It always gives me great pleasure to enter Wilmington, Illinois, on Route 66 and there on the east side is that 30-foot tall guy holding the rocket in apace suit and helmet, you know, that Gemini Giant. It means you are home on 66.
And, for many years you could stop there and get a delicious bite to eat at the adjacent Launching Pad Restaurant. Sadly, it closed quite a few years ago and despite efforts has not been able to reopen and stay open. (But one problem eating there was that it was too close to that Polka Dot place in Braidwood.)
Anyway, I hope the city of Wilmington acquires the Gemini Giant and finds a place for it. It is too much of an icon of Route 66.
Save the Giant. --RoadDog
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