Drivers getting their kicks in Illinois will be greeted by a peculiar sign greeting them at Lincoln, Illinois: not a regular metal sheet on a highway pole, but rather a 40-foot long covered wagon with Abraham Lincoln sitting at the helm, reading a book. Draped over the side of the wagon is a sign welcoming new arrivals. Weighing in at five tons and standing 24 feet tall, this is the largest covered wagon in the world.
A classic Route 66 story: Pete Adam, a Greek immigrant, founded the Ariston Café in 1924 in Carlinville, Illinois, but after two moves, settled along Route 66 in 1935. Between 1924 and now, the café has been in the same family, and has found a home in the Route 66 Hall of Fame. Typically, the crowd inside is a mix of local families and bikers and drivers whipping along the old road – it’s one of the few roadside diners one can find a quality and heaping plate of Roast Beef, and their Sunday brunch is always a huge hit with the locals.
(and this is one gal who does love her roast beef!
Well, if there’s ever been any confusion as to whether it’s “Ketchup” or “Catsup,” then this 170-foot bottle planted by the side of the highway in Collinsville, Illinois, crushes it. The largest bottle of ketchup (or, more correctly, catsup) in the world is actually a water tower proudly looming over the Collinsville skyline. Built in 1949 by a bottling company for Brooks original catsup, the bottle is now in the National Register of Historic Places and hosts an annual World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Festival in the summer
STRAWBERRY MARGARITA JELLO SHOTS
1 Cup Water
Box of Strawberries
Packet of Strawberry Jello
3/4 Cup Tequila
1/4 Cup Triple Sec
sounds like Lisa, John & Brenda are in! will have to get Cody a captains hat and find a cd of The Love Boat Theme Song....and look for a HUGE multi-family vacation house.....
The Love Boat theme song lyrics
Love, exciting and new
Come aboard. We’re expecting you.
And love — life’s sweetest reward.
Let it flow, it floats back to you.
The Love Boat soon will be making another run.
The Love Boat promises something for everyone.
Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance.
And love won’t hurt anymore.
It’s an open smile on a friendly shore.
It’s love!
Welcome aboard — it’s love.
going to eat at Big Dicks Halfway Inn in Gravois Mills, home of the Minnow Shot, rent a boat for a day, go to HaHaTonka, The BARn a restraint/brewery I found ......
Johnson's Shut Ins.....the Stonehenge at Rolla college....Elephant Rocks....Taum Sauk...Thee Abbey Bakery...Worlds Largest Rocking Chair...Blue Whale of Catoosa...Totem Pole Park....Golden Driller....drove some of Route 66....Worlds Former Largest McDonalds in Vinita, OK...
