Along66, Nov. 2021: Amarillo Puts Shield on the Water Tower and the 20th Anniversary of the World's Largest Covered Wagon in Lincoln

NOVEMBER 13

Amarillo City Council approves putting Route 66 emblem on big water tower.  A Route 66 shield going up on it at Southwest Sixth Avenue (Route 66).

As long as it isn't a smiley face, I'm ok with it.

NOVEMBER 14 

World's Largest Covered Wagon marks 20th year.  It is in Lincoln, Illinois.

It was created in 2001 and features Old Abe reading a book on it.  It was created by David Bentley and originally in Divernon, Illinois, but bought by the town if Lincoln, Illinois, in 2007 with a generous donation of money from Larry J. Van Bubber.

It is located by the Best Western Lincoln Inn on the Route 66 bypass.  This hotel has also undergone an renaissance as it was a bit long in the tooth when we stayed there in the early 2000s.

Thanks Larry.

--RoadDog