OUR LAND OF LINCOLN ADVENTURE .. DAY TWO!!!!

DAY TWO .. Of course we would start out the date with a delicious hot Breakfast .. for me .. Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage Links AND a Waffle with Strawberries and Reddi Whip .. Yummmmm!!!  What a way to start the day!! 

 

I've had a full Breakfast in many hotels / motels but this is the first place we have stayed that actually had REAL plates and dinnerware!!!  The coffee mugs in the rooms were even REAL!!!!!  I was impressed!!! Now I have to admit they kind of messed up this wonderful thing because the drink cups in the Breakfast Room were NOT real .. not sure why when everything else was!!  The more you get the more you want, right?????  LOL LOL LOL!!!

 

Our first stop on our agenda was the Lincoln Museum .. it didn't take Ken long to discover THE PENNY SMASHING MACHINE!!!  So he was off across the room to smash a couple of pennies for Madonna!!!!  

 

While Ken was crushing pennies the others were listening to the welcoming speech ..

 

Welcome to our museum from the Lincoln Family ...



Abe in his younger days ..



 

It's too bad we can't remember what we are told by the guides that take you  through the tour!!! 

 



 



Inside the cabin ..

Pretty dark in the cabin but you're not supposed to use your flash ...

On to the next display ...

We were told no picture taking in this part of the museum .. however, when I entered and area with no one around I quickly grabbed my camera out of the case and snapped a quick one!!! 

 

As you can no doubt tell .. the selling of slaves .. separating families .. a sad and thought provoking scene ..  

Abe working in the Berry - Lincoln store ..

 

Mary Todd Lincoln watching over their dying son ..

 

Mary Todd Lincoln in grief after the death of her son ..

 

Lincoln .. leading an important meeting ..

 

I asked a young lady who worked there what the long tasseled rope hanging there by Abe was for .. she didn't know!!  She caught up with me later and told me that she had discovered that it was to ring for the servants!!

WHOOPS .. I got caught!!  Shortly after I snapped the pic above a young guard stopped by me and very nicely informed me that we were not allowed to take pictures in that part of the museum .. I of course innocently said "oh .. I'm so sorry"!!! 

Look who we found lurking outside the "capitol" .. John Wilkes Boothe!!!! 

Across the way were two Union Officers having Tea .. or could it be Coffee????

We saw many many more displays I would love to have taken pictures of to share with you but after having been told by a Security Guard "No Pics" I thought perhaps I should play it safe and keep my camera in it's bag for the rest of our time here!!! 

For more information on The Lincoln Library and Museum click on the blue link below ...

LINCOLN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM!!!

 

I think I haven't told you yet .. in the package Shirley came up with from Travelzoo for our trip each couple got two  $25.00 vouchers for a meal at Boone's Saloon .. so of course that was our destination for lunch!!!

 

Ken, Don, Jerry, Carl, Rich and Bill on the left ... myself in the empty chair, Bev, Nancy, Sylvia, Pat and Shirley on the right side. 

Rich got a much better picture of the group on his camera and I hope to snag it one of these days to replace these pics!!! 

And we're off again ..

Union Station ..





According to Wikipedia  Springfield Union Station was originally a combined passenger terminal for several railroads serving Springfield, including the Baltimore and Ohio Raiload, Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railroad, Illinois Central Railroad and the St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway.    Now it is a museum.  At this time it is filled with memorabilia from the filming of the Stephen Spielberg movie "Lincoln".   To see a clip from the movie click on the blue link below ..

TRAILER FROM THE MOVIE "LINCOLN"

 

After leaving Union Station we headed back to the hotel for a little rest and once again got together in the hotel Cocktail Lounge for drinks and snacks and a chance to "redo" our day!!!!  I think I also have not told you that as a part of our package from Travelzoo we each got 2 vouchers for a free drink in the Lounge .. and those of us who chose to drink Soda didn't even have to use the voucher the bartender just gave them to us free!!!!  We were all pretty pooped from our day out and about so no card game on  this night .. LOL!!! 

 

This would be our last night in the hotel .. time to rest up for our last big day in Lincolnland!!!!