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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
10 Jul
So…what to do after eating a cheeseburger and fries for lunch? Go for a walk to burn off the calories, of course!
On the way out of Illinois I stopped at the Kickapoo Rail Trail near Danville, Illinois. This is one of nearly...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
9 Jul
Well, howdy! I’m in eastern Illinois tonight. I’m meeting a myLotter for lunch tomorrow before heading off to Kickapoo Rail Trail, then to Lafayette, Indiana for a couple of days of history. Then it’s on to Fort Wayne to see my...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
29 Aug 24
This was a great little trip!
I started out in Cincinnati with the horror of slavery then moved on to Indianapolis with a lovely walk along the canal in downtown. Then off to Illinois for lunch with Marie before zipping up to...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
27 Aug 24
Many consider Abraham Lincoln to be America’s greatest president. It’s easy to understand why: he had the most unenviable task of preserving our country through four years of a bloody civil war. And, while he succeeded, he never...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
26 Aug 24
Driving along I-55 toward home (yes, I’m home now) today, I saw an informational sign mentioning a Mother Jones memorial at the Mount Olive, Illinois exit. As that would take me back on Route 66 for a final time this trip, I took...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
25 Aug 24
Say, do you know the muffler man? Believe it or not, those oversized statues that dot the landscape every now and then are known as “muffler men.” A stop in Atlanta, Illinois took me to a number of these advertising relics that...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
24 Aug 24
Or gas pumps. In Australia they were called “Bowsers” after the man who invented the gas pump, Sylvanus Bowser (who, for the record, was an American, so I don’t know why WE don’t call them bowsers ).
Last...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
24 Aug 24
Where have I been today? All over Route 66 in Illinois! I started in Joliet, and I’ve only made it to Bloomington. It’s been a blast stopping in the small towns and seeing the museums, murals, and relics of yesteryear.
One of...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
23 Aug 24
You’ve seen one prison, you’ve seen ‘em all, right? Well, not exactly. This particular prison is the old Joliet penitentiary, where part of The Blues Brothers was filmed. With my love of the movie I had to make a stop...
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