Back up the road to Bloomington

We say goodbye to St Louis and head back to Chicago .
It’s a muggy as we head east back over Mississippi to the ancient First Nations settlement at Cahokia mounds built about 1100 AD , dozens of them and the very impressive Monks Mound , quite a climb!
We pop back into Docs Soda Fountain and Pharmacy back in Girard for a cold soda drink and admire the ancient medicines!
Lunch is that the famous Cozy Dog drive in restaurant in Springfield and their Cozy Dogs - hot dogs with the corn bun around them !
Another muffler man giant and then a visit to the Ace neon sign museum ,another stunning FLW Dana House angular , copper edged and looks slightly oriental !
The heavens open as we leave Springfield and head north to Bloomington ! Biblical rain but thankfully no sunken road areas !Read more