Route 66 Road Trip Stops in Illinois
Вставка
- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- Illinois is the last state that we drove through on our 14 day Route 66 journey. For most people, this will be the first state as the route is most often traveled from east to west. We found a lot of great spots in Illinois with the Gemini Giant, Cozy Dog Drive-In and the Pontiac Museum being some of our favorites. I hope you enjoyed this road trip series and let me know if you have any comments below.
You can click the links below to see each state.
California - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
Arizona - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
New Mexico - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
Texas - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
Oklahoma - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
Kansas - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
Missouri - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
Illinois - • Route 66 Road Trip Sto...
Read about each day on the journey at www.throughmylens.com/arizona...
Follow me:
Facebook: / throughmylensco
Instagram: / throughmylensco
Pinterest: / throughmylensco
Twitter: / throughmylensco
Gear:
See all the gear I use here www.amazon.com/shop/californi...
Music:
Epidemic Sound
www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
What a great series, Josh! As the father of adult children, I can guarantee that the memories you created with your dad will be among the most precious either of you will ever have.
I agree! It was so special to be able to go on this road trip and have this video to look back on!
Couldn’t agree more Dan!
@@drjeffmcnairmy dad and ME.!!! Your English needs work.
I'm sad to see this journey end!💜🦄🇺🇸
For me as well!
I love that you included your Grandma in the video. Family First
It was fun to have her explore with us for a half day!
@@ThroughMyLens I really enjoyed watching you and your Old Man do this road trip. It's a dream trip of mine.
All good things must come to an end, the pictures at the end were the best. Thanks for letting us go with you on your trip!
I agree, it is bittersweet all over again to get to the end of the videos. Thanks for watching!
Most route 66'ers skimp when they get into Illinois when starting in California.. you didn't! You showed a great mix of what Illinois has to offer. Woo hoo!
Greetings from Pontiac, Illinois. My hometown of almost 1 year. A beautiful town and great place to live.
Watched this small series with joy.
Same.
I lived in Dwight for a few years. Been going there since 1988 though. Lived not far from some of the original route 66 and about 50 yards from that gas station in Dwight
Thanks for the Route 66 journey. I did the Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica a few years ago. There is so much to see (even now).
It was a nostalgic memory of my trip. I am so glad we did it when we did. I now live in Australia and have Parkinson's Disease. My timing was right. As there is no way I could do it now.
Watching your Route 66 Series is now my way of visiting the Iconic Road.
Thank you so much for these wonderful Trips you both are doing.....living in Europe....its a great way to see the great dies of America❤
Great watching this since I'm the guy who restored the Gemini Giant last May 😎 John's Painting out of Lockport IL.
🙌💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸
I grew up in McLean IL, and then Bloomington. The house I lived in until I was 7 is literally on Historic Route 66 (it's gone now, a gas station in its place). I was halfway between Funk's Grove and Atlanta, both mentioned in the video. I spent my teenage years in Bloomington, just a half-mile or so from Route 66 (Veteran's Parkway). The biggest flashback for me in the video, though, was Cozy Dogs! We stopped there in Springfield when I was a kid, and I loved them. It wasn't until I was much older that I realized the rest of the world didn't call them "cozy dogs".
Great series, seems like you had a great time with your dad, and that's the best part.
Touching on Springfield, IL; the Lincoln library-museum has this cool show thing you can watch where holograms come out of the books as a guy tells you a story, it's really neat. They also have a carillon ( a set of like church bells that is a musical instrument somebody can play) in Washington Park that you can climb and at certain times they have somebody playing it which is very cool. The old state capitol downtown is really neat too and there are some great places to grab food there too.
the best part of all that i love is the close relation ship you and your dad. thank you for all your video
I really loved this series, nice final episode 👌🏼
Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank so much, really appreciate the support!
Can't wait to do this for my honeymoon, we will use some of your tips !!
