Started the day in downtown Chicago at the Eastern end of the Mother Road. The weather looked rough, but the rain held off, and we eventually went topless and got some great pictures. Our route today (we stuck to the 1926-30 route) took us through Joliet, Elwood (look for the Bluesmobile below, found outside of town a bit), Wilmington, Gardner, Dwight, Odell, Pontiac (cool Route 66 museum), Lexington, Towanda, Bloomington, McClean, Atlanta (not that Atlanta!), Lincoln, Sherman, Springfield, Chatham, Auburn, Carlinville and Gillespie, before stopping in Litchfield for the night.
Enjoy the photos – there were 80+ today, these are the best ones. And for those i mentioned it to: **i told you there was Paul Bunyon holding a hot dog!**
and so it begins 
some family roots 
Romeoville, IL 
Joliet, IL 
Elwood, IL 
Elwood, IL 
Wilmington, IL 
without his helmet, being repaired! 
Braidwood, IL 
Odell, IL 
Pontiac, IL 
Towanda, IL 
Normal, IL 
Atlanta, IL 
Lincoln, IL 
Springfield, IL 
Curran Rd, Auburn, IL – 1.4 mile brick road! 
Virden, IL – memorial to an 1898 battle between miners and owners 
Girard, IL 
turkey tracks in the concrete! 
some of the roads could use some work…. 
Carlinville, IL – 1869 County Jail