Grant Park and Downtown
June 24, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 25 °CA few final shots after we finished the route.
A few final shots after we finished the route.
After 2,190 miles and 21 days, we arrived at the eastern terminus of the route in Chicago -- Jackson Street and Michigan Avenue. We also continued on to the route's pre-1937 end on Lake Shore Drive.Read more
Continuing on to Chicago, we briefly stopped at a restored Standard Oil Station in O'dell, Illinois.
We started off our final day of the trip with a visit to the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Our tour guide explained the history of the structure and some of its contents. We also heard aRead more
In the afternoon we visited Cahokia Mounds. At one time this was the largest city in North America, with a population of nearly 40,000. It's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While there, we sawRead more
Before leaving St. Louis we stopped at Forest Park. In 1904, the park hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair) and the Summer Olympics. We hiked one of the trails and saw the World'sRead more
After arriving in St. Louis, we took an evening trip to the Gateway Arch.
Traveling along 66 today we stopped in at the US 66 Outpost and General Store in Fanning, Missouri to see the World's Largest Rocking Chair.
While driving on the route today we stopped in Riverton, Kansas at the Rainbow Bridge. Built in 1923, it's the sole Marsh Arch Bridge remaining on the route.
Most of today we spent driving, but we did have time to stop in to visit the George Washington Carver National Monument. Carver was the first African American to be recognized with a nationalRead more