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How often do you go on a trip in your very own backyard? For most, I’d suspect the answer is “not much”. Since my September 2009 Route 66 road trip, I’ve changed that! I snapped this picture of the Sycamore IL Speedway along IL RT 64 during an exploration venture, 10/02/2011, ~1 month before my 4th open heart surgery, 11/11/2011: