Leaving Springfield today we stopped at a couple of sites.  After leaving an old gas station in Mt. Olive, about 50 miles south of Springfield El Gigante gave out.  Turns out one of the drive shafts lost bolts connecting it to the transmission.  We feared a stay until the next morning meaning we would have spent four days and not yet out of Illinois. Our luck was good it was simply a matter of all of the bolts coming out.  Not sure why but after 3 hours we were back on the road.  towing -$75; repairs $110 - could have been much worse.  We headed straight for Missouri got through St. Louis and picked up 66 again on the sw side of St. Louis.  Made it to St. Clair, MO where we stopped for the night.  Found a hamburger place, lightened up the vodka bottle and went to bed.  I developed a cough last night and think I am coming down with a cold.  

Above are the famous chili cheese fries of the Polka Dot Drive-in in Braidwood, IL.  They were horrible and I will never eat chili cheese fries again.  So far the food has been about what you would expect- greasy and in copious amounts.  But the Chili cheese fries were in a class by themselves.

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