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This trip will leave from Kokomo, IN on October 16 and return on October 17. The cost is $450 per person for travelers sharing a hotel room with a spouse or friend, or $525 for individuals traveling alone. The payment link will be sent to you by one of our team members after you complete this form.
Itinerary for Route 66 Road Trip, Day 1
7:30 a.m. (Eastern time)-11 a.m. (Central time): Drive from Kokomo to Springfield, Illinois
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Lunch at Long Nine Junction or Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop in Springfield
1-3 p.m.: Visit to Route 66 exhibition at Illinois State Museum in Springfield
3-5 p.m.: Drive to Pontiac with a stop at a “pristine, surviving segment of Route 66 hand-laid with original 1920s paving bricks” around Elkhart and Sprague’s Super Service gas station in Normal
Dinner at Dave’s Food & Spirits in Pontiac
6 p.m.: Check into Hampton Inn or similar chain hotel in Pontiac*
*Pontiac has no original roadside motels with a Route 66 theme.
Day 2
7:30 a.m.: Breakfast at hotel
8-9 a.m.: Walking tour of murals in Pontiac
9 a.m.-10 a.m.: Visit to Illinois Route 66 Museum in Pontiac
10-11 a.m.: Drive to Braidwood with stop at Standard Oil Gasoline Station in Odell
11 a.m.-noon: Lunch at Polk-a-Dot Diner in Braidwood
Noon-2 p.m.: Drive along historic stretch of Route 66 from Braidwood through Wilmington to Joliet with stops at Route 66 Creamery and Gemini Giant Muffler Man in Wilmington, followed by stops at Dick’s on 66 (classic cars and nostalgia) and Route 66 Welcome Center in Joliet
2-3 p.m.: Drive to Berwyn and stop for photo op at Cigars & Stripes BBQ restaurant
3-4 p.m.: Drive to Chicago and pass Lou Mitchell’s Diner
4-5:30 p.m.: Dinner at Berghoff and photo op at end point of Route 66
5:30 (Central Time)-10 p.m. (Eastern Time): Drive to Kokomo