Hello from Wichita, Kansas. This has been a week filled with travel. In fact we covered 1200 miles as we worked our way from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, to Kansas. This week was filled with seeing parts of the heartland of America, spending time learning about Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, and visiting with family and friends in Lake Stockton, Missouri and Wichita, Kansas.
On Sunday we left Marquette, Michigan, driving back to Green Bay, Wisconsin, then down to Madison where we spent the night at a KOA. We left early Monday morning and drove to Springfield, Illinois.
Lots of corn fields along the way.
Soybean fields
The view out of our front window at the Double J RV resort in Springfield.
Corn fields surround the RV Park.
The capitol building of Illinois at Springfield.
Springfield loves their favorite son, Abraham Lincoln. This was our chance to pay homage to the man who held our nation together during the Civil War. Our first stop was his tomb. It is beautifully done and we learned that it is the second most visited tomb in the United States. The first is George Washington's at Mt. Vernon.
Lincoln stands in front of the obelisk with the Emancipation Proclamation in his outstretched hand.
Gutzon Borglum sculpted this head of Abraham Lincoln. Borglum is remembered as the visionary behind Mt. Rushmore. It is considered good luck to touch the nose of Lincoln.
Four bronzes around the base of the obelisk represent the four segments of the military that served under Lincoln during the war.
President Lincoln's burial site.
Mary Lincoln and three of their four sons are buried here.
The fourth son is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
On Tuesday morning we visited the Lincoln Museum, the law offices when he practiced in Springfield and his home (the only one he ever owned).
Mary and Abraham Lincoln with three of their four sons, as Lincoln assumed his duties as the 16th President of the United States. One son died in Springfield before Lincoln became president. The models seemed so realistic.
John Wilkes Boothe
Generals McClellan and Grant in front of the White House
The Museum sits across from the Library.
The Old State Capitol
Lincoln served as an Illinois representative here.
Mary and Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield.
They lived in this house for seventeen years.
The Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices
On Wednesday morning we left for Lake Stockton, Missouri, where we stayed for two nights with Roger's cousin, Kathryn and Mary. It is always so much fun, because they have great friends (hello Marcia and Jan) and live on a property with lots of acreage for Bear.
We have been east of the Mississippi River for six months, traveling over 10,000 miles in the Unity. We now head west to Colorado. Thank you avid blog readers for checking in with us. We really do appreciate your interest in this pictorial blog of our journey.
Getting ready to cross the Mississippi River
The Mighty Mississippi
Along the way, the mileage on the odometer of the Unity rolled to 10,000 miles.
Jefferson City is the capital of Missouri
We arrived at Lake Stockton to find Kathryn's brother, Kelly. What fun the three cousins had catching up with each other.
Roger, Kathryn an Kelly
The three spent lots of time together as children.
Kathryn and Mary have adopted Jasper.
Bear had lots of fun!
Their hospitality was wonderful!
Saturday was our trip from Lake Stockton to Wichita, Kansas. Along the way we stopped in Parsons to see Roger's beloved Uncle Jud.
The Kansas welcome sign
Roger and Uncle Jud
We have been east of the Mississippi River for six months, traveling over 10,000 miles in the Unity. We now head west to Colorado. Thank you avid blog readers for checking in with us. We really do appreciate your interest in this pictorial blog of our journey.
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