Three weeks to go!

I leave for Chicago three weeks from today. I pick up Mike at the airport in Chicago three weeks from tomorrow. Mike and I get to spend fifteen days on the road, visiting all the people and places that make Route 66 what it is. I will drop Mike off in San Francisco, where I will pick Rich up, who, just recently, graciously offered to fly to California just to accompany me back home. We plan to visit the highlights of Route 66 and hopefully track a tornado along the way! I couldn't ask for two better people to share this adventure with.

I can't recall every step that led me to this point, but at some point about two years ago I became fascinated with Route 66. I still don't quite know how or why, but the old road has touched my heart in a way that I can't explain, and yet, there are thousands of people who know what I mean. People like Joe Loesch. Joe was my first Route 66 friend on Facebook, my first friend on his 66 website, www.route66people.com, and has been an inspiration to me in planning this trip from day one. It will be my pleasure to meet him in person at the Route 66 Festival in Litchfield, Illinois on June 25. I have met so many other wonderful people who live on or visit the mother road, all of whom I have yet to meet in person. You all have been incredible, gracious, and inspirational. Mike, Rich, and I plan on posting photos and video every day so we can share this adventure with you.