We left Little Rock after a nice breakfast of cinnamon rolls from a local bakery. I brought coffee with us, so we had some freshly brewed coffee as well.
Then we headed north. We had plenty of time, so we stopped at Cahokia along the way.
The museum was closed, but the site was open. It is amazing every time I see it.
The place Doreen found for us in Springfield was just a few short blocks from Lincoln Park, which is adjacent to the Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is where Abraham Lincoln (our greatest President) is buried.
So we walked over to the cemetery, even though we knew the tomb was closed (more later)
It is quite a thing to see:
And here is the front:
There is a brass sculpture of Lincoln's face. The nose is shiny because you are supposed to rub it for luck.
He shows great forbearance
As we were heading back to try and figure out what we were going to do for supper, we saw that a very spririted and very crowded softball game was going on in the park.
It turns out it was the Illinois House vs Senate annual game!
Which was great for us, because they had free beer and Italian beef sandwiches!
We got ours wet.
The next morning before we left, we walked down to visit Lincoln's tomb.
But first we had to stop at the Mel-O-Cream donut shop. One from Doreen's childhood (and our friend Gary's as well)
We got a small box. They were delicious.
Then on to the cemetery, where we found Roy Bertelli:
We had to wait for the tomb to open, so we had a couple of donuts there in the cemetery.
It was very impressive. Makes you wonder how the world would be different had he not been assassinated.
About five hours later we were walking on the shores of Lake Michigan.
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