Thanks, again, for your EXCELLENT Route 66 video series! I enjoy getting my kicks on the route when I can and your series will be among my "go-to" videos when planning a trip or to recall my own good times.
So awesome, I am glad you enjoyed it!
Hi from England. I really appreciate the presentation and the quality of your videos. I have been fortunate to be able to travel on much of Route 66 and this brought back happy memories. I look forward to your future travels.
Gracias por mostrar la incomparable "ROUTE 66"..tengo mi viaje programado para 2021, y hacer todo su trayecto..Saludos desde Salto..Prov. de Buenos Aires-ARGENTINA.-
I enjoyed watching this video of you and your dad. What a beautiful memory.
This video series almost made me cry... Hope me and my kids travel the entire 66 route as you did guys!
Amazing. Looks like the American trip of a lifetime.
Hi, I have watched almost all of your videos, and all I wanna say is incredible. United States is such a country with short history but splendid culture, just hoping I can have chance to visit those places in the near future. Cheers
Just watched the entire series along Route 66. Enjoyed it, thx Josh and Pops!
Thanks for the video. Thinking about doing a road trip before winter hits.
Just binge watched the series. Excellent vlogs. I'm hoping to do the Mother Road in 2022 or 2023, you've inspired me to not lose sight of doing this.
Wow ! I grew up just outside of Joliet and my neighborhood entrance & exit went right unto Route 66. Back in the 60's.
The current Cozy Dog location is where I used to live in the 80's. Cozy Dog was at the current Walgreens location just to the south. It shared a building with a Dairy Queen.
I'm French and I took pleasure to follow your beautiful trip!!
I did a similar trip in 2015 so I recognized some places you visited!
It was a very good serie of videos!
So glad you enjoyed the series and that it brought back some good memories!
Greetings from Chicago Illinois! 🌭 🍕 🚉 🎡 🧢 ⚾️ 👍
Your videos are featured on Contour on my TV and I did my dream trip of Route 66 because of you. Great!
I love this trip with your dad!!! My husband our 4 year old son and I are doing st louis to Chicago in 3 weeks super excited!!
Thanks for doing this series. I am so glad that you were able to do this with your Dad. Not all of us get that opportunity.
And your Grandma, as well. Great memories.
I agree, it was special to have my dad and my Grandma both on the videos!
@geosciblog your comment is so true. Such a blessing to do the route with Josh!
It has been a wonderful trip with you guys..thanks so much for the videos..2022 route 66 here i come.
Amazing roadtrip and so much fun to watch! Driving the Route 66 is one of my the biggest dreams. One day... I had to subscribe, thanks for the journey.
Awesome, I really enjoyed your trip!
I really enjoyed your trip. My Boyfriend are going to travel Route 66 to Santa Monica. This May 2020. Your trip has been my inspiration! Thanks!
This was such a great watch. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
I just saw all the spots that you showed in this state. Thank you for your work. I learn by seeing so your videos are great for me. I can stop them then play them to make sure that I get the name and places correctly. Thank you so much.
Josh, I've been following you & your dad on your journey. I've been to some of the stops in the west. I've enjoyed the video. Thank you for taking us on your journey.
This was awesome - thank you!
Hi, I have been planning the Route 66 trip for 25+ years since my study in Texas in the 90's. Thank you for making this tremendous video and sharing to the public. I enjoy this video and take the notes where you stop. Hopefully I can make the trip in the next 2-3 years!
Thanks for the videos Josh. Once again, you save me from a lot of driving.
A fantastic roadtrip......its on my bucket list! Thanks for sharing this with us :)
No problem, I hope you get to do it one day as well!
Thanks so much for this video series! I know I'll never make the journey myself, and now I feel I won't be missing much because your videos hit all the high spots. Nicely done, guys. Looking forward to more of your travels.
