Route 66's Red Carpet Corridor Festival-- Part 14-- Will We Ever Get Home?

Hillbilly Jones, classic cars, Route 66 nuts and kindred souls, not a bad way to spend an afternoon out on the Mother Road. The weather was threatening, but we never got a drop of rain.

Dawn was nice enough to have the band stop while the awards were being given out at the car show.

While we were there, about ten people from Tasmania, Australia came by and, of course, Dawn invited then to stop for a spell. Tasmania is the large island off Australia's southeast side.

They had flown into Los Angeles, then to Detroit where they rented a car and drove to Chicago where they picked up Route 66 and were on their way to Santa Monica Pier in California. From there, they drive up the coast to San Francisco. That is quite a trip.

The stretch of 66 from Joliet to Towanda is always a great drive here in Illinois, but even better when you can hit it when there is a linear celebration going on like the Red Carpet Corridor.

They especially had smiles when Hillbilly Jones did the "Pppthuh" song from Hee Haw. You know, "Where oh where are you tonight? .... You met another and pppthuh you were gone." I sure wish I knew how to spell that word. My best guess, anyway.

They were heading for Springfield and had no specific plans, so I recommended they stay at the Route 66 Hotel and stop at the Curve Inn. Then Monday go to the Cozy Dog, Bill Shea's and the Lincoln Home and Museum

Looking at what they wrote in the guestbook it was several "Bloody awesomes." They also wrote in Bernie, Australia, which I have since found to be a small town in Tasmania.

How Do You Beat a Good Time on 66? --RoadDog