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Ah, yes ... I probably will add that. I appreciate the additional suggestions ... believe we may have "list the third" in the near future . Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.03/13/10 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "You don't know what you got until it's gone" ... Chicago ... 'Hard Habit To Break'

A friend sent me this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/with/2346008881/ Those ARE models ... cool, eh? Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.03/13/10 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Why can't this be real?" ... Restless Heart ... 'Fast Movin' Train'

Looks like I have some more shopping to do ... lol NICE! Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.03/13/10 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Relight the flame when it's cold"...Godsmack...'Serenity'

big Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.03/13/10 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Life throws you curves, but you learn to swerve" ... Rascal Flatts ... 'These Days'

HOT picture for sure. Love it ... awesome all the way around. Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.03/13/10 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Let me slip away" ... Gordon Lightfoot ... 'Carefree Highway'

Holy cow ... that is being parted out? NO way.... Did anyone check this out then????? Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.03/13/10 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I'm burning up this blacktop" ... Mark Collie ... 'Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying'

** SPECIAL NOTE ** PICTURES of my SEPTEMBER 2009 ROUTE 66 ADVENTURE should be available in a FEW WEEKS!!! When ready, I will post the link via a new thread. For now ... more of the story (which will soon be posted at Jim Hinckley's Route 66-themed website) unfolds.... Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * trip to NE US.aug2010 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Suspicions lead to questions" ... Ronnie Milsap ... 'Stranger In My House'

I have no plans to arrange any 2010 gatherings; however, several people have asked me if any are in the works and why no announcements have been made. Thus...: 1 ... What draws your interest in a gathering? 2 ... What keeps your interest in a gathering for you to attend as planned? 3 ... Are you interested in a MidSummer Chitown gathering in Elgin IL, July TwentyTen? Depending on the responses, I may arrange a July 24 (or 31) gathering, in Elgin IL, for MULTIPLE boards (car- and heart-related, etc.), starting at 11a with a short drive ... and lasting into the evening. Recent gatherings.... MARCH 2008 ~10 people attended a gathering of 2 heart-related groups at a Schaumburg IL restaurant: http://www.valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23960&page=2 JULY 2008 ~65 people (a record) attended the MidSummer Chitown Gathering #1, Elgin IL: http://pics.projectmonte.com/album/12498 http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?token=541103651210:784811621 http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g285/Lgarrity/7-26%20car%20meet/?start=0 SEPTEMBER 2008 ~15 people attended a gathering of 2 heart-related groups at a Geneva IL forest preserve: http://www.valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25020&page=3 OCTOBER 2008 ~10 people attended a gathering of car-related boards at an Elgin IL restaurant: http://www.fgmcc.com/tinc?key=1UEMppaG&preview=1&only_object=1 APRIL 2009 ~5 people attended a gathering at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre, Schaumburg IL: http://www.valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30464 JULY 2009 ~20 people attended the MidSummer Chitown Gathering #2, Elgin IL: http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/ff261/rocknss04/09%20Elgin%20Monte%20Meet/ Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker * my radio show.02/27/10 * WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Wouldn't you like to get away?" ... Gary Portnoy ... 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Cheers)'

contestant Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I think it's time to give this game a ride" ... John Fogerty ... 'Centerfield'

Yikes............ Very .... interesting, at least....lol. Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "This might not be good" ... Chris Cagle ... 'What Kind Of Gone?'

...especially a BLACK car. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Looks like a great purchase...enjoy! Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Can you make these big wheels burn?" ... Ronnie Milsap ... 'Smokey Mountain Rain'

Last year, I posed these queries: What do YOU consider to be "should see" areas/places in your home state? What would you tell travelers to check out, if they have the time, as they drive through your state? What "obscure" and "out of the way" places in your home state come to mind? In August, I posted the answers received. Since then, I've received additional suggestions. Below is the newest compilation of answers ... which may prove that you find another part of yourself in every state. This is not a "complete" list and may not be 100% accurate; however, it is an excellent start to planning a vacation or road trip...ENJOY! ALABAMA Battleship Alabama Huntsville ... NASA site Tennessee River ALASKA Denali National Park Eklutna Lake/Thunderbird Falls Flattop Mountain Hatchers Pass/Independance Mine McHugh Creek Hiking Trail Native Heritage Center Portage & Matanuska Glaciers Seward Highway Wildlife Conservation Center ARIZONA Ash Fork Barringer Meteor Crater CasinoArizona Crown King Grand Canyon (especially North Rim) Hackberry Holbrook ... WigWam Hoover Dam (Colorado River) Humphreys Peak, NW of Flagstaff Kingman Lake Havasu ... London Bridge Oatman Out of Africa Wildlife Park Parks Sedona Seligman Supai ... Part 1 starts on Route 66, runs 60 miles through some of the most pristine country in AZ and ends in a parking lot perched high on a bluff overlooking a stunning series of colorful canyons Supai ... Part 2 requires a hike of 8 miles, a rented horse or wild helicopter ride Williams Winslow ... Standing On The Corner ARKANSAS Dig for diamonds Greers Ferry Lake Hardy-Spring River Heber Springs HotSprings Petit Jean Mountain ... auto museum CALIFORNIA 17-Mile Drive 6 Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia Alcatraz Ano Nuevo Barstow Beverly Hills Big Sur / Bixby Bridge Bishop ... Lone Pine ... Mono Lake (Owens Valley) Bridge To Nowhere CA SR Highway 1 Bristol St Coastline Crenshaw Blvd Death Valley Disneyland GGNRA Nike Missle Site Griffith Observatory Hearst Castle Hollywood Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach Hollywood Walk of Fame Huntington Beach / Surf City USA Joshua Trees Knotts Berry Farm La Brea Tar Pits LA Chinatown Lake Tahoe Magic Mountain MLK Hospital Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterrey Bay Kelp Forest Monterrey Peninsula Morro Bay Mt Lassen Mt Shasta Napa Valley Needles Palos Verdes Pebble Beach Pinnacles National Park Point Lobos Point Reyes Portuguese Bend, PV Peninsula Queen Mary / Long Beach Raging Waters Redwood Highway, 101 North Redwood National Park Rialto / San Bernardino ... WigWam Ronald Reagan Museum San Diego ... Balboa Park San Diego ... Sea World / Zoo San Fernando Valley, Roscoe and Ventura Blvds San Francisco ... Academy of Sciences San Francisco ... Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco ... Golden Gate Park/Bridge San Jose ... Winchester Mystery House Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Santa Cruz ... Mystery Spot Santa Monica Mountains, Mulholland Dr Santa Monica Pier Sequoia National Park Sonoma Wine Country Sunnyvale ... Frys Electronics Universal Studios Venice Beach Victorville White Mountains (oldest single living beings) Wild Rivers Yosemite / Yosemite Valley COLORADO Amanda's Fonda, Old Colorado City and/or Las Margaritas, Denver Aspen Casa Bonita Cave of the Winds Colorado Springs Coors Brewery Denver ... 16th Street Mall, Denver Mint Eldorado Canyon Flatirons (W of Boulder) Garden of the Gods Glenwood Hot Springs Golden ... Lookout Mountain Great Sand Dunes Manitou ... cliff dwellings mountain escapes Mt Evans Rd (highest peak in CO and highest paved road in North America) Pikes Peak Highway Rocky Mtn National Park Royal Gorge Sangre de Cristo Mts (Southern CO) skiing CONNECTICUT Aquarium Bartlett Arboretum Bloomfield ... Thomas Hooker Brewery East Haddam ... Goodspeed Opera House Foxwoods Hartford ... Mark Twain House Mohegan Sun Mystic Seaport St Eustice Island ... Evans Cottage St Eustice Island ... Griswold/Collinsport Inn St Eustice Island ... old house/monastary Stamford Museum & Nature Center DELAWARE Dover ... Air Mobility Command Museum DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Air & Space Museum Smithsonian FLORIDA Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Mexico beaches Bok Tower Gardens Cape Canaveral (NASA) Caverns, near Marianna Cypress Gardens Daytona International Speedway Everglades Key West Lakeland Motorsports Dragway Miami ... Greynolds Park Overseas Highway (HW 1) Pensacola ... Naval Aviation Museum Ringling Museum Sarasota ... Amish restaurants Silver Springs Spook Hill St Augustine's Fort sugarcane fields Tampa ... Skyway Bridge Tenoroc Mine, state park GEORGIA Amicalola Falls Appalachian Trail ... Blood Mountain Chatooga ... white water rafting Dahlonega Fort Gordon Fort Jackson Fort Pulaski Georgia Aquarium Helen Lake Lanier Lula Lake falls N Georgia Mtns Okefenokee Swamp Savannah's river front area Stone Mtn Park Underground Atlanta US Highway 41 (MI to FL) White ... Old Car City USA World of Coke HAWAII Haleakala Volcano Hana Road Lava Flows Pearl Harbor / USS Arizona Waikiki IDAHO Craters of the moon Shoshone Falls ("Niagra of the West"; taller than Niagra Falls, though not as wide or as much water volume) ILLINOIS Atlanta ... Paul Bunyan statue Auburn ... Becky's Barn & Ratfink Garage Cave in Rock State Park Dixon ... arch Franklin Grove ... Lincoln Highway National Headquarters Funks Grove ... maple syrup Galena Garden of the Gods Goose Island Brew Pub Intersection of Lincoln Highway & Route 66 Litchfield ... Ariston Cafe Meadowdale International Raceway Park Pontiac ... Route 66 Association of IL Hall of Fame and Museum Route 20 Route 66 Schaumburg ... LEGOLAND Southern IL Wine Tour Southern tip ... Hardin County, Route 1 Springfield ... Cozy Dog Staunton ... Henry's Ra66it Ranch Union ... IL Railroad Museum Volo Auto Museum Wrigley Field INDIANA Dunes Indianapolis Indianapolis Indians Indianapolis Motor Speedway Lucas Oil Stadium Manchester College O'Reilly Raceway Park IOWA Bridges of Madison County / Winterset Burlington Cedar Rapids ... Czech Village Cedar Rapids ... Quaker Oats largest cereal plant in world Davenport Sky Bridge Des Moines ... Central Library Des Moines ... Central Park Des Moines ... East Village Des Moines ... Grays Lake Park Des Moines ... Living History Farms Des Moines ... Principal Riverwalk/pedestrian bridge Des Moines ... Robert D Ray Asian Gardens Des Moines ... State Capitol complex Dubuque ... barges Dyersville ... Field Of Dreams Effegy Mounds National Monument Elk Horn ... Danish Windmill & Museum Field House fishing Grinnell ... Merchant's Bank by Louis Sullivan Guttenburg Herbert Hoover Library Iowa City ... ped mall area/downtown Iowa City ... U of I campus/architecture Iowa State Fair Kalona ... Amish Kinnick Stadium Marquette Mason City ... Frank Lloyd Wright homes, Park Hotel McGregor Orange City Parkersburg EF-5 tornado (leaving some things untouched) Pella Quad Cities ... Figge Art Museum Snake Alley Walcott ... world's largest truck stop (I-80) Winterset ... John Wayne's birthplace KANSAS Baxter Springs ... Cafe On The Route Galena ... 4 Women On The Route KENTUCKY 25E down through Cumberland Gap Bardstown ... dinner train Bardstown ... Makers Mark facility Beech Bend Raceway Boonesboro Bowling Green ... Corvette Museum caves (western) Churchill Downs horses Kentucky Motor Speedway Lakes/state parks Lincoln Birthplace Louisville Slugger Museum Muhammed Ali Center Paducah riverfront murals Swope Auto Museum LOUISIANA D-Day Museum False River Festival international de Louisiane French Quarter Layton Castle Mardi Gras ... Eunice, New Orleans, Mamou, New Roads, Baton Rouge, Lafayette Myrtles Plantation State Capitol MAINE Acadia Highth of the land Mt Desert Island Old Orchard Beach Portland ... art museum Portland ... Old Port Route 1 ... all the way to Key West MARYLAND Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg) Assateague State Park (Eastern shore) Baltimore Baltimore ... Fort McHenry Camden Yards Chesapeake Bay Continental Divide Fort Federick Garber facility (Suitland) Garrett County, state parks Hagerstown ... 1/2 mile dirt track M&T Bank Stadium Mason Dixon Dragway MD International Raceway (Budds Creek) Monocacey Battlefield National Aquarium, Inner Harbor Route 50 (originating in Ocean City) ... ends in CA USS Constellation, Inner Harbor MASSACHUSETTS Boston ... Samuel Adams Brewery Fenway Park Salem Springfield ... Basketball Hall of Fame MICHIGAN 8 Mile Road Ann Arbor Automotive Hall of Fame Beaver Island Castle Rock Coldwater ... Capri Drive-In Cross Village, on M119 "Tunnel of Trees" drive Davison Freeway Detroit ... The National Automotive Historic Collection Detroit institute of Arts Detroit Science Center E Grand Rapids ... Yesterdog (restaurant) Frankenmuth Flint ... US 23 Drive-in GM Ren Cen Grand Haven ... Coast Guard Festival (August) Green Field Village Henry Ford Museum Holland ... Tulip Festival Kalamazoo ... Air Zoo at W MI University Lansing Legs Inn Leelanau Peninsula Mackinac Bridge Mackinac City Mackinac Island Maritime Museum Marquette ... Peter White Library Marquette ... Presque Isle Muskegon ... Getty Drive-in Petosky Rockford Rothbury ... Double J Ranch Shoreline Drive ... Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Ludington, Traverse City, Petosky, Mackinaw City Silver Lake Dunes / Mears, MI Soo Sault St Marie boat locks tour St. Ignace (car show) Tahquamenon Falls Traverse City ... MI Cherry Festival Upper Peninsula Woodward Avenue (first paved mile of roadway in the US) Ypsilanti ... home of the Orphan Car Show and last Hudson Dealership (now museum) MINNESOTA Alexandria ... Kensington Runestone Darwin ... bit ball of twine Highway 61, North shore Lake Superior Circle Drive Vining ... metal statues (in a park next to a gas station) made by the father of NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg MISSISSIPPI Battle grounds Clarksdale ... Ground Zero Blues Club, owned by Morgan Freeman Cruzin' The Coast Delta Blues Museum Elvis' birthplace Gulf Coast Gulf of Mexico Home of Jefferson Davis Left Field Lounge Mardis Gras NASA Natchez Trace Parkway Nortrup/Grumman navy shipyard Oil Rigs Old Plantations Ole Miss ... The Grove Oxford ... Rowan Oak, home of William Faulkner Oxford ... Town Square Starkville ... Cotton District Tuncia River Park Tupelo ... Auto Museum Tupelo ... Buffalo Park MISSOURI Jesse James Museum Ozark Scenic driving Route 66 Motors & Nostalgia Gift Shop St Louis ... Arch St Louis ... Museum St Louis ... Zoo Tower Rock MONTANA Bob Marshall Wilderness Bozeman ... Museum of the Rockies Dinosaur digs Essex Garnet ghost town Glacier National Park Great Falls ... Charlie Russel Museum Little Big Horn Battlefield Lolo Hot Springs Lost Trail Ski Area (no-frills skiier's mountain. US 93 at the Idaho line) Moeise Buffalo Range Museums National Bison Range Old mining sites Welcome Creek Wilderness Area Yellowstone National Park NEBRASKA Chimney Rock Lincoln Monument (I-80) Pioneer museums Platte River Sand hills (central) Scottsbluff Timberline / Beaver Dam NEVADA Las Vegas NEW HAMPSHIRE Laconia ... American Classic Arcade Museum NEW JERSEY Appalachian Mountains Atco Raceway (south) Atlantic City Ben Franklin Bridge Camden Clinton ... Red Mill Delaware Gap Hoboken Island Dragway (north) Jersey Shore beach towns NJ Motorsports Park NJ State Aquarium Raceway Park (central) Six Flags Great Adventure Skiing areas Thomas Edison Museum Wall Stadium Wildwood boardwalk NEW MEXICO Albuquerque ... Kimo Theatre Albuquerque ... old-fashioned diner on Central Carlsbad Caverns Santa Fe ... Plaza Cafe Santa Rosa ... Route 66 museum Tucumcari ... Blue Swallow Motel White Sands NEW YORK 1000 Islands Albany caverns Central Park Coney Island Ellis Island Empire State Building falls Fort Wadsworth glens Ground Zero Harold Square Ithaca ... Cornell University Jericho Turnpike Jones Beach Kings Point ... Sands Point Castle Lake Champlain Lake George Lake Ontario if you've never seen a Great Lake before Lake Placid Letchworth-Grand Canyon of the east Long Island Long Island beaches Manhattan skyline Meadowbrook Montauk Point Museums New York City Niagara Falls North Fork Ocean Parkway Old Bethpage restoration Orient Point Prospect Mountain, Adirondack's Raynham Hall Richmond Town Robert Moses Beach Sag Harbor Sagamore Hill Saratoga Springs Horse Race Track Staten Island Statue of Liberty Stock Exchange Sunrise Highway Tahawus/Adirondak Times Square Union Square Varrazano Narrows Bridge Wall Street Watkins Glen wineries N CAROLINA 7 light houses Asheville ... Flat Iron Building / Sky Bar Asheville ... Grove Arcade Asheville ... Grove Park Inn Asheville ... Helens Bridge Asheville ... Mt Mitchell Asheville ... Seely Castle beaches Biltmore Blue Ridge Mountains Blue Ridge Parkway Cape Hattaras Charlotte ... Billy Graham Library Charlotte ... Dale Trail Charlotte ... Motor Speedway Charlotte ... Museum of Aviation Charlotte ... NC Transportation Museum Charlotte ... Reeds Gold Mine Crystal Coast Currituck Beach ... lighthouse Dale Earnhardt Museum Edenton ... lighthouse Grandfather Mountain Great Smokey Mountain Railroad Kill Devil Hills Kitty Hawk Linville Falls and Caverns Lost Colony Manteo ... lighthouse Mooresville "Race City USA" Raleigh RCR Museum Richard Petty Museum Rockingham Wright Brothers Memorial N DAKOTA Theodore Roosevelt National Park OHIO 7 presidential birthplaces Amish country Canton ... Football Hall of Fame Carrollin Park Cedar Point Cincinnati Music Hall Cincinnati Union Terminal Museum Center Cincinnati Zoo Cleveland ... Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland Zoo Columbus Zoo Dayton Air Force Museum Erie Canal Kelley's Island Kilkare Dragway King's Island Leesville Lake Mentor ... President Garfield's home Mt Adams Ohio Caverns Ohio Stadium Put-in-Bay Riverboat ride Serpent Mound, Adams County Sidney ... Eldora Speedway Toledo Zoo Youngstown ... Mill Creek Park OKLAHOMA Afton Station Arcadia ... Big Red Round Barn Arcadia ... POPS Bricktown Catoosa ... Blue Whale Chandler ... Route 66 center Clinton ... Route 66 museum Edmond ... Boulevard Steak House Elk City ... Route 66 museum Erick ... SandHills Curiosity Shop Indian Unmarked Grave Midwest City ... Napoleon Deli Norman ... Sam Noble Natural History Museum Oklahoma City ... Nonna's Oklahoma City ... Western Heritage Museum Shoe Tree Stroud ... Rock Cafe Talequah Tulsa ... Aquarium Wichita Mountains Wild Life Preserve OREGON Astoria ... Fort Stevens Astoria Column Columbia River Gorge Crater Lake National Park Evergreen Air Museum Forest Grove Concourse D'elegance Lava Fields Lewis & Clark Fort Clatsop McMinville Airport ... Spruce Goose Mt Hood Oregon Coast Oregon Trail Rally Painted Hills Rose Cup Seaside Silver Falls State Park Tillamook Air Museum Tillamook Cheese Factory Trillum Lake PENNSYLVANIA Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum Andy Warhol Museum Battleship Olympia Boat House Row Citizens Bank Park Dorney Park Erie ... Niagara Falling Waters Fort Ligonier Franklin Institute Gettysburg National Park Heinz Field Hershey Park Horseshoe Curve Idlewild Park Inclines Independence Hall Johnstown Flood Memorial Kennywood Kinzua Bridge Lancaster County Amish country Lernerville Speedway Ligonier Lincoln Highway Museum of Sports National Constitution Center Ohiopyle Penn's Caves Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Zoo Pine Creek Gorge Pittsburgh ... Mt Washington PNC Park Pottsville ... Yuengling Brewery Primanti's Railroad Museum of PA SS United States Steamtown National Historic Site Strasburg Railroad The Franklin US 6 US Mint Valley Forge National Park RHODE ISLAND 400 miles of coastline Hasbro Headquarters Newport Providence S CAROLINA Anderson Belton Charleston Cooker's Chateau Fort Jackson fun country roads Hilton Head Kings Mountain Morris Island Myrtle Beach Pendleton S DAKOTA Badlands Crazy Horse Monument Custer State Park Deadwood Mitchell Corn Palace Mt. Rushmore Sturgis The Engalls Homestead (Little House On The Prairie) Wall Drug Store TENNESSEE Bristol Motor Speedway Cades Cove Chattanooga ... TN Aquarium Clingmans Dome Gatlinburg Graceland Grand Ole Opry Great Smokey Mountains National Park Highway 11E Highway 25W Jackson Lake City ... Cove Lake State Park Lookout Mountain Lynchburg ... Jack Daniels Distillery Maryville ... Foothills Fall Festival Memphis Music Row Nashville Opryland Hotel (especially around Christmas) Reelfoot Lake Rock City Ruby Falls Ryman Auditorium Sweetwater ... The Lost Sea Tombigbee Waterway Townsend ... Tuckalechee Caverns US 411 (Newport to Anniston AL) US 441 (Gatlinburg to Cherokee) US 70 (parallel to I-40, Knoxville to Nashville) TEXAS Adrian ... MidPoint Cafe Alamo Amarillo ... Big Texan Amarillo ... Cadillac Ranch Austin Bandera ... Cowboy Capital of the world Battleship Texas Big Bend Caddo Lake Cavalla College Station Corpus Christi ... USS Lexington Dyer's Barbecue Enchanted Rock Fredericksburg Galveston Gruene Hall, oldest dancehall Guadalupe River Hill Country ... driving, up Highway 16 Lubbock ... Canyon Lakes McLean ... Devil's Rope/Rt 66 Museum Medina Lake Palo Duro Canyon Pampa ... Woody Guthrie's home Pelican Island PINS ... beautiful beaches and clear water when you get a few miles down Route 66 San Antonio San Jacinto Monument and Battleground San Marcos Ship Channel South Padre Island Waco UTAH Bend in The Road: http://chevyasylum.com/bsf2008/sw/20080818/20080818_0707r8r8_jpg.html Big Cottonwood Canyon, picnic at Storm Mountain City Creek Canyon (lovely drive) ... breakfast at Ruth's diner midway up the canyon Hidden Peak (via Snowbird tram) Land's End Park City, Alpine Slide Rainbrow Bridge Salt Flats, during Speed Week Salt Lake City downtown library Snowbird Stoneground Pizza, SLC Timpanonos Cave Truckstop, Exit 2, I-80, Utah Wendover VERMONT Appalachian Trail Ben & Jerry's Factory Bondville mud drags/truck pull Devil's Bowl Speeday dirt roads with old-fashioned covered bridges Dorset Playhouse farms with dairy cows and sugar houses for making maple syrup Green Mountain Railroad scenic train rides Killington Ski and Summer Resort Long Trail Maple Sugar Museum Norman Rockwell Museum Orvis Outdoor Products HQ Rutland ... Rave car show scenic drives Shelburne Museum small, out-of-the-way hikes with gorgeous views Smugglers Notch Ski Resort Stowe ... British Invasion car show Thunder Road Speedway Tunbridge World's Fair villages with craft stores Weston Playhouse Wilson Castle VIRGINIA Blue Ridge Parkway Busch Gardens Chincoteague Island Luray Caverns Shenandoah Valley Skyline Drive WASHINGTON Boring Lava Fields Bruce Lee's grave Chuckanut Drive Columbia River Gorge Deception Pass Dry Falls Dunes Wilderness Experience Music Project Friday Harbor George Grand Coulee Dam HIghway 101 Hoh Rain Forest Kettle River (flows backwards) Leavenworth Mt Rainier Mt St Helens N Cascades Highway Olympic Mountains/Rain Forest Olympic Peninsula Loop Seattle ... Pike Place Market Snake River Canyon Space Needle Tacoma Glass Museum Takhlakh Lake W VIRGINIA Tri-Point Stone ... WV, PA & MD meet along the Mason Dixon Line WISCONSIN Door County EAA AirVenture Museum Eagle River Helenville ... castle house House On The Rock Jelly Belly Factory Jefferson Swap Meet Lake Geneva Lambeau Field Miller Brewery Milwaukee Domes Minocqua natural beauty New Glarus Brewery Northwoods Rhinelander Road America Rome WI Dells WYOMING Aspen Alley Big Horn Mountains Canyon between Shoshoni and Thermopolis Centennial/Snowy Range Cheyenne Chimney Rock Devils Gate Devils Tower Flaming Gorge Grand Tetons Green River Independence Rock Jackson Hole Laramie Shirley Basin Sybille Canyon The Summit (E of Laramie, beautiful stretch of I-80) US 16 through Buffalo, over Big Horns, to Yellowstone Vedauwoo Wind River Range Yellowstone CANADA Banff Blairemore Butterfly Conservatory Calgary Clifton Hill Coleman Dakota Plane Crash Drumheller ... Dinosaur Museum, badlands Edmonton Fort Erie Fort George Frank's slider Jasper Kingston Lake Louise Lethbridge High Level Bridge Maid of the Mist Niagara Falls Niagara Gorge Niagara River Parkway Nova Scotia Ontario - Hamilton ... Webster's Falls Oshawa ... GM complex and Canadian Automotive Museum Point Pelee Queenston Red Deer ... Donut Mill Sandbanks Provincial Park St Lawrence Seaway The Rideau Toronto ... Wonderland Totem Pole Forest, Watson Lake Trent Canal hydraulic lift lock Trent/Severn Waterways Vulcan ... The Enterprise Welland Canal Wetaskiwin ... Reynolds-Alberta Museum Wolfe Island Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "With every state line, somehow I find another part of me" ... Love And Theft ... 'Runaway'

