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/Sha..._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/knightfa...41662526110530

09/06/09, Day 2, Springfield IL to St Louis MO, 68 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...53871443919250

09/07/09, Day 3, Stanton MO to Joplin MO, 62 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...39268824317586

09/08/09, Day 4, Joplin MO to Tulsa OK, 77 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...62154662426722

09/09/09, Day 5, Tulsa OK to Clinton OK, 53 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...51162202783314

09/10/09, Day 6, Clinton OK to Amarillo TX, 80 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...60359643080226

09/11/09, Day 7, Amarillo TX to Moriarty NM, 81 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...54625398731538

09/12/09, Day 8, Moriarty NM to Holbrook AZ, 102 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...80552494890642

09/13/09, Day 9, Holbrook AZ to Williams AZ, 72 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...02721353620370

09/14/09, Day 10, Williams AZ to Kingman AZ, 116 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...95440355434498

09/15/09, Day 11, Kingman AZ to Barstow CA, 137 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...80559414678786

09/16/09, Day 12, Barstow CA to Rialto/San Bernardino CA, 98 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...20758934833330

09/17/09, Day 13, Rialto/San Bernardino CA to Albuquerque NM, 36 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...55586450476482

09/18/09, Day 14, Albuquerque NM (Rt 66) to Kearney NE (LH), 5 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...61135177047330

09/19/09, Day 15, Kearney NE (LH) to Elgin IL, 29 pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...72549764120818



** 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/knightfa...82615925577026




Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * trip to NE US.aug2010 *
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"Take my way, it's the highway, that's the best" ... John Mayer ... 'Route 66'

 

* 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/Sha..._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/knightfa...80558035540866
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...84311510868034
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...99180630565874



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/knightfa...43137160812866
...west of Rochelle IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...44394574074370
...Pontiac IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...46455652435954
...Atlanta IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...48753305989314

09/06/09...
...Auburn IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...54812343567826
...Virden IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...58530798427218
...west of Nilwood IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...60260907386882
...Staunton IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...35471795286994
...near Mitchell IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...37391087316370

09/07/09...
...Fanning MO:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...41336502661330
...Jerome MO:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...42141527676274
...Devil's Elbow MO:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...44101572828338
...Paris Springs MO:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...59218304450258

09/08/09...
...Galena KS:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...65446750242146
...Commerce OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...70886601073106
...Afton OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...74252195807410
...north of Afton OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...75449887905842
...Chelsea OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...75462987865714

09/09/09...
...Sapulpa OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...51173893528562
...Chandler OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...53696750058322
...Fort Reno OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...59472179330626

09/10/09...
...Clinton OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...61329252171842
...Elk City OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...64164237600498
...Sayre/Hext OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...65343202751266
...Erick OK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...47982435472610
...McLean TX:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...52033919334178
...TX:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...52616742933170
...Conway TX:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...53427642577842

09/11/09...
...Amarillo TX:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...54639455883138
...Vega TX:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...56500172729682
...Adrian TX:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...56506385667410
...Glenrio TX:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...58981036796162
...NM:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...59690273339266
...Moriarty NM:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...34903092189554

09/12/09...
...west of Albuquerque NM:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...81318132477426
...Continental Divide NM:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...86378107533538
...Sanders AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...88876656437250
...Holbrook AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...93896863581506

09/13/09...
...Holbrook AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...02721353620370
...Joseph City AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...04878525405154
...Winslow AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...25377785057842
...Meteor Crater AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...26587958074946
...Twin Arrows AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...27136194649458
...Flagstaff AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...28673568833650

09/14/09...
...Williams AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...97542183620802
...Monte Carlo AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...99169064197826
...AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...01366154492802
...Seligman AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...27764523898370
...Truxton AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...30879633494034
...Valentine AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...31739305453794
...Hackberry AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...32413898596658
...Kingman AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...66266936899586

09/15/09...
...Kingman AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...82612145939906
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...85908378019730
...AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...88069472157458
...Sitgreaves Pass AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...88833489766162
...Oatman AZ:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...91223852100402
...Goffs CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...96842873328514
...CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...96856415101698
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...97669286569890
...E Amboy CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...42399328442258

09/16/09...
...Barstow CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...20758934833330
...Helendale CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...26655533533122
...Victorville CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...29477097449634
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...31910013120322
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...33180247320034
...Rialto/San Bernardino CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...33186960311634

09/17/09...
...Rialto/San Bernardino CA:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...55592099883778
...NM:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...58735465073218
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...58735058880610

09/18/09...
...Romeroville NM:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...61137193168834
...NE:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...61141512666882

09/19/09 (my birthday!)...
...Kearney NE:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...72556376540306
...Starks IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...75012661266562


11/27/09-11/29/09...
...Dwight IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...82615925577026
...Odell IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...85499708785602
...Odell/Pontiac IL:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...86153803053858
...Big Sandy TN:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...87668203160418
...Jackson TN:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...90195841866850
...Nashville TN:
http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfa...90207573056258




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?'