What Goes Down Will Come Up

Hello Everyone!

The last time I blogged I showed you the Poor Farm on Route 66. 

Further down the road, before you drive to the town of Chenoa, is a fun geocache, What Goes Down Will Come Up (GC5YQAW, placed by Boo 2, 19 favorite points). I did a youtube video finding this geocache which is linked down below. Be warned, there be spoilers...and a bit of wind.

As you can tell, that was a fun geocache to figure out and I did give it a favorite point as well.

After that geocache, you drive to the town of Chenoa. Not much of a pro-Route 66 town, but it does have some geocaches I suggest you go hunt down.

The first one, Pitch’n Park Revisited (GCX66W, placed by Boo 2, 17 favorite points), I went for it due to it’s high favorite point level. Don’t want to give too much away, but you’ll like the cleverness of the hide.

The next 3 geocaches I didn’t go for and I am kicking myself in the butt because of it. When I originally looked at the map, it looked like the geocaches were on a hiking trail. I wasn’t in the mood to go hiking and decided to skip these three. I didn’t learn until I got home, after I took a closer look, that the geocaches were actually on the original road of Route 66. It’s been so long since it’s been driven on, that most of it is overgrown and looks like a cool spot to park and take that walk. If I ever get a chance to get back, I will be searching these geocaches that were all hidden by Boo 2.

RT 66: IL- Stroll Down the Mother Road #1 (GC1AZBC)

RT 66: IL- Stroll Down the Mother Road #2 (GC1AZC7, 2 favorite points)

RT 66: IL- Stroll Down the Mother Road END (GC1NNTW, 1 favorite point)

The next town down The Mother Road is Lexington. Not many geocaches here. There is one Route-Related cache I got, Route 66 - Lexington (GC6CR8D, placed by GeoBee2, 0 favorite points). It’s on a biking/walking path by the main highway. Nothing too special about this find, just glad it wasn’t by the bees.

One detail I missed about Route 66 in Lexington is it’s Memory Lane

I’ve seen on youtube videos a couple of Route 66 roadies travel down that road. Wish a geocacher would place a geocache there. Would be an awesome spot.

That’s it for now. Next blog I hit Bloomington and then I start getting Funky.

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I had the time of life on Route 66. I know you will too. But don’t take my word for it, go experience it for yourself.

Thanks,

Rich

Music Break Part 3

Hello Everybody,

Taking a break to share some traveling music with you. To prepare for my trip down the Mother Road, I felt it was important to have just the right mix of music.

 I bought myself an iPod Shuffle, which holds about 14 and a half hours of music or just over 200 songs, and I started working on adding music. I first went through all the music I have collected over the years and started adding songs that I thought was traveling related. You know like, On the Road Again, by Willie Nelson.

After I added that kind of themed music, I started adding songs that I liked that were not traveling related and noticed that I was picking songs based on other themes. Below is just part of my road trip mix. Let me know what you think. Got any suggestions to add? I am always adding and deleting music from this compilation so I’d love to hear what you got to say. Who knows, you might influence what I listen to every time I take a road trip.

Even though I am a fan of classic rock, I did purposely added other genres just to shack up things up a bit.

In Part 2, I had a list with 50 songs. Here is the list again, but with 25 more songs...

Travel Related Music (Classic Road Tripping music or a play of words regarding the Title)

Route 66, by Chuck Berry, The Doughboys, and Glenn Frey

Highway to Hell, by ACDC

Ramblin’ Man, by The Allman Brothers

Roll on Down the Highway, by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Mustang Sally, by Buddy Guy

Drive, by The Cars

No Particular Place to Go, by Chuck Berry

Rockin’ Down the Highway, by The Doobie Brothers

My Kind of Town, by Frank Sinatra (Great song about Chicago, the starting point of Route 66)

Radar Love, by Golden Earring

All Time Favorite Song from that Group/Artist (Everyone has a favorite of a favorite)

Thurderstruck, by ACDC (Perfect for driving in thunderstorms)