Ahhh....the first week of a new year and a new decade! The possibilities for TwentyTen are endless.... Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve / New Year's Day! Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Wondering...why I even care" ... Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ... 'Modern Day Romance'

Ohhhh...NICE! I'd love to have that one, too.....lol. Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Money talks" ... Neil Diamond ... 'Forever In Blue Jeans'

Mexico Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Like a good book, I can't put this day back" ... Tori Amos ... 'A Sorta Fairytale'

HOLY COW ... what a GOLDMINE of a thread this is. Some cars my Dad has owned over the years: 1955 Chevy convertible 1958 Chevy convertible w/continental kit 1966 Impala SS 1968 Impala SS 1976 Monte Carlo 1981 Monte Carlo SC (Mine since 1999) Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "This is the story of us all" ... The Last Goodnight ... 'Pictures Of You'

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "The sun is on my side and takes me for a ride" ... Natasha Bedingfield ... 'Pocket Full Of Sunshine'

I like this ad. Saw it on TV the other day. The first time I saw it, though, I only caught the last half of it, starting with the Dodge Charger. Then, a bit later, I got the "full effect" and saw it from the beginning. Very cool. Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "My heart would always be behind the wheel" ... Ronnie Milsap ... 'Prisoner Of The Highway'

*grins* Sweet ... I was hoping this would be here! Thanks, bobo ... another awesome recap! Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I missed a million miles of fun" ... Len ... 'Steal My Sunshine'

** 2010 is just around the corner ... already?! ** Holy cow ... it's hard to believe that 10 YEARS ago people were wondering if the change from 1999 to 2000 would disrupt life as we know it...! Yet, here we are ... on the brink of "Twenty Ten". Plenty has changed, but some things remain the same. Life is rapidly moving forward ... despite the turmoils and triumphs we've experienced and witnessed ... some of which seem ages ago, others like just yesterday. Here's to 2009 and years prior ... while looking to 2010 and beyond. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Welcoming in the new year" ... Vonda Shepard ... 'What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?'

