Long Weekend on the Road-- Part 5-- Recycled Records-- Cozy Dog-- Art's--

April 18th, continued.

By the way, you don't have to pay the parking meters on Springfield streets on the weekends.


RECYCLED RECORDS

After the meeting, I walked over to Recycled Records, about a half block away, always a favorite stop with all their new and used (and hard-to-get) CDs, cassettes, and LPs. Today was National Record Store Day. They were celebrating with food, a live radio broadcast, and specials. The store was the busiest I've ever seen.

About the only thing I don't like about it is that the CDs are in cases and you have to get an employee to get it out. That makes my browsing and looking a bit more difficult, plus, they were quite busy with other customers. But with their buy two used CDs, get one free, I did purchase six, mostly 1980s Time-Life country collections. The 80s in country music was probably my favorite era for that music.

I also bought the Five Americans' "Western Union" CD and John Fred & the Playboys' "History" with their Greatest Hits, which really was only "Judy in Disguise" but they had quite a few other good, non-charting ones.


COZY DOG

I was going to return home because Liz wasn't feeling well, so stopped at the world-famous Cozy Dog for an order to go 180 miles. Figured that would cheer up Liz. I was still full from the SCV lunch, but, when in Springfield, eat at least one Cozy. Ordered an extra one for Liz and a small fries. Called Liz, who said she was feeling better and I should go to the Illinois Route 66 Association meeting in Litchfield tomorrow as I had originally planned. Forced to eat TWO Cozy Dogs!!!


LITCHFIELD

Besides Chicago outside the downtown and suburbs, the least fun Route 66 stretch is between Springfield and Litchfield, so I super slabbed 55. I did stop at Art's Motel in Farmersburg and thought about staying there. However, the bars downtown didn't look too promising and it appears the restaurant by Art's is closed, so went to Litchfield.

The Skyline Drive-In is still closed for the winter. Checked into America's Best Value Inn across from the Ariston and on the four lane Route 66. It is an original Route 66 motel, a Best Western back then, and connected to the late-great Gardens which sadly has been torn down and replaced with...a WALGREENS!!! Hey, it was on a corner, and you know about Walgreens and CORNERS.

Collecting and Eating on Route 66. --RoadDog