Love Shack, by The B-52’s

One Week, by Barenaked Ladies

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, by The Beatles

Piano Man, by Billy Joel

She Talks to Angels, by Black Crowes

I Feel Love, by Blue Man Group

Like a Rock, by Bob Seger

Space Oddity, by David Bowie

Hotel California, by Eagles

All Shook Up, by Elvis

Lose Yourself, by Eminem

Tusk, by Fleetwood Mac

Shake it Out, by Florence and The Machine

Learn to Fly, by Foo Fighters

My Way, by Frank Sinatra

Iris, by Goo Goo Dolls

Great Cover Songs of Classics

Mony Mony, by Billy Idol

Hard to Handle, by Black Crowes

Rock-n-Roll Related

It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me, by Billy Joel

Old Time Rock and Roll, by Bob Seger

Rock of Ages, by Def Leppard

Jailhouse Rock, by Elvis

I’ve Got a Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart, by Eric Clapton

Has Personal Meaning (Usually involves or reflects a special time in my life)

Give You Hell, by All American Rejects (Can you tell I went through a divorce?)

All You Need it Love, by The Beatles (Would like to have a lot of people lip sync to this a do an awesome video)

It’s My Life, by Bon Jovi

Just for Fun (Usually upbeat and Usually replaced by other songs)

I Want to Hold Your Hand, by The Beatles

A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, by the The Beatles

I Got a Feeling, by Black Eyed Peas

Sing Along, by Blue Man Group

We Didn’t Start the Fire, by Billy Joel

Hollywood Nights, by Bob Seger

Night Moves, by Bob Seger

Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen

Just What I Needed, by the Cars

Roll Over Beethoven, by Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode, by Chuck Berry

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, by Coldplay

Viva la Vida, by Coldplay

Changes, by David Bowie

Fame, by David Bowie

Pour Some Sugar On Me, by Def Leppard

Jesus is Just Alright, by The Doobbie Brothers

Black Water, by The Doobbie Brothers

The Benny Hill Show, by The Edwin Davidson Jazz Band

War, by Edwin Starr

Can’t Help Falling in Love, by Elvis

Tears in Heaven, by Eric Clapton

Sweet Dreams, by Eurythmics

Would I Lie to You?, by Eurythmics

Don’t Stop, by Fleetwood Mac

Dog Days are Over, by Florence and The Machine

Everlong, by Foo Fighters

My Hero, by Foo Fighters

Hot Blooded, by Foreigner

Urgent, by Foreigner

That’s Life, by Frank Sinatra

Some Nights, by Fun.

Let Love In, by Goo Goo Dolls

Sympathy, by Goo Goo Dolls

Pro America

Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen

These are just a sample of what I have on my mix so far. I’ll be updating this every so often.

You got an idea of song that should go on my mix? Let me know, make a comment down below.

Feel free to subscribe to my blog. Also, look me up on Facebook (Rich Havlik) and friend me on Twitter (@richhavlik). And please share with your friends and family on your favorite social media.

Thanks again,

Rich

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Just some fun memes to make you smile.

Music Break Part 2

Hello Everybody,

Taking a break to share some traveling music with you. To prepare for my trip down the Mother Road, I felt it was important to have just the right mix of music.

 I bought myself an iPod Shuffle, which holds about 14 and a half hours of music or just over 200 songs, and I started working on adding music. I first went through all the music I have collected over the years and started adding songs that I thought was traveling related. You know like, On the Road Again, by Willie Nelson.

After I added that kind of themed music, I started adding songs that I liked that were not traveling related and noticed that I was picking songs based on other themes. Below is just part of my road trip mix. Let me know what you think. Got any suggestions to add? I am always adding and deleting music from this compilation so I’d love to hear what you got to say. Who knows, you might influence what I listen to every time I take a road trip.

Even though I am a fan of classic rock, I did purposely added other genres just to shack up things up a bit.

In Part 1, I started the list with 25 songs. Here is the list again, but with 25 more songs...

