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Walk across the Mississippi + my Rt 66 Story update

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November 3, 201114 yr

No, I still haven't written anything new for Motor Gnomes, but Don posted a Route 66-related entry the same day I added more to my ROUTE 66 STORY.

This past Summer 2011, Don road tripped to St Louis MO & walked across the Mississippi River along the Old Chain Of Rocks Bridge. He blogged about it, including some great pictures:

http://www.motorgnomes.com/2011/10/a-walk-across-the-mississippi-river/

I've added 1 more section to my ROUTE 66 STORY, prior to surgery. Chapter 21 (Shaping History), written 10/30/2011, is here:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/10/31/_thats-the-highway_-13/

Previous chapters...

...1-4:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/03/29/_thats-the-highway_/

...5-8:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/03/31/_thats-the-highway_-2/

...9, The Drive & A Revelation:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/04/03/_thats-the-highway_-3/

...10, Stall Tactic:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/04/06/_thats-the-highway_-4/

...11-12:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/04/19/_thats-the-highway_-5/

...13, Road Trip Rush:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/12/_thats-the-highway_-7/

...14, Late Night & A Whistle:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/12/_thats-the-highway_-8/

...15, Awakening:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/25/_thats-the-highway_-9/

...16, Train & Memories:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/25/_thats-the-highway_-10/

...17, Shopkeeper:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/06/21/_thats-the-highway_-6/

...18-19:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/08/11/_thats-the-highway_-12/

...20, The Picture:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/10/17/_thats-the-highway_-11/

...& the ENTIRE story here:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/category/route66/

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