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...The models in this pic are, from front to back, left to right [reverse order in bottom pic]: 2000 mc Concept, bright red (HW) 2000 mc LS, maroon (JL) 1973 Buick Riviera, yellow/tan (JL) 2006 SSR, blue (HW) 1970 El Camino, brown (HW) 1970 Chevelle, blue (HW) 1980s Citation, white (HW) 2000 mc SS, white (JL) 1980s Caprice Classic, yellow (JL) 1978 Cheyenne, brown 1980s El Camino, blue (Majorette) 1980s Buick Grand National, black (JL) 1986 MC SS, black (HW) 1975 MC, yellow (HW) 1972 MC, tan/silver (JL) 1971 MC, red/black (JL) 1970 MC, green/dark green (JL) 1987 MC SS Aerocoupe, maroon (JL) 1980 MC, yellow (HW) 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, maroon/white (JL) 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix, white (JL) 1970 MC, maroon (HW) Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Does it really matter?" ... Pirates of the Mississippi ... 'Feed Jake'

Ooo...I like that idea, Andrew ... thank you! I will have to see how that will work with the schedule, once I get it a bit more "set in stone". When I was on Route 66 in 2009, it was in September, when it was a little cooler. This time, the mid-summer schedule in 2011 is preferred, since the focus of the trip will be the northwest US ... don't want it to be TOO cold when I'm up that way . I sure appreciate your suggestion. Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic | MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Somebody snitched on me" ... Barry Gordon ... 'Nuttin' For Christmas'

*grins* Yep, I am aware ... and had hoped to meet up with Joe, but wasn't able to make the trip over TG weekend after all . I missed seeing him last year, too: http://picasaweb.google.com/knightfan26917/DriveSouthTNAL112709112909# I've heard of that museum, though I haven't had the time to stop and visit. Hopefully next time I get to TN, sometime in 2011.... Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I shiver when I see the falling snow" ... Merle Haggard ... 'If We Make It Through December'

Jim, You are welcome. One of which I know in Indiana ... is Camp Mack in Milford IN.... Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* Chicagoland Meets, 2011? MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Yuletide carols being sung by a choir" ... Nat King Cole ... 'The Christmas Song'

Wonderful news, Dave! CONGRATULATIONS on the opening. I sure hope to get there someday...sooner, rather than later. Looks awesome!!!! Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* Chicagoland Meets, 2011? MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree" ... Elvis Presley ... 'Blue Christmas'

Absolutely GORGEOUS picture!!!! Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "No store bought gifts to open, but there'll be Christmas just the same" ... Kenny Rogers ... 'Kentucky Homemade Christmas'

...continued... SEASONAL Along Nesler Rd, near Bowes Rd, Elgin IL: Schaumburg IL: Schaumburg IL: Plato Center IL: Chicago IL, from walkway between parking garage and Northwestern Memorial Hospital: Winter storm, 2008: Winter storm, 2009: Christmas, 2009: Schaumburg IL, 2008: Schaumburg IL, 2008: Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* Chicagoland Meets, 2011? MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Maybe next year I'll give it to someone...special" ... WHAM! ... 'Last Christmas'

FUN STUFF My nephew, celebrating his 2nd birthday, 11/13/2010, eating, in his words, "Happy Cake": "Late Blue Crew", Final MidSummer Chitown Gathering, 07/24/2010: View of downtown Chicago along the beach, LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Schaumburg IL, gathering, 04/04/2009: Burnout contest in Chicago, LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Schaumburg IL, gathering, 04/04/2009: Front grills of 1970 and 1976 Monte Carlos, notice the similarities.... Back row is Johnny Lightning models; front row is Hot Wheels models: Same models in same rows, models turned around: Side view of same models...from back to front rows... ...Johnny Lightning = 6th gen mc SS (white), 6th gen mc LS (maroon) ...Johnny Lightning = 1970 MC (light/dark green), 1971 MC (red/black), 1972 MC (grayish/tannish) ...Johnny Lightning = 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix (white), 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (maroon/white), 1987 MC SS Aerocoupe (maroon), 1980s Buick Grand National (black) ...Hot Wheels = 1970 Chevelle (blue), 2000 mc Concept (red) ...Hot Wheels = 1980 MC (yellow), 1986 MC SS (black) ...Hot Wheels = 1970 MC (maroon), 1975 MC (yellow).... More models: More models ... can you name 'em? ...continued...

