Lincoln Highway Update-- Part 2

Once on the Lincoln Highway in Dixon, where the 2010 Lincoln Highway Association Convention is being held this June, we drove east on the old road.

West of Franklin Grove, we saw a bald eagle flying over the fields, something we never expected to see. You see them around rivers or lakes, but not that often in a strictly-land area.

We ate at the Lincoln Highway Cafe in Franklin Grove, great food and even better prices and I went to the Lincoln Highway Headquarters in the Lincoln Building. Entering town via the original Lincoln, we saw that the old bridge is still sitting on the ground.

West of Rochelle, the great old car sitting and rusting in front of the old barn is still there.

ROCHELLE-- the old Beacon Restaurant is finally reopened as a Chinese buffet, but, unfortunately, the top of the sign with the lighthouse has been removed. We never got the chance to eat there.

DEKALB-- the mural on the side of the Edwardo's Restaurant building needs to be lit up at night as you can't see it. We saw the new Lincoln Highway art deco-style marker across the street from McCabe's Bar. McCabe's and Andy's next door were often spots where we did the old Lincoln Crawl.

Cruisin' the Old Lincoln. --RoadDog