Finally, the Bluesmobile day! We started the day with a nice walk through the Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve and cooled our feet in the ice-cold water of Lake Michigan at Lake Forest.
Then we moved on to W Talcott Rd/S Cumberland Ave, where Jake and Elwood were pulled over by Rollers. There’s still a petrol station there, and when we arrived Brian M. Scanlon was already there waiting for us in his Bluesmobile. He took us for a nice tour to some filming locations here, including the red light cross, the police stop at Gillick St and the car chase through Courtland Ave and Talcott Rd. I was as happy as Jake with four fried chickens and coke – a dream came true. Thank you so much Mr. Scanlon! Hint: you can book him for a tour!
We spent the rest of the day driving through the area around Mt Prospect, ended up in the Woodfield Mall and walked a bit through the Ned Brown Preserve.
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The Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve North Branch Chicago River Nice lakes… …with turtles. Lake Michigan – coooold water Lake Forest beach Lake Michigan W Talcott Rd/S Cumberland Ave That’s where the Police waited Brians’s Bluesmobile Nelson Funeral is still there The Bluesmobile in action Shit. What? Rollers! No! Yeah! Shit!! A Dodge Monaco Gillick St, the house is still the same Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don’t fail me now. Details More Details Sam And Dave! Even more details Lot of space in this car Details 1976/1974 Dogde Monaco Front view Inside Backside Driving It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s an old Mount Prospect police car. They were practically giving them away. Cruising through historic land Woodfield Mall entrance Paul Blart: Mall Cop – I couldn’t believe they really exist Woodfield Mall Ned Brown Preserve Ned Brown Preserve