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