Hello Everyone,
After my stopping in Funk’s Grove, the next town is McLean, Illinois. The Sun was showing the early signs of setting, so I had to choose between seeing the couple of route related stops in McLean or go for a geocache called, Ron’s Steakhouse - McLean (GC2X0R1, hid by Razor1965, 2 favorite points). I picked the geocache. It wasn’t a difficult find, but a quick fun one.
If you are McLean, there is place you may to stop at and take a look, it’s called Dixie Truck Stop. It’s considered Illinois’ oldest truck stop. Dixie Truck Stop opened in 1928 and the lunch counter started out with just 6 stools.
After finding the geocache, it was time to find a motel. I found one in Atlanta that was reasonable and not Route 66 related, but for the life of me, I can’t remember the name.
The next morning I had a blast. There are some fun places to stop and take pictures and enjoy some of the fun on Route 66.
One of my favorite things on The Mother Road are the Muffler Men. They have one in Atlanta called Bunyon that holds a large hot dog.
Here is what theroadwanderer.net says about it,
The Route 66 Park will also become the home of the famous Route 66 Bunyon Giant from Cicero, Illinois. Another fiberglass giant from the hey-day of the Mother Road, for 37 years the Bunyon Giant, holding an enormous hot dog, once drew customers into the Bunyon Drive In. The passing of time had not been kind to this Mother Road relic. When the drive in closed the giant was in danger of being lost forever. In stepped the Illinois Route 66 Preservation Committee to save the day. The Bunyon Giant has been restored and now will become a part of Atlanta's proud Route 66 heritage.
Another fun place to stop in town is the Atlanta Museum.
It’s hosts a large room of vintage video games like Asteroids, Ms Pac Man, old style pinball machines, etc... I can’t believe I am at the point in my life where the games that I spent hundreds of quarters on are now called vintage. Down below is a link to a Facebook Live post I did while I was downtown Atlanta. It starts out in a park that celebrates Route 66, shows off Bunyon, and for the most part ends at the museum. The deeper I go into the Atlanta Museum, the grainer the video gets, so apologizes ahead of time.
In the video I mentioned a geocache was hidden the park that is across the street from the museum. I couldn’t find and evidently the geocache got archived and now I can’t find it on the geocaching map.
Outside of that cache, there is only one other in town that I did go for, Glad You’re Here! (GC2CP99, hid by dolly1397, 1 favorite point). Another easy find, but you may want to wait until after normal business hours to get it.
That’s it for Atlanta. My next stop is in Lincoln, Illinois where I find a large wagon and get stopped for geocaching by the local police.
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If you read all of this so far, I have a bonus link to another Facebook Live I did in Pontiac when I was at a place called Octane 66. Enjoy.
I had the time of my life on Route 66. I think you would too. But don’t take my word for it. Experience it for yourself.
Thanks
Rich
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