** COMMENTS / SHOUT OUTS: DECEMBER 24 CD SHOWCASE...HOLIDAY EDITION ** TO THOSE WHO LISTENED ... THANK YOU! Joey R (Chevy_Crazy), ChevyTalk: "Listening live to your show in Newfoundland." John Felton, Elgin IL Jaycees: "I'm tuned in again and enjoying your show up here in Wisconsin." Mrs. Glaser: "This is your former Washington [elementary] School teacher. It's great to hear your voice." Dennis (taught by my grandfather, Virgil Weimer), Edmond OK: "Way to go Cort; thought I would drop in and say hello from me and all your friends along Route 66.... ... I liked your 'small world' vignette." Charlotte (cousin), Alexandria VA: "It's good to hear your voice on the Internet. Thanks for the holiday music." Kay & Dennis C, NMCOA: "We are really enjoying the music." Dawn, IL: "Good Job Cort, I enjoyed listening!" Ann, McHenry IL: "Playing some good songs........a good mix!" Lorraine, IL, ValveReplacement: "You sound so good on radio! Glad I got to hear you again." Mary, MO, ValveReplacement: "I only caught the last hour and a half, but it was another great broadcast." Scott B, Shelby Township MI: "Lovin' the mix! Sorry I missed the previous shows. You've been great today, as has the set list." Dave (twomanymontes), NY: "I was just watching the Muppets Christmas Carol last night! This is great! Now we just need to figure out how to get you a full time gig!" Bill, RacingOne: "You sound great, keep up the great work!!! Thanks for the show cort, nothing better to do on Christmas Eve then to listen to some great Christmas music while getting ready for Christmas!!!" Steve D, MO: "Good show." SHOUT OUTS ALSO TO: Jen M, PA (cousin!) Dan K, S Elgin IL Randy W, Shelbina MO (several MC groups) Derek & Janie A, Decatur IL (several MC groups) JMD, Phoenix AZ (several MC groups) Chris, Pittsburgh PA (MCF) Wayne R, MI (MCF) ** PLAYLIST: DECEMBER 24 CD SHOWCASE...HOLIDAY EDITION ** noon-1p central STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN ... dive {"summer and other seasons" segue} STEVE WARINER ... noel, noel ... Wariner is a Noblesville IN native & was the bassist for Dottie West, 1971-1974 HARRY BELAFONTE ... mary's boy child LOUIS MANDRELL ... i've got what you want for christmas ... TX native & Barbara Mandrell's sister ROBERT DOWNY JR ... river (from TV series "Ally McBeal") {"bring to life" segue} RONNIE MILSAP ... it's christmas ... Robbinsville NC native & 1977 CMA Entertainer of the Year PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ... deck the halls {"rt 66" segue} DOLLY PARTON ... winter wonderland/sleigh ride ... TN native & 1978 CMA Entertainer of the Year JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS ... 12 days of christmas {"life is a highway" segue} THE COMMODORES ... do you hear what I hear? BURL IVES ... rudolph the red-nosed reindeer {"don't wait" segue} OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN ... silver bells ... 1974 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year NAT KING COLE ... the christmas song RAZZY BAILEY ... peace on earth ... Five Points AL native ELVIS PRESLEY ... blue christmas {wrmn wake-up call ID / "broken arrow" segue} 1p-2p central JERRY REED ... christmas time's a coming ... Atlanta GA native JANE KRAKOWSKI ... i saw mommy kissing santa claus (from TV series "Ally McBeal") {"dive in" segue} THE JUDDS ... light of the stable ... due from Ashland KY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ... carol of the bells {"why haven't i heard from you" segue} ED BRUCE ... christmas started with a child ... Keiser AR native & played on TV's "Bret Maverick" JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS ... little saint nick {"wheels" segue} JUICE NEWTON ... christmas needs love to be christmas ... NJ native BURL IVES ... holly jolly christmas {"summer" segue} VINCE GILL ... it came upon a midnight clear ... Norman OK native & 1993, 1994 CMA Entertainer of the Year {"Dave & Dave" ID/messages trivia} BING CROSBY ... let it snow let it snow [requested by Dennis, Edmond OK] {"rt 66" segue} WILLIE NELSON ... pretty paper ... Fort Worth TX native THE CHIPMUNKS ... the chipmunk song {"don't wait" segue} SYLVIA ... reflections ... Kokomo IN native CALISTA FLOCKHART ... santa baby (from the TV series "Ally McBeal") {"who's going to fill their shoes" segue} DEBORAH ALLEN ... rocking little christmas ... Memphis TN native JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS ... we wish you a merry christmas {"life is a highway" segue} ALABAMA ... christmas in dixie ... 1982, 1983 & 1984 CMA Entertainer of the Year HARRY SIMEONE CHORALE ... the little drummer boy (1958) {"William Christopher" (M*A*S*H) wrmn ID / "dive in" segue} 2p-3p central DOLLY PARTON ... hard candy christmas ... debuted on the country charts 11/06/82, spent 17 weeks on the charts, topped at #8 [requested by Dawn] EDDY RAVEN ... santa claus is coming for christmas, why can't you? ... Lafayette LA native {"bring to life" segue} KIM CARNES ... run run rudolph ... Los Angeles CA native FRANK SINATRA ... white christmas {"why haven't i" segue} JIMMY DURANTE ... frosty the snowman OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & VINCE GILL ... away in a manger {"broken arrow" segue} WAYLON JENNINGS & JESSI COLTER ... silent night, holy night ... Jennings is a Littlefield TX native & the narrator on TV's "Dukes of Hazzard"; Colter is Jennings' wife & a Phoenix AZ native JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS ... the christmas wish {"Dave & Dave" ID / largest group on the Top 40 is the Tabernacle Choir} LEON EVERETTE ... everytime i hear blue christmas i get the christmas blues ... Aiken SC native ELMO N PATSY ... grandma got run over by a reindeer {"don't wait" segue} VONDA SHEPARD ... please come home for christmas (from the TV series "Ally McBeal") PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ... we 3 kings {"bring to life" segue} THE JUDDS ... who is the babe? JOSE FELICIANO ... greensleeves {"summer" segue} BURL IVES ... silver & gold CHARLEY PRIDE ... santa & the kids ... Sledge MS native & 1971 CMA Entertainer of the Year {"wheels" segue} BARRY GORDON ... nuttin' for Christmas (1955) 3p-4p central {spoken WRMN ID / "dive" segue} JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS ... medley: alfie, the christmas tree / carol for a christmas tree / it's in every one of us {"rt 66" segue} LOUISE MANDRELL & RC BANNON ... christmas is just a song for us this year ... 12/11/82, 7, #35 BOBBY HELMS ... jingle bell rock (1957) {"life is a highway" segue} VINCE GUARALDI TRIO ... linus & lucy PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ... o christmas tree {"why haven't i" segue} KEITH WHITLEY ... a christmas letter ... Sandy Hook KY native, married Lorrie Morgan in 1986, & died 05/09/89 of alcohol abuse BRENDA LEE ... rocking around the christmas tree (1960) ... Lithonia GA native, known as "little miss dynamite", & inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1997 {"who's going to fill their shoes" segue} JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS ... when the river meets the sea {"broken arrow" segue} THE MCCARTERS ... a baby just like you {"Dave & Dave" legal ID / Nashville's #1 industry trivia} TANYA TUCKER ... what child is this? ... Seminole TX native & 1991 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year CHORUS ... the most wonderful day of the year PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ... the first noel {"summer" segue} ELVIS PRESLEY ... silver bells JIM ED BROWN & HELEN CORNELIUS ... fall softly snow ... Brown & Cornelius are the 1977 CMA Vocal Duo of the Year {"bring to life" and "fill their shoes" segues} JOHN DENVER & THE MUPPETS ... the peace carol NICOLETTE LARSON ... christmas is a time for giving ... Helena MT native {"life is a highway" and "wheels" and "rt 66" segues} FRED ASTAIRE ... santa claus is coming to town VONDA SHEPARD ... what are you doing new year's eve? Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "No store bought gifts to open, but there'll be Christmas just the same" ... Kenny Rogers ... 'Kentucky Homemade Christmas'

