Next we drove to the Springfield KOA in Rochester IL.
Our first trip into town was to visit Oak Ridge Cemetery where Lincoln is buried. We saw the tomb but also viewed Spanish American and Civil War graves and some impressive war monuments.
Me in front of Lincoln's tomb
Ray near graves from the Spanish American War
The Korean War Memorial. Double click on picture to read about Chosin.
On our second trip into town we toured the Lincoln Museum. It was very well done.
This is a recreation of Lincoln lying in state.
That night, the sky rained buckets. Not only was our campsite flooded, but so was the road into Springfield.
We took a detour and saw flooded fields and goats on a trailer. (Was it too soggy underfoot for them?)
That wasn’t the only wildlife we saw during our stay. We spied a hawk in an abandoned parking lot (30 ft from our car) and a frog in my folding chair.
We deposited the frog on the grass before we sat out with cocktails.
In our final foray into town we visited the Illinois State Museum—very entertaining, especially the tornado exhibit.
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