Route 66 – Day 1 & 2 : to Eau Claire, WI

It’s been a long while since I wrote anything but we have a good reason to send in another update. Jonathan and I have started out on a very special road trip. To celebrate his graduation for High School, we aim to fulfill an old dream (ever since he saw “Cars – the movie” as a kid) of Jonathan : To drive Route 66. And not only that, we’ll drive it in our imported, 17 year old Volvo C70.

These first 2 days – to be honest – have been rather boring. But that’s ok, we’re not ON route 66 yet. We are driving towards the start of the road, in Chicago. This means we have now driven about 2150km through Central Canada and the US. From Alberta through South Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota and now Wisconsin. Not the most beautiful drive, but it’s necessary, and also best to do this at the start.

It made me think of the words “Magnificient Desolation”, spoken about the moon by I think Buzz Aldrin, but in a lesser way those apply to the plains too.

Tomorrow we’ll head for Chicago and the start of Route 66, and the real work will start!