09/11/09... ...Amarillo TX: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY7#5428654639455883138 ...Vega TX: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY7#5428656500172729682 ...Adrian TX: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY7#5428656506385667410 ...Glenrio TX: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY7#5428658981036796162 ...NM: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY7#5428659690273339266 ...Moriarty NM: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY7#5428934903092189554 09/12/09... ...west of Albuquerque NM: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY8#5428981318132477426 ...Continental Divide NM: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY8#5428986378107533538 ...Sanders AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY8#5428988876656437250 ...Holbrook AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY8#5428993896863581506 09/13/09... ...Holbrook AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY9#5429002721353620370 ...Joseph City AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY9#5429004878525405154 ...Winslow AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY9#5429325377785057842 ...Meteor Crater AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY9#5429326587958074946 ...Twin Arrows AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY9#5429327136194649458 ...Flagstaff AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY9#5429328673568833650 09/14/09... ...Williams AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429397542183620802 ...Monte Carlo AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429399169064197826 ...AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429401366154492802 ...Seligman AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429727764523898370 ...Truxton AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429730879633494034 ...Valentine AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429731739305453794 ...Hackberry AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429732413898596658 ...Kingman AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#5429766266936899586 09/15/09... ...Kingman AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430382612145939906 http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430385908378019730 ...AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430388069472157458 ...Sitgreaves Pass AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430388833489766162 ...Oatman AZ: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430391223852100402 ...Goffs CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430396842873328514 ...CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430396856415101698 http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430397669286569890 ...E Amboy CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#5430842399328442258 09/16/09... ...Barstow CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY12#5431220758934833330 ...Helendale CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY12#5431226655533533122 ...Victorville CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY12#5431229477097449634 http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY12#5431231910013120322 http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY12#5431233180247320034 ...Rialto/San Bernardino CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY12#5431233186960311634 09/17/09... ...Rialto/San Bernardino CA: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY13#5431255592099883778 ...NM: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY13#5431258735465073218 http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY13#5431258735058880610 09/18/09... ...Romeroville NM: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY14#5431261137193168834 ...NE: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY14#5431261141512666882 09/19/09 (my birthday!)... ...Kearney NE: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY15#5431272556376540306 ...Starks IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY15#5431275012661266562 11/27/09-11/29/09... ...Dwight IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909#5431282615925577026 ...Odell IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909#5431285499708785602 ...Odell/Pontiac IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909#5431286153803053858 ...Big Sandy TN: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909#5431287668203160418 ...Jackson TN: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909#5431290195841866850 ...Nashville TN: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909#5431290207573056258 Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ** my radio show.03/13/10 ** WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It goes so fast" ... Jodee Messina ... 'Was That My Life?' -----Original Message----- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 10:17 pm Subject: [elky] Re: My Route 66 pics+story, Sep 09; Drive South, Nov 09 Nice! JC On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:03 PM, <faithcubsmc2691@xxxxxxx> wrote: For 2009, my "major" drive was along Route 66, September 5-19. I also had a Thanksgiving weekend getaway to Tennessee and Alabama, complete with a few Route 66 stops in Illinois. Pictures of both trips are now ready...ENJOY! ** ROUTE 66 STORY ** In the midst of preparing my Route 66 pictures, I started writing a story about Route 66, which, for whatever reason, has been VERY easy to write. It is not complete, but I'm not quite sure to where it will lead. If you wish to follow it (some of you have already read the first portions), you can read it on Jim Hinckley's website: http://www.route66infocenter.com/Share_Your_Adventure.php ** ROUTE 66 JOURNEY, SEP 09 ** The links are slide shows, complete with captions about my drive along Route 66.... 09/05/09, Day 1, DeKalb IL (LH) to Pontiac IL (Rt 66) to Springfield IL, 43 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY1#slideshow/5427141662526110530 09/06/09, Day 2, Springfield IL to St Louis MO, 68 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY2#slideshow/5427153871443919250 09/07/09, Day 3, Stanton MO to Joplin MO, 62 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY3#slideshow/5427439268824317586 09/08/09, Day 4, Joplin MO to Tulsa OK, 77 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY4#slideshow/5427862154662426722 09/09/09, Day 5, Tulsa OK to Clinton OK, 53 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY5#slideshow/5428251162202783314 09/10/09, Day 6, Clinton OK to Amarillo TX, 80 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY6#slideshow/5428260359643080226 09/11/09, Day 7, Amarillo TX to Moriarty NM, 81 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY7#slideshow/5428654625398731538 09/12/09, Day 8, Moriarty NM to Holbrook AZ, 102 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY8#slideshow/5428980552494890642 09/13/09, Day 9, Holbrook AZ to Williams AZ, 72 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY9#slideshow/5429002721353620370 09/14/09, Day 10, Williams AZ to Kingman AZ, 116 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY10#slideshow/5429395440355434498 09/15/09, Day 11, Kingman AZ to Barstow CA, 137 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY11#slideshow/5430380559414678786 09/16/09, Day 12, Barstow CA to Rialto/San Bernardino CA, 98 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY12#slideshow/5431220758934833330 09/17/09, Day 13, Rialto/San Bernardino CA to Albuquerque NM, 36 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY13#slideshow/5431255586450476482 09/18/09, Day 14, Albuquerque NM (Rt 66) to Kearney NE (LH), 5 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY14#slideshow/5431261135177047330 09/19/09, Day 15, Kearney NE (LH) to Elgin IL, 29 pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/RT66TRIPDAY15#slideshow/5431272549764120818 ** DRIVE SOUTH, NOV 09 ** The link is a slide show (43 pics), complete with captions about my Thanksgiving weekend getaway to see friends in Tennessee and Alabama, November 27-29, including some stops along Rt 66 places in IL: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909#slideshow/5431282615925577026 Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ** trip to NE US.aug2010 ** WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Take my way, it's the highway, that's the best" ... John Mayer ... 'Route 66'