{"id":1181,"date":"2011-06-22T01:34:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T01:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2011-07-01T02:16:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T02:16:22","slug":"2011-drive-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/06\/22\/2011-drive-to-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Drive To Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mom and I headed out at 9pm on Monday night for our road trip to Chicago.\u00a0 We had two days to get there, and time to do a little bit of sight-seeing along the way.\u00a0 We stopped at a dinosaur museum, and several route 66 spots along the way.\u00a0 We also had a great Italian meal in Clinton, Oklahoma and saw a cool collection of Route 66 memorabilia which we had never seen before in Fanning Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>It took us a total of 46 hours from Chandler, AZ to Carol Stream, IL including a couple quick naps in truck stops.<\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php 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href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3720.jpg\"\n               title=\"Somewhere In New Mexico we saw this cute Route 66 Restaurant with a nice view\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3720.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3720.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"870\"\n               data-title=\"Somewhere In New Mexico we saw this cute Route 66 Restaurant with a nice view\"\n               data-description=\"Somewhere In New Mexico we saw this cute Route 66 Restaurant with a nice view\"\n               data-image-slug=\"somewhere-in-new-mexico-we-saw-this-cute-route-66-restaurant-with-a-nice-view\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Somewhere In New Mexico we saw this cute Route 66 Restaurant with a nice view\"\n                    alt=\"Somewhere In New Mexico we saw this cute Route 66 Restaurant with a nice view\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3720.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3721.jpg\"\n               title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3721.jpg\"\n               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Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    alt=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3722.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3723.jpg\"\n               title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3723.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3723.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"873\"\n               data-title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-description=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-image-slug=\"at-the-dinosaur-museum-in-tucumcari-new-mexico\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    alt=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3723.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3724.jpg\"\n               title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico.  This is amber with prehistoric bugs inside and it said that you can actually extract their dna\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3724.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3724.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"874\"\n               data-title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico.  This is amber with prehistoric bugs inside and it said that you can actually extract their dna\"\n               data-description=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico.  This is amber with prehistoric bugs inside and it said that you can actually extract their dna\"\n               data-image-slug=\"at-the-dinosaur-museum-in-tucumcari-new-mexico-this-is-amber-with-prehistoric-bugs-inside-and-it-said-that-you-can-actually-extract-their-dna\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico.  This is amber with prehistoric bugs inside and it said that you can actually extract their dna\"\n                    alt=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico.  This is amber with prehistoric bugs inside and it said that you can actually extract their dna\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3724.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3725.jpg\"\n               title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3725.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3725.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"875\"\n               data-title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-description=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-image-slug=\"at-the-dinosaur-museum-in-tucumcari-new-mexico\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    alt=\"At the Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3725.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3726.jpg\"\n               title=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3726.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3726.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"876\"\n               data-title=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-description=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-image-slug=\"a-cool-but-very-run-down-old-church-in-tucumcari-new-mexico\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    alt=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3726.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3727.jpg\"\n               title=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3727.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3727.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"877\"\n               data-title=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-description=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n               data-image-slug=\"a-cool-but-very-run-down-old-church-in-tucumcari-new-mexico\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    alt=\"A cool, but very run down, old church in Tucumcari New Mexico\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3727.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3728.jpg\"\n               title=\"Somewhere on Route 66, we found these pistol bbq grills. Very cool\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3728.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3728.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"878\"\n               data-title=\"Somewhere on Route 66, we found these pistol bbq grills. Very cool\"\n               data-description=\"Somewhere on Route 66, we found these pistol bbq grills. Very cool\"\n               data-image-slug=\"somewhere-on-route-66-we-found-these-pistol-bbq-grills-very-cool\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Somewhere on Route 66, we found these pistol bbq grills. Very cool\"\n                    alt=\"Somewhere on Route 66, we found these pistol bbq grills. Very cool\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3728.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3729.jpg\"\n               title=\"In downtown McLean Texas we found this old restored gas station\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3729.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3729.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"879\"\n               data-title=\"In downtown McLean Texas we found this old restored gas station\"\n               data-description=\"In downtown McLean Texas we found this old restored gas station\"\n               data-image-slug=\"in-downtown-mclean-texas-we-found-this-old-restored-gas-station\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"In downtown McLean Texas we found this old restored gas station\"\n                    alt=\"In downtown McLean Texas we found this old restored gas station\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3729.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-11\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3730.jpg\"\n               title=\"Another restored gas station along route 66\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3730.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3730.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"880\"\n               data-title=\"Another restored gas station along route 66\"\n               data-description=\"Another restored gas station along route 66\"\n               data-image-slug=\"another-restored-gas-station-along-route-66\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Another restored gas station along route 66\"\n                    alt=\"Another restored gas station along route 66\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3730.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-12\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3731.jpg\"\n               title=\"We ate here in Clinton, Oklahoma\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3731.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3731.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"881\"\n               data-title=\"We ate here in Clinton, Oklahoma\"\n               data-description=\"We ate here in Clinton, Oklahoma\"\n               data-image-slug=\"we-ate-here-in-clinton-oklahoma\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"We ate here in Clinton, Oklahoma\"\n                    alt=\"We ate here in Clinton, Oklahoma\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3731.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-13\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box \" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3732.jpg\"\n               title=\"A cool giant indian statue in Oklahoma\"\n               data-src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/dscn3732.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3732.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"882\"\n               data-title=\"A cool giant indian statue in Oklahoma\"\n               data-description=\"A cool giant indian statue in Oklahoma\"\n               data-image-slug=\"a-cool-giant-indian-statue-in-oklahoma\"\n               class='thickbox' rel='ad2f4ec07673a3efb45aefee45f4ff2d'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"A cool giant indian statue in Oklahoma\"\n                    alt=\"A cool giant indian statue in Oklahoma\"\n                    src=\"http:\/\/lyrehcworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/20110621_drivetochicago\/thumbs\/thumbs_dscn3732.jpg\"\n                    width=\"150\"\n                    height=\"125\"\n       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