Day 3 Rt 66 to Pontiac, IL

 

Day 3 on Historic Route 66.  Drove 76.3 miles to cover 40 miles of Rt 66 from north of Godley, IL to Pontiac, IL.

Mining Museum, Godley, IL

Gardner, IL, Click for panorama
Click for Video, including artist studio & shop

Memorial to Rev. Christian Christiansen who
helped stop the Nazi effort to build an atomic
bomb in WWII (Click to read lower right)

Two cell jail in Gardner, IL  (Click for panorama of interior)
Click for Video of Riviera Diner in Gardner

Abandoned section of old Rt 66, click for panorama

Triangular building, Dwight, IL

The Dwight Historical Society now occupies
this grand stone railway station in Dwight, IL

The Ambler's Texaco station in Dwight
Click for panorama, Click for interior photos

Oughton Estate Windmill, Dwight
Click for Video

Odell, IL

St. Paul Catholic Church, Odell

Standard Oil service station, Odell
Click for Video

Travel trailer at Standard Oil station, Odell

Restored barn ad for Meramec Caverns, Cayuga, IL

Ancient grain elevator, Cayuga

There are LOTs of great murals in Pontiac
Click here to see them

The original Wishing Well from a Rt 66 motel near Pontiac

This 1966 school bus was Bob Waldmire's official Road Yacht

For a video showing the interior of Waldmire's bus, Click.

This mural honors Bob Waldmire and his art

Waldmire's friends made certain this mural stretched 66 feet

Pontiac, IL courthouse

Lincoln statue at Pontiac courthouse

Sunset in Fairbury, IL where I spent the night

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