The 350 V8 ... that Randy converted to Fuel Injection for me. Several pictures of my "Winter Warrier" 1979 Caprice Classic have been added... http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1979caprice/Welcome.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1979caprice/Welcome.html While I haven't had time to prepare a few pics I took of it Saturday, 12/26/09 ...WITH ~10" OF SNOW ON THE CAPRICE..., newer pics on the website include... ...a better interior pic ...some emblem pics ...2 pics of it and the 2009 maroon Dodge Charger SXT I rented for my September 2009 Route 66 adventure and my November 2009 trip to TN/AL. Pics of my MCs, all of which are hibernating this winter: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mccollection.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mccollection.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1972/72monte.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1972/72monte.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1976/76monte.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1976/76monte.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1979/79monte.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1979/79monte.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1981/81monte.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1981/81monte.html http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1987/87monte.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1987/87monte.html Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "When you kiss your little baby, you've kissed the face of God" ... Kenny Rogers/Wynonna ... 'Mary, Did You Know?'

...and a little bit more unfolds.... Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I'm still alive inside" ... Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown ... 'No Air'

House Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "My world is changing" ... Faith Hill ... 'Where Are You Christmas?'

Good ... I was wondering how they went. GOOD LUCK! Hope you get some call backs! WOO HOO!!!! Cort | 36swm.IL | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Love is more than just a trick in the night" ... Mark Gray ... 'If All The Magic Is Gone'