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Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 8 Aug

If you wonder why today’s “Where’s FourWallsdo” song is “Take It Easy,” it’s because of yesterday evening’s stop: Standin’ on the Corner Park in Winslow, Arizona. And it’s such a fine sight to see!!! A wall from a burned-out...

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Where’s FourWallsdo?: Take It Easy

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 8 Aug

The next discussion will explain this choice. But it’s so obvious. I mean, the entire attraction is based on a line out of this song! So get out a pin, poke it in the map, and let’s sing along with today’s musical — that really...

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Cheesy Route 66: Cadillac Ranch

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 6 Aug

There’s cheesy, and then there’s THIS. What a concept: bury ten Cadillacs in the ground, hood down, at an angle modeled after the Pyramids of Giza, and people will come to see it AND paint graffiti all over it! Welcome to the...

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Cheesy Route 66: The Blue Whale of Catoosa

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 6 Aug

One of the things I’ve mentioned in my reports along Route 66 (both this year and last year in Illinois) is how these “tourist traps” sprang up to get people out of their cars and into the town to spend money. When I was in Tulsa...

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One of Many Route 66 Museums

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 5 Aug

In addition to the “national” Route 66 Museum, that is devoted to the entire 2,450 mile route, there are several museums that are state specific (or even town specific). Not too far up the road from the National Route 66...

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Some of the Fun on the Mother Road

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 3 Aug

There’s so much “touristy” stuff along Route 66, most of which is grossly outdated. I guess that’s what makes it so appealing. If you go to “touristy towns” like Niagara Falls or Pigeon Forge, the “tourist traps” are...

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Proof That You’re Famous

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 3 Aug

Howdy from Norman, Oklahoma! I had a great day with Rogers and Route 66, and I’ll drag you along. Let’s start with Route 66. I stopped to get a look at one of the countless tourist trap things along the road. Afterwards, I...

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In Case You Didn’t Notice…

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • 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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“The Most Dangerous Woman in America”

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • 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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Land of the Giants

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • 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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The Subject Was Petrol Bowsers!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • 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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For Our Campers…

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • 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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Now…Before I Was So RUDELY Interrupted….

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 10 Aug 24

Honestly, don’t let the ER visit fool you. That was a fabulous jaunt to St. Louis. I stayed in Festus after walking the Chain of Rocks Bridge. On the way back to St. Louis I stopped in Eureka (a suburb), the home of the Route...

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Got My Kicks on Route 66

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 7 Aug 24

Oh, what a day. I’m one happy hillbilly. You might think there’s something wrong with me — and you’d be correct — for doing figurative backflips over something as simple as a walk on a bridge. Oh, what a...

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Getting My Kicks

Four Walls @FourWalls (86757) • United States 8 Sep 20

Part of the fun of this particular vacation is meandering along the Mother Road. Even though US Highway 66 was decommissioned in 1985, it still holds a place in the hearts of millions of Americans. Long before the interstate...

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Have any of you read the book "The Leisure Seekers"

Virgie60 @Virgie60 (556) • United States 23 Oct 11

I really enjoyed this book. For one thing they traveled Route 66 which I hope to travel more on in the future. The writer also did a very good job writing this book. The end is kind of sad and could be controversial but I still...

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Route 66 , The Mother Road, Have You drove it?

catherIN @catherIN (430) • United States 23 Jan 07

I've always wanted to drive Route 66 from Illinois to California. I did get to drive a good part of it in Illinois and a couple of miles in Missouri. Has anyone made the trip? Tell me about it. Or if you haven't,do you...

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Get Your Kicks on Route 66

enchantedemerald @enchantedemerald (454) • United States 9 Jan 07

Route 66 is a road over 2000 miles long which starts in Chicago, Illinois and ends in California. This was the major road for travelers before the interstates came along. Here in Albuquerque it runs smack through the middle of...

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