Travel Related Music (Classic Road Tripping music or a play of words regarding the Title)

Route 6, by Chuck Berry and The Doughboys

Highway to Hell, by ACDC

Ramblin’ Man, by The Allman Brothers

Roll on Down the Highway, by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Mustang Sally, by Buddy Guy

Drive, by The Cars

No Particular Place to Go, by Chuck Berry

Rockin’ Down the Highway, by The Doobie Brothers

All Time Favorite Song from that Group/Artist (Everyone has a favorite of a favorite)

Thurderstruck, by ACDC (Perfect for driving in thunderstorms)

Love Shack, by The B-52’s

One Week, by Barenaked Ladies

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, by The Beatles

Piano Man, by Billy Joel

She Talks to Angels, by Black Crowes

I Feel Love, by Blue Man Group

Like a Rock, by Bob Seger

Space Oddity, by David Bowie

Hotel California, by Eagles

All Shook Up, by Elvis

Great Cover Songs of Classics

Mony Mony, by Billy Idol

Hard to Handle, by Black Crowes

Rock-n-Roll Related

It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me, by Billy Joel

Old Time Rock and Roll, by Bob Seger

Rock of Ages, by Def Leppard

Jailhouse Rock, by Elvis

Has Personal Meaning (Usually involves or reflects a special time in my life)

Give You Hell, by All American Rejects (Can you tell I went through a divorce?)

All You Need it Love, by The Beatles (Would like to have a lot of people lip sync to this a do an awesome video)

It’s My Life, by Bon Jovi

Just for Fun (Usually upbeat and Usually replaced by other songs)

I Want to Hold Your Hand, by The Beatles

A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, by the The Beatles

I Got a Feeling, by Black Eyed Peas

Sing Along, by Blue Man Group

We Didn’t Start the Fire, by Billy Joel

Hollywood Nights, by Bob Seger

Night Moves, by Bob Seger

Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen

Just What I Needed, by the Cars

Roll Over Beethoven, by Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode, by Chuck Berry

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, by Coldplay

Viva la Vida, by Coldplay

Changes, by David Bowie

Fame, by David Bowie

Pour Some Sugar On Me, by Def Leppard

Jesus is Just Alright, by The Doobbie Brothers

Black Water, by The Doobbie Brothers

The Benny Hill Show, by The Edwin Davidson Jazz Band

War, by Edwin Starr

Can’t Help Falling in Love, by Elvis

Pro America

Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen

These are just a sample of what I have on my mix so far. I’ll be updating this every so often.

You got an idea of song that should go on my mix? Let me know, make a comment down below.

Feel free to subscribe to my blog. Also, look me up on Facebook (Rich Havlik) and friend me on Twitter (@richhavlik). And please share with your friends and family on your favorite social media.

Thanks again,

Rich

Guns a Blazin'

Hello Everyone,

In my last blog, I introduced you to a must-stop-spot, The Route 66 Museum and Route 66 Hall of Fame.

Before leaving Pontiac I wanted to find at least a couple of geocaches. There are about a dozen Non-Route Related geocaches, so when I picked Big Bull (GC5F81E, placed by Boo 2) it was because it had 11 favorite points. When you get to ground-zero, you’ll see how it got it’s name. Not a difficult find, you just need to be warry of muggles.

The other geocache I picked was just outside of Pontiac, RT 66: IL- Old District 6 (GC12T8G, placed by Boo 2, 30 favorite points). It’s an old Police station. Doesn’t sound all that interesting, but it does have one characteristic about it. From above, it has the shape of a pistol. Here is what http://illinoisroute66.org  had to say about this spot.

“Built in 1941, the old Illinois State Police District 6 headquarters was inducted into the Route 66 Hall of Fame in 2000. The unique building was constructed in the shape of a pistol, and served as the base for state troopers who patrolled roads from Dwight to McLean. It was vacated in 2004 when a new state police headquarters was built nearby.”

I knew this information before coming to this place. I follow Roamin Rich on Facebook and he posted a video regarding the old station. He took his drone and flew over so we can all see how it’s shaped. His video is down below.

