A Big Thank You to Route 66's Fred Walk

From the Mau 11th Bloomington (Il) Pantagraph.

Here is a teacher who really gets his students at Normal High School involved with history, and in this case, good old Route 66.

He recently bought his students out to the abandoned stretch of the southbound lanes of the Route 66 bypass in Towanda and planted trees, weeded flower gardens and cleaned up the Route 66 Trail.

He was a guiding force and largely responsible for its existence after coming up with the idea of "A Geographic Journey" on Route 66 back in 1998. His students and others helped establish this great stretch of road which has all eight Rt. 66 states, Burma Shave signs and is nicely landscaped.

The Kicks Bar and Grill in Towanda provided lunch and Fred the refreshments.

Kicks used to be Eddie's Pure Truck Stop and was also a gas station for many years, but is now a popular Route 66 eatery.

Quite the Teacher, Mr. Walk. --RoadDog