.@ILRoute66 wants your Route 66 selfies. Post shots to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram w/ #MyIL66 https://t.co/UgbYxDl4kK pic.twitter.com/cuFsKKI1LZ
— The Daily Journal (@TDJnews) May 6, 2015
The Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway is encouraging travelers to post self-portrait photos with Route 66 landmarks with the possibility for prizes.
The Selfieson66.com site provides the instructions:
Take a “selfie” at any Illinois Route 66 landmark and post it on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with the hashtag #MyIL66.
Each month, we’ll select three photos to be highlighted on our social media outlets, and the photo with the most likes/comments/shares will win an Illinois Route 66 license plate and baseball hat!
But it gets better…once per year, we’ll let voters choose from the 12 monthly winners, and the photo that gets the most likes/comments/shares will win our grand prize: A basket full of Illinois Route 66 memorabilia, gift certificates, and more!
According to the Jacksonville Journal-Courier:
“This is a fun way to engage our travelers along Illinois Route 66 and to see how innovative they get with the pictures they come up with,” said Bill Kelly, executive director of the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway. “Ultimately, the goal is to have folks spend more time at our attractions and along the road and this becomes an interactive way of doing so.”
(Image of one of the early #MyIL66 tweets)