Looks like you had a good trip. We raised 3 kids in Dwight, Illinois. The gas station there was called "Beckers Texaco" & I bought many gallons thru the years. We live in Colorado now but I worked at RR Donnelley & Sons in Dwight (you went by it on your way to Braidwood) then transferred to Colo. Pres Obama as a Ill state senator stopped many times at that corner to McDonalds on his way to Spfld, Ill. That was the 1st stop light out of Chicago. Plus, as a teen I was an Usher at the Rialto Theater in Joliet.
What a awesome trip to do with your dad. I live in Chicago and have not been down Route 66 to the end of Illinois even. This is on my bucket list to ride the whole route 66 . Awesome !!! thanks for posting.
This is one of the best Route 66 video series I've seen! Had a great time traveling along with you and your Dad. I'll be retiring in about a year and this is one of the first trips I plan to make as soon as I am free! I only wish my father could join me. He spent his entire working career as a sign maker in Vermont and he would have loved all the old signs along the route.
Epic, indeed! Thanks!
Such a cool journey and is a bucket list item for me in my pending retirement. Live about 2 hours east of Detroit in Ontario Canada.
I watched them all and felt like ove traveled it without the effort. Great road trip!
I live in Illinois and I drive past a lot of this stuff all the time. I really hope to do the whole Route 66 someday!
Awesome. I would love to travel the full route with my dad
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your route 66 road trip with your Dad. Amazing wonderful memories! Thanks for sharing this epic trip with us! ~Lucy
No problem, thanks so much for watching it!
We did the Route thru Illinois in September .... so cool 😎.. we are looking forward to doing Missouri this year .... you give such good info ... thank you
I downloaded all of your videos on route 66 Thank you it's a dream of mine
I’ve enjoyed every single video on these series. I hope you keep on going on adventures with your dad, so you can share with us. And it was awesome that we got to see your cool grandma, too 😁 Great job Josh! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I drove the Route in April of 2018, loved it and will do it again if I get the chance. I have the same hat your dad has, got it at the Big Texan "Home of the free 72oz steak". I had a burger... :)
The Catchup bottle was a Catchup water tank. Bottle revolved around tank. This was also the Home of Brooks Beans.
Did you go to the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge? Highly recommended among any Route 66 traveler! Although I understand that you can't always go everywhere on 66, but this classic bridge was one of the connections between MO and IL. This is one of four bridges that carried Route 66 across the Mississippi River. Next time you're out on the Mother Road, you gotta check it out. Plan on a couple of hours because the bridge is a mile long. Great videos, btw! I have traveled the Illinois portion, and I'm always looking for ideas as far as the other states. I've actually made some 66 videos myself (if you're ever bored....)
Just happened onto this video this morning. I'm originally from Bloomington, Illinois, and not only that, but I drove Route 66 for REAL back in 1966. A friend and I took a new Cadillac and delivered it to a dealer in Phoenix, AZ. They gave us 8 days to get it there. Great memories! Now I'll check out the rest of your Route 66 videos.
Awesome series!! Thanks for taking the time to share it with everyone. My wife and I hope to make the same trip this year in 2020. Driving from Ohio to Santa Monica and then traveling East.
Thats great! I hope you are able to and that you enjoy it!
The best Route 66 series on UA-cam. Thanks for publishing.
What an awesome journey! Thanks for taking us along.
SO AMAZING BRO!! Loved this!
Ketchup ~ catsup. And that's how we tell where you are from! Fun night of catsuping / ketchingup UP (yeah, not funny) as I took tomorrow of.
Thank you for posting this video.❤️❤️❤️
thanks for showing route 66 with living in the uk we dont have anything like that over here
Woohoo! Illinois at last! Thanks for the wonderful tour! Been with you guys all the way! Awesome time machine ride!
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Been very enjoyable to watch.
Thanks for the enjoyable trip.
I thoroughly enjoyed all of these videos, thank you!
Thanks for this series! I actually clocked it out and to see everything we'd want to it would take us a minimum of 18 or 20 days, and about a $2000 one-way car rental... So I think we'll be living vicariously through your videos for a while still :D
My friend lives in Springfield and we have been to most of the places in this video and thanks for showing some that we missed the next time i go back there I'll have to check the ones I missed.