The find itself isn’t much of challenge, but I had to do some fake picture taking due to the fact that there was a city worker cutting the grass. I didn’t was to expose the cache just in case he didn’t know what Geocaching is and perhaps disposing it.

Further down Route 66 is a geocache at another historical spot, The Poor Farm (GC1AYJA, placed by Boo 2, 11 favorite points). I had a hard time finding this cache and ended up logging in a Did-Not-Find. Looking back, if I would have read the hint, I think I would have found it. Here is what the description on the geocaching webpage says,

“Years and Years ago counties had provided a place for people to live when they had fallen on bad times and were unable to pay their debts. These places were call The Poor Farm, Livingston Manor was such a place. Many people lived out the rest of their lives at the poor farm. Upon their death, if no relatives claimed their body for burial, the county buried the people in the Poor Farm Cemetery. Over the years this place was more or less forgotten. The small cemetery was nothing more than a weed patch in the middle of a corn field behind Livingston Manor. Few people even new of it's existence. Several years ago a group of volunteers from the historical society organized a clean up and restoration of the burial plot. Because of these peoples efforts the cemetery has become a tranquil and beautiful place in honor of those poor soul who lie in peaceful eternal rest there. Take time to look around and read the names and dates on the stone memorial.”

When you enter the cemetery you’ll see a monument with the names and dates of the people buried here. Instead of headstones, there are little stone markers no bigger then a tissue box.

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I had the time of my life on Route 66. I have a feeling you’ll love it too. But don’t take my word for it...Go Experience It For Yourself.

Rich

Music Break Part 1

Hello Everybody,

Taking a break to share some traveling music with you. To prepare for my trip down the Mother Road, I felt it was important to have just the right mix of music.

 I bought myself an iPod Shuffle, which holds about 14 and a half hours of music or just over 200 songs, and I started working on adding music. I first went through all the music I have collected over the years and started adding songs that I thought was traveling related. You know like, On the Road Again, by Willie Nelson.

After I added that kind of themed music, I started adding songs that I liked that were not traveling related and noticed that I was picking songs based on other themes. Below is just part of my road trip mix. Let me know what you think. Got any suggestions to add? I am always adding and deleting music from this compilation so I’d love to hear what you got to say. Who knows, you might influence what I listen to every time I take a road trip.

Even though I am a fan of classic rock, I did purposely added other genres just to shack up things up a bit.

Travel Related Music (Classic Road Tripping music or a play of words regarding the Title)

Highway to Hell, by ACDC

Ramblin’ Man, by The Allman Brothers

Roll on Down the Highway, by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

All Time Favorite Song from that Group/Artist (Everyone has a favorite of a favorite)

Thurderstruck, by ACDC (Perfect for driving in thunderstorms)

Love Shack, by The B-52’s

One Week, by Barenaked Ladies

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, by The Beatles

Piano Man, by Billy Joel

She Talks to Angels, by Black Crowes

I Feel Love, by Blue Man Group

Like a Rock, by Bob Seger

Great Cover Songs of Classics

Mony Mony, by Billy Idol

Hard to Handle, by Black Crowes

Rock-n-Roll Related

It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me, by Billy Joel

Old Time Rock and Roll, by Bob Seger

Has Personal Meaning (Usually involves or reflects a special time in my life)

Give You Hell, by All American Rejects (Can you tell I went through a divorce?)

All You Need it Love, by The Beatles (Would like to have a lot of people lip sync to this a do an awesome video)

Just for Fun (Usually upbeat and Usually replaced by other songs)

I Want to Hold Your Hand, by The Beatles

A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, by the The Beatles

I Got a Feeling, by Black Eyed Peas

Sing Along, by Blue Man Group

We Didn’t Start the Fire, by Billy Joel

Hollywood Nights, by Bob Seger

Night Moves, by Bob Seger

These are just a small sample of what I have on my mix so far. I’ll be updating this every so often.

 I am thrilled that I have reached a milestone of over 3000 Pageviews. I want to Thank each and everyone of you who take the time to read this. Please share this on your favorite social media.

Thanks again,

Rich