Getting My Kicks on Route 66

We are in Chicago to begin a 12 day drive in a caravan of seven vehicles along Rt 66 with Two Lane America, my host for this trip, to the Santa Monica Pier, just two miles from our home.

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The trip actually began for me in New York, to attend the Vision Festival in Brooklyn, a week long celebration of avant garde art, especially jazz. Among many highlights the  festival featured what may well have been the most explosive, passionate, and absorbing performance I have ever experienced in over 60 years of live shows, by guitarist Marc Ribot and his band Nick Dunston (bass), Jay Rodriquez (reeds), Chad Taylor (drums).

Of course I also took a day or two to explore Manhattan before heading to Chicago for the start of the trip. IMG_0114

Before the trip begins this morning, Katherine and I had a brief opportunity last night to check out some of the sights of downtown Chicago near our hotel, The Palmer House, including the mammoth sculptures by Calder IMG_5136and Picasso. IMG_7758This morning we hit the road and begin “getting our kicks on Rt 66.”

More to come……

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