It's sometimes ironic what will trigger a memory. On Halloween, I went with my sister, nephew and friends to watch the kids trick or treat. One of the houses we visited was the one in which my grandparents lived during their "retirement years". Standing in front of it, I "flashed back" to scenes from Halloweens long ago of my sister, our cousins and me as kids eager to show Gram and Gramps our costumes ... and, of course, to get candy. As we walked away from the house and walked past the driveway and the telephone poll that damaged my 1981 Monte Carlo Sport Coupe, I caught a glimpse of the garage behind the house ... and almost immediately flashed back to a few "uncool" cars ... that sparked different types of memories. I have plenty of memories of/with "cool" cars, including... ...Dad's 1968 Impala... ...my parents' 1976 MC... ...our neighbor's 1972 Impala coupe and 1976 Buick Regal sedan... ...my aunt/uncle's 1970s LTD... ...my grandparents' 1972 Impala sedan... ...(and) my MCs and Caprice Classic... ...BUT here are a few with some "uncool" cars.... 1978 PLYMOUTH HORIZON hatchback sedan, FWD, orangish = Grandparents purchased new, right before they retired and moved to Elgin = replaced their "blue Chevy" (Gram's nickname for it), a 1972 Impala sedan = Somewhere, I have a pic of this car with my parents' ("my") 1976 MC that Gram took while we were all in Wichita KS one summer. 1982 CHEVETTE hatchback sedan, RWD, tan = Parents purchased used, September 1984 = replaced "my" 1976 MC...and thus, I hated this Chevette. = When I got my permit to drive, I had to drive this car [not the 1981 MC SC that I wanted to drive], if I wanted to drive at all. I soon grew to like it.... = I was a bit disappointed when they traded it in for a 1990 Corsica. 1987 CELEBRITY Eurosport sedan, FWD, silver = next door neighbor purchased used, early 1990s = replaced a light green 1976 Buick Regal sedan = I washed/waxed this car every summer. A 1998 Lumina sedan replaced it in the early 2000s. = The FWD Celebrity sedan and coupe (which replaced the RWD Malibu, ~1983) were replaced by the new FWD Wbody Lumina sedan and coupe. The Lumina sedan had 2 generations (1990-1994, 1995-1999) before the "impala" name took over, 2000-today. The Lumina coupe had one generation (1990-1994) before the "monte carlo" name landed on the FWD Wbody platform, 1995-2007. ...HONORABLE MENTION: "Blue Bandit" 1988 CELEBRITY WAGON owned by college friends. 1988 TOYOTA NOVA / Ch#$r%*et COROLLA sedan, FWD, light blue = Grandparents purchased new = replaced their 1978 Plymouth Horizon = Just about every car my grandparents had purchased were ones that my grandfather wanted. This time, Gram got to choose...and she wanted her Nova. I couldn't persuade her to buy a MC.... = I cleaned this car every year. Once, the day after I cleaned it, they were hit in a local grocer store parking lot. = We took this car to Pine-Apple Orchard in Maple Park IL a few years in a row and to Milwaukee WI one summer. = My parents bought this and kept it for a few years before it died completely. 1990 CORSICA LT hatchback sedan, FWD, malachite metallic (green/grayish) = Parents purchased new = replaced their 1982 Chevette = During our 1991 road trip to California, Oregon and Washington, we traveled through, among others, Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park, and I did MOST of the driving. At the top of the drive through Glacier National Park, it was quite foggy. Someone behind us was right on my tail the entire drive up, so I pulled over at the top to let that car by ... and then we traveled SLOWER with them leading than we had with me leading...! 1997 Corsica/malibu sedan, FWD, "old man tan" = I purchased new, late 1996, so my 1979 MC could be stored during the winters = Perhaps my fondest memory of this car was a road trip my sister and I took, headed to PA for the family reunion. Through Chicagoland, the car got an orange "dust" on it. In PA, we were stuck on the Turnpike for over an hour due to an "overhead erection"..... 3 of the cars mentioned above are in this pic: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/DSC07708r8_jpg.html'>http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/DSC07708r8_jpg.html ...1 is in this pic: http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/DSC07705r8_jpg.html What memories do you have with "uncool" cars? Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "A dead end street is just a place to turn around" ... Wynonna ... 'Rock Bottom'

...continued... SKY Sunshine! Looming clouds.... Sunset view along Burlington Rd, southeast of Burlington IL: Sunset view along Burlington Rd, near Plato Rd intersection, Burlington/Plato Center IL: Sunset view along IL ROUTE 47, Plato Center/Lily Lake IL: Sunset view along Spring St/Hopps Rd near Randall Rd, S Elgin IL: I see the moon: Moon shot, along IL ROUTE 58, Schaumburg IL: Moon shot, with flash, 5:55p, 11/12/2010, Elgin IL: Moon shot, without flash, 5:55p, 11/12/2010, Elgin IL: Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Let me get behind the wheel before I lose control" ... Barbara Mandrell ... 'Fast Lanes & Country Roads'

