It's all in the family...

Well, it's official! My 22 year old niece will be traveling with us. She just recently graduated from York College with a Fine Arts degree with an emphasis on photography. I had hoped she would come along to shoot stills of the trip for a companion photo book. The Honda will be cramped, but I hope that means the car will be heavy enough to withstand a tornado. Tornado season runs until July, and unfortunately we are traveling directly through tornado alley. If you have been following the news, a few just hit Oklahoma and Kansas. I certainly don't want to see the wizard any time soon!

We will be arriving in Chicago late on June 7th, and spend the next day traveling around the area shooting the flavor of the town. I hope to shoot aerials of Chicago from the Sky Deck on top of what was once the Sears Tower(now called The Willis Tower... whatcha talkin' bout? lol). The actual start of west bound Route 66 is at Jackson and Michigan Streets. I hear it's very busy during rush hour so I hope to get there early.

We have to arrive in Kansas by June 18th for the Route 66 Festival in the Downstream casino. It takes about 9 hours to drive from Chicago to the casino. I have allowed 9 days to stop in the towns along the way to talk to residents and business owners.

One of the highlights of this leg will be a stop in Litchfield, Illinois. There is a drive-in theater celebrating its 60th anniversary. You get 2-double features for just $2 dollars a person.

That's about all for now, I am in the process of lining up interviews for the rest of the trip.

Thanks for checking in!