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lunch. We were starting our Route 66 trip from there (we had done Dixie to Joliet during a
previous trip, which is what gave us the idea for this one).
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| Our first town after that was Atlanta, which had a cool 8-sided library building. From
there, we found the Pig Hip Restaurant (now closed) in Broadwell. |
| We stop at some over grown sections of the road near
Sherman, where we pulled off to take pictures.
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| Entering Springfield, we went to Shea’s-a service
station turned into a museum of Route 66 and service station memorabilia. The owner, Bill
Shea, told us stories of his life owning a service station on Route 66. |
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| In Springfield, we visited the Old Capital
Building. We weren’t expecting much, but were surprised at what it was.
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| We then went to Cozy Dog to try the corn dogs we heard so
much about. A man came up to us and asked if we were the newly-weds (we had “Just
Married - Route 66” painted on the back window). He is Bob Waldmire, an artist who
draws Route 66 postcards. He gave us a postcard and shared some stories about Cozy Dog and
Route 66. |
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Bob Waldmire's Mobile Rt. 66 Headquarters
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| In Litchfield, we went to the Ariston. We
met the owner, Nick Adams, and took are picture under his famous sign. We ordered
strawberry cheesecake-which he wouldn’t let us pay for! We promised to mail him a
picture for his customer photo album.
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