After that we finally intersected Rte 66 at the little town of Elwood. We decided to stop for our ‘second breakfast’ at a local restaurant and ran into a local bike club out for a ride. At one point there must have been two dozen bicyclists eating at this place. A little further along we came across one of the famous Rte 66 icons – a giant statue of a guy holding a rocket. It was at The Launching Pad
which was once a famous drive in. It is now shuttered. However, in the next little town we came across The Polka Dot Drivein – a classic diner that is famous for their malts and chili cheese fries. They have some neat statues hanging around and we just had to stop. I had a Turtle Sundae ( for Zippy). From there we figured we had been dawdling enough and so we just started riding for our stopping point for the day – the Super 8 Motel in Dwight, Illinois. It’s an OK place and it’s nice to be
indoors since they are forecasting thundershowers tonight. We may have our first rain tomorrow!! Hopefully the storm will pass by tonight. All in all a good day – another 45 miles down and a whole bunch left to go!! Tomorrow it’s a short ride to Pontiac ( I won’t say easy because who knows what the weather will do!)