EARTH Abandoned house, near US ROUTE 20 at Allen's Corner Restaurant, northwest of Starks IL: Barn along Plato Rd, Plato Center IL: Along Ellithorpe Rd, Plato Center IL: N of Hampshire IL: RR tracks, Burlington Rd crossing, Burlington IL, looking E: From US ROUTE 20 bypass bridge, Elgin IL, overlooking Fox River and RR tracks, looking N: OH House Hotel, Chicago IL: View across the street from the 19th floor of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL: View of Lake Michigan from the 19th floor of NMH, Chicago IL: Reflection in the Del Webb building, Roselle Rd and I-90, Schaumburg IL: ...continued...

"Gems" to share...article and video. US ROUTE 20 BYPASS, ELGIN IL: This turned 50 years old, 11/10/2010. More changes are coming, as noted in this great article about the history of the bypass: http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/2245744-418/route-elgin-street-downtown-bypass.html I've always known it as "the bypass".... CHICAGO TELEVISION If you've watched Chicago TV in any of the last few decades, this video is for you: http://museum.tv/home-player.swf?thestream=features/ctvreel.flv It is long, but worth it to see... ...Bill Curtis ...Ron Magers ...Carol Marin ...Mark Suppelsa ...Linda Mclennan ...Floyd Kalber ...Sharon Wright ...Dan Roan ...Johnny Morris ...Mark Giangreco ...Tim Weigel ...Brant Miller ...Jim Tillman ...Harry Volkman ...Steve Deshler ...Jerry Taft ...John Coleman ...Tom Skilling ...Bozo Circus! ...Roy Leonard ...Phil Donahue ...Jack Brickhouse/Ernie Banks' 500 HR ...Harry Caray calling the 1984 NL Champion Chicago Cubs ...John Rooney (now with the STL Cardinals) calling a "White Sox Winner" ...Michael Jordan ...the Blackhawks ...The Refrigerator Perry ...Celozzi-Ettleson ...Smithe ...and MORE...! One of my favorite "splices" is near the end of the video, during the "sponsor" segment: "...for as little as...$55 million dollars" Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* Chicagoland Meets, 2011? MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Just for a moment I held you too close" ... Steve Wariner ... 'The Weekend'

Thanks, Dave. A friend sent the links to me ... and I just had to share 'em. Too good NOT to share, imho. Glad you enjoyed 'em. Sweet, Alex. I didn't know that, either. I've been known to spend a few too many hours on that site ... so many good tunes that it's hard not to just spend time listening and remembering.... Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "How can anybody be so lucky?" ... John Conlee ... 'Domestic Life'

"Over the river and through the woods", the song goes.... Except, instead of heading to grandparents' homes, I MAY take a quick Thanksgiving weekend road trip... ...Friday to Sunday, November 26-28, 2010... to see friends in Tennessee: ...Jackson ...Big Sandy ...Nashville... AND Kentucky: ...Lexington ...Louisville... ...AND places between there and northern Illinois.... If you want to meet up, please contact me... ...EM: faithcubsmc2691 @ aol.com Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic | MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's coming on Christmas" ... Robert Downey Jr ... 'River'

Wow, Neil ... that is a good piece of writing. Glad you shared it with us. Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "We all have a song that somehow touched our lives" ... Kenney Chesney ... 'I Go Back'

LOL!!!! Very cool. Much better than Christmas-time! Ahhhh....sweet. People is the main reason for my road trips, too ... life is too short to NOT meet people! WELCOME, Neil! Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Can you make these big wheels burn?" ... Ronnie Milsap ... 'Smokey Mountain Rain'

Agreed. But ... I can't imagine even thinking of a road trip as a tedious task...! Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "We believe in tomorrow, but we're stuck in today" ... Hall & Oates ... 'So Close (Yet So Far Away)'

Yikes.... Such a shame that place is gone. The place looks good in the 2007 pics. Too bad someone didn't take over and make a go of it. Reminds me of a small hotel on IL RT 64, near I-39. I don't know it's history, but for as long as I can remember, the place sat there, with a block of rooms obviously burned in a fire, and a 1978/9 Ford Thunderbird parked near one of the rooms. The rest of the place looked intact. Then, all of a sudden, sections of it went "missing"/were torn down. Not sure if any of it is left now; I haven't been out that way in about a year. I do remember, though, that the 1978/9 Ford Thunderbird was still there last time I saw it. Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "So many people have come and gone; their faces fade as the years go by" ... Boston ... 'More Than A Feeling'