Fantastic Road Trip- Thanks for sharing! Safe Travels!
Absolutely loved this!!
Josh, these are great videos. I am binge watching the entire route 66, and love each one of them. Thanks for posting.
Enjoyed the series thoroughly. It reminded me of the early 80s when I took my dad from the Sacramento area to the northwest where he got to see some of his early homes that he hadn't seen in over 40 years.
Enjoyed the route 66 journey with you and your father. Thanks for sharing with all.
It looks like you had a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for making these videos! I love them! Keep up the good work Josh.
Love all your visits outwest
Thank you. It was super
I loved all of your Route 66 videos and really, really, REALLY want to make a trip now! Thank you so much for all of the info!
I really loved your journey.
Awesome series! Thank you for sharing it all with us!
No problem, thanks for following along!
My family and I really enjoyed this series. Thank you for posting.
No problem, I am glad you enjoyed the series!
I really enjoyed this series! Nice that you ended in my home state. I know and have been to several of these stops. I've always wanted to travel route 66.
Awesome! Illinois was great for Route 66 with a bunch of fun stops.
This is and has been so awesome! Thanks for doin what you do!!
Thank so much for watching the road trip!
That was an awesome great video, thank you
Amazing videos. thank you! I am using them to help plan my solo trip in 2024 from the UK.
Mufflerman were made by dad Bill Swan along with many other iconic fiberglass statues which can be seen in short Amazon ebook for only 14.99 called "The man behind the mufflerman ".
Great series to watch while having covid. Thanks!! Also loved the 1 on Yosemite
The windmill at 12:54 is beautiful!
I enjoyed this very much.
Nice series... was always on my bucket list.... some day
Thanks for watching!
We used to go to the Polka Dot for ice cream & to the Launching pad for dinner. We lived in Coal City & Wilmington IL
Would love to see you do a "Things to do in Chicago" video. I understand you guys did not have all the time in the world, though. Chicago is one of my favorite cities that I've visited. This was such a well done series. Hope it inspires many more to make this road trip!
I watched all the videos and enjoyed then so much. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for watching!
Enjoyed your Route 66 vid series. I did the IL section with my Dad, Mom and Son in Aug. 2001. We enjoyed Collinsville for the town square in addition to the Ketchup bottle water tank. Covered bridges and Frank Lloyd Wright buildings are my two other traveling must-sees and IL is endowed with both. Stopped at the covered bridge outside Springfield too and the FLW Dana-Thomas house state park, one of the best. Had a vegan Cozy Dog in Bob Waldmire’s honor. He was the son of CozyDog’s creator/owner. Most of the Route 66 museums you visited on your trip were created after our trip. Enjoyed getting sirrup from Funk’s Grove, stopping at a FLW bank in Dwight in addition to the gas station. Made a side trip north to Oak Park where we stayed at the FLW Cheney house that was operated as a B&B at the time. This is the house that was designed for the client that was the basis for the best-selling historical novel ‘Loving Frank’. We spent a day touring this Mecca of Prairie architecture including the FLW Home & Studio and deep dish Chicago style pizza (be prepared to wait up to 45 minutes for them to bake). We had an authentic FLW leaky roof experience the next morning after picking up my girlfriend at O’Hare when a thunderstorm came gushing across the rafters of our downstairs room and onto a FLW designed dining table. We ended our Route 66 journey the next morning as we all piled into my Dad’s van to head through Chicago to the end of the Route. One of my favorite historical eating places, Berghoff is right near the end of the route on W. Adams as is the FLW remodeled Rookery building lobby. We continued northeast from here to a family reunion in Michigan.
Thanks for bringing us along on your adventure. Memories of our two special trips with my Dad and family came flooding back.
Really enjoyed this video series. Thanks for posting them.
No problem, thanks for watching!