Get your kicks on Route 66

Well, I had planned to post sooner, but I had some problems getting internet.

Driving - Day One

We took off early Saturday afternoon. Headed down to Illinois, by way of the corner of Indiana. We saw lots of vultures, crows, pigeons, lots of those kinds of birds. And there were plenty of cows, horses, and even some sheep along the way that day.

Most of the trip we drove on major highways, but they followed historic Route 66. Kind of cool to go the same way as so very many before us, on their way across the west half of the country.

Of course, I kept my camera in the front seat. I got some shots at a rest stop in Illinois.

This is a honey locust tree. The kind in people's yards doesn't have these big thorns. They were originally to keep the mammoths, who ate the pods below, from rubbing off all the bark.

Here are the pods.

I liked this sign.

And this was down in front of it. It's easier to see if you click on it and choose All Sizes.

Here are some trilliums that were just getting ready to bloom.

And here was my sad, lame attempt to capture a sunset while we were driving. You'll have to take my word for it that it was really beautiful.

We stopped just before Springfield MO the first night.

Driving - Day Two

On Sunday we started out a bit earlier. I had been seeing redbud trees in bloom for quite some time. They're not ready back in Michigan yet, so I was really excited to see them. We stopped that morning so I could get a picture of one.

Redbud tree.

And across the street from it was Joe's Diner.


Along the way we saw a lot of the same wildlife and domesticated farm-type critters. But we also saw a couple of white egrets along the way.

At rest stops I had started grabbing my camera as I got out of the car. Of course, I had to hit the bathroom before anything else, so my camera was with me. Inside the stall I saw this. I had to get this for sister, if for no other reason. It's a line from Rent.


I forgot to look out for snakes, though.

This is what the sky looked like from there.

We ended up just east of Albequerque, NM that night. That's where I was pretty irritated that the internet wouldn't work. That's why this post is so late getting up. :)

Driving - Day Three

We headed toward Flagstaff on Monday. We saw a lot of this type of thing along the way.



Then I saw this. I thought it was just clouds. But Ichabod told me that what I was seeing just left of this truck was a mountain.


Eventually I saw it much more clearly.


Then we had lunch in Flagstaff and headed toward Sedona.

Tomorrow I will have a surprise post for everyone!