Cozy Dog Drive-In

One of the sights we were told we must see is the Cozy Dog Drive-In.  This diner serves Dogs on a Stick...NOT corn dogs!  The resturants were started in 1946. 

Lunch

It was getting time for lunch so we stopped at the iconic Dixie Truck Stop in McClean, IL.  This has a great diner feel with a good buffet.  It opened in 1928 and has only been closed one day since then because of a fire...otherwise, it's open 24/7 and 365 days a year.

Kerri decided she wanted to see a covered bridge and there just happened to be one not far off of our route.  This bridge is called Sugar Creek Covered Bridge at Patriot Park in Glenarm, IL.  It was built in 1880...

More Sights

We also got to see more Lincoln sights.  We saw a replica of the courthouse he worked in.  I guess the orginal was moved to another city...who buys and moves a building! 

We also got to tour his actual house.  He lived in this house for between 14 - 17 years (can't remember).  We were walking through the same halls as Lincoln.  That was pretty cool!

Nice Morning

Woke up this morning to bright sun shine and a beautiful day ahead of us.  The beginning of Route 66 is identified clearly by the sign on the side of the road.

We wanted to make sure we stayed on Route 66 most of the day...taking the old highway as opposed to the newer routes over the freeways.  There are a couple of times where you must hop on the freeway for a mile or two before you can get back off onto the Mother Road.  This made the miles go by much slower, but the sights were well worth it.  Some of the buildings we saw in the old towns were amazing.
Here some pictures of the Lincoln  National Cemetary.  This isn't where he's buried but where many of our fallen soldiers are resting.

Here are some pictures of other nice sights along the way.

When we hit Springfield, IL we went to the resting place of Abraham Lincoln.  There was Tomb erected and it was quite impressive!

New Outfit

Kerri bought a new outfit while we were in Chicago.  Here she is trying it on:

Cruise

At the end of the day we took a cruise on a pirate sail ship out onto Lake Michigan.  It was a 75 minute trip that got us a different view of the lake shore and sky line and was pretty cool.

Millenium Park

After the Tower and eating we headed to Millenium park and saw some cool sculptures.  Check out the pictures of the area and I'll probably post a few videos later.