GHAWG-- God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian-- LeoThreads Zapfic Entries 607-613

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TL;DR

● What is GHAWG?

● Zapfic Entries 607-613

    6️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ 2024-October-27 21:50:18

    6️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ 2024-October-28 22:17:33

    6️⃣0️⃣9️⃣ 2024-October-29 15:01:21

    6️⃣1️⃣0️⃣ 2024-October-30 16:13:03

    6️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ 2024-October-31 15:03:33

    6️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ 2024-November-01 17:21:30

    6️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ 2024-November-02 20:20:30

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What Is GHAWG?

#GHAWG is short for "God's Hog: A Watchful Guardian." This fictional story tells how David Guardia, a courier and business owner from Bayonne, New Jersey, US moved into the next phase of his life after spending the final ten years of his ailing father's life helping him.

More details can be found in the first post of this weekly recap.

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Zapfic Entries 607-613

6️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ 2024-October-27 21:50:18

Lexington was the town right after Towanda. On one hand, it offered a Route 66 roadside attraction in the form of an original stretch of the iconic road. On the other hand, this was reserved for pedestrians and bicyclists. Sigh.

https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-759wzu3t

🏍️ This travel entry shows the regret everyone in Felix Legion has at not being able to take time to observe and enjoy the roadside attractions on this particular day. The goal is to reach Chicago, and the eastern terminus of Route 66, by the end of the day.

6️⃣0️⃣8️⃣ 2024-October-28 22:17:33

Less than 8 miles NE of Lexington was Chenoa. Part of Route 66 ran through Chenoa from 1921 through 1944. Fragments of Route 66 can be found at the intersection of Route 66 & US 24. Fetch & Stretch Dog Park can be found here.

https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-a55zhbt6

🏍️ This travel entry shows how fluid road system are, especially in the first part of the 20th Century when automobiles were begining to dominate the society and the culture. Just as towns come into existence for a particular reason only to disappear or simply die, it's the same with roads.

6️⃣0️⃣9️⃣ 2024-October-29 15:01:21

On reaching Chenoa, we were 111 miles away from Chicago. 10 miles north & east was Pontiac, only this one had no Silverdome for a major league sports team. Just as good: The Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum. Perhaps another day.

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🏍️ The Pontiac Silverdome is the home stadium for the Detroit (Micgigan) Lions of the National Football League. This is the Pontiac which came to my mind first when I noticed the name on the digital maps.

6️⃣1️⃣0️⃣ 2024-October-30 16:13:03

Before reaching Odell, we rode past Cayuga. A short distance later Old Route 66 paralelled Interstate 55. Odell offers riders two attractions: the 1932 Standard Oil Gas Station and the Odell Pedestrian Tunnel beneath the road.

https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-2erqlvmvb

🏍️ The closer Felin Legion gets to Chicago, the more tourist attractions it will bypass in favor of ending the ride along Route 66 on this day.

6️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ 2024-October-31 15:03:33

For the remainder of our ride on Old Route 66, Interstate 55 would be known as the Barack Obama Presidential Expressway. That may be grandiose for a road name, but Chicago's Favorite Son was the 44th President of the United States.

https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-2a7eupxas

🏍️ Although Barack Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, he made his home in Chicago later in life. When he was named to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate, he was an Illinois state senator. He went on to serve two consecutive terms as the 44th President of the United States.

6️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ 2024-November-01 17:21:30

After Odell was Dwight, known for Ambler’s Texaco Station (also known as the Ambler/Becker Station). After Dwight was Gardner, known for The Streetcar Diner, made from a repurposed 20th century Kankakee horse-drawn streetcar.

https://inleo.io/threads/view/magnacarta/re-magnacarta-2vyqc2q7z

🏍️ These are yet more tourist attractions to be missed by Felix Legion. These won't be the last to be bypassed.

6️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ 2024-November-02 20:20:30

At Braidwood we stopped for a bit at the Polk-A-Dot Drive-In, a family-owned restaurant in business since 1956. We had fun with life-size figures of Superman, The Blues Brothers, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, & Betty Boop.

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🏍️ Even Felix Legion needs to refuel with both gas and food. This time it was for food. Since the ride was paused, Felix Legion had a rare (for the day) opportunity to play tourist.

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Story Arc So Far

Felix Legion is riding from Springfield to Chicago in one dayto reach the eastern terminus of the iconic Route 66 in Chicago. Felix Legion will be have a longer than usual ride, and everyone in the crew senses a change in the look and feel of the ride they had been making since leaving Santa Monica in Los Angeles, California, US almost 3 weeks earlier (in GHAWG time).

NOW AVAILABLE! -- GHAWG, Uninterrupted for those who want to binge-read the daily zapfic serial one Act (or Interlude) at a time. Act 7 is in progress, so GHAWG-U proceeds through Interlude 3.

ALSO AVAILABLE! -- The GHAWG Diaries for those who want to witness the formation of The GHAWG Universe and how it's taking place. Published on Mondays when there is no GHAWG, Uninterrupted post (or, for that matter, any other post).

PLUS! -- GHAWG Behind the Scenes to see how elements of The GHAWG Universe take shape, from graphics to spreadsheets and other research. Included is a subseries called "Fun with Maps" showing the interesting things I find as I map out the David Guardia's ride. "Fun with Maps" is at South Bend, Indiana, US.

Catch the latest zapfic entries for GHAWG at LeoThreads. Get caught up with GHAWG with these weekly summaries at InLeo.

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GHAWG Navigation

To find other weekly summary posts such as this one-- or to read the serial without annotated commentary-- use the post GHAWGnav: Navigating The GHAWG Universe.

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