Denny, That looks GOOD!! One of these days, when I head east, I will stop at David's place. Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* Chicagoland Meets, 2011? MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Put off today what you can do tomorrow, sometimes you don't do the thing" ... Diamond Rio ... 'In A Week Or 2'

Hey Jim, Have you looked into church camps at all? Sometimes, they will have cabins they rent out on a regular basis during the "off season". Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* 06/2011.RT=us66+NW USA* MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Wake me up inside" ... Evanescence ... 'Bring Me To Life'

...continued... ...WATER Chain of Rocks bridge, Rt 66, 09/06/2009: Bridgewater VA, 08/13/2010, view from walking bridge in Wildwood Park, looking towards Main St Bridge: SE of Plato Center IL, overlooking Stony Creek from Crawford Rd: NW of Burlington IL, overlooking Cook Creek from Base Line Rd: IL RT 58, overlooking creek W of Barrington Rd: ...PUMPKINS? My nephew & me, taken by my sister, 10/08/2010: Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic | MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I miss the still of the silence" ... Matt Nathanson ... 'Come On Get Higher'

OVER THE... ...ROAD N of Afton OK, Rt 66, 09/08/2009, overlooking I-44, Will Rogers Turnpike: Western OK, Rt 66, 09/10/2009, overlooking I-40: Gilberts IL, overlooking I-90 from Tyrrell Rd, E of where IL RT 72 crosses I-90: Elgin IL, overlooking US RT 20 from E-bound exit ramp to IL RT 31: ...RAILS Winslow AZ, Rt 66, 09/13/2009: Elgin IL, overlooking tracks (through Hampshire IL) from Coombs Rd, between US RT 20 & Big Timber Rd: ...continued...

...continued... REFLECTIONS ...Plato Center IL, along Russell Rd: ...my 1972 MC in my 1976 MC's driver's side front fender: ...my 1976 & 1981 MCs in my 1979 Caprice Classic's mirror: ...my 1981 & 1979 MCs in my 1979 Caprice Classic's mirror: ...barn/garage in steering wheel & trees in my 1987 MC LS/CL's mirror: ...misc in a 1979 Cadillac's trunk, back bumper, passenger's side rear fender & back window: ...John Deer tractor & a Chevy CabOver in the side of a 1929 Essex: ...1970 Buick LeSabre rear & a portion of my 1979 Caprice Classic in a 1990s Silverado's rear window: ...1970 Buick LeSabre in a 1990s Silverado's driver's side rear: ...my 1979 Caprice Classic in a 1970 Buick LeSabre's driver's side rear fender: Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* Chicagoland Meets, 2011? MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I hope life will treat you kind" ... Dolly Parton ... 'I Will Always Love You'

COLORS ...FRI, 10/08/2010, Plato Center IL, my nephew & pumpkins: ...10/2004, Golden CO: ...SUN, 08/10/2008, Baltimore MD: ...THU, 09/17/2009, NM: ...Elgin IL, Nesler Rd near Bowes Rd: ...N of Sycamore IL, along IL RT 23: ...Schaumburg IL: ...Schaumburg IL, corner of Arbor Glen & Hillcrest Blvds, W of Roselle Rd: ...W of Starks IL, along IL RT 72: ...Elgin IL, along US RT 20 at Coombs & Plank Rds: ...continued...

...continued... NIGHT ~9p, TUE, 11/27/2007, Tallahassee FL: ~8p, FRI, 09/11/2009, Moriarty NM: ~8p, MON, 09/14/2009, Kingman AZ: ~8p, MON, 09/14/2009, Kingman AZ: ~8p, MON, 09/14/2009, Kingman AZ: ~8:30p, WED, 09/16/2009, Rialto/San Bernardino CA: ~8:50p, THU, 09/17/2009, Albuquerque NM: ~8p, SAT, 11/28/2009, Nashville TN: late night, SUN, 08/08/2010, Boston MA: ~9p, TUE, 08/10/2010, Harleysville PA: Cort | 37.m.IL.pigValve.pacemaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic |* Rt 66+northwestUS, 2011? MCs.CC + CHD.models.HO.legos.RadioShows + RoadTrips.us66 = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Everybody I meet seems to have their one and only" ... BJ Thomas ... 'The Whole World's In Love When You're Lonely'