We crossed Indiana and half of Illinois today to visit the Abraham Lincoln Museum and Presidential Library. We saw license plates from Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, Maine, Ohio, Missouri, Massachusetts, Iowa, Florida, Minnesota, Washington, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, California, Maryland, Georgia, West Virginia, Quebec, and Ontario, slightly fewer than yesterday. This…
Because we wanted to get to Fort Recovery in Western Ohio, today was one of our longest driving days, although it was still far from grueling. Along the way, we spotted license plates from New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Indiana, Tennesee, Maine, Texas, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia, Connecticut, Kansas,…
The crowds and lack of fireworks over the falls were a disappointment at Niagara Falls, but the ride on Maid of the Mist was everything we expected. Robert said it almost made him giddy to be in the midst of the mist. Akalena spends about half her life being giddy. She spent much of the…
We left the easternmost point of our long research trip in a driving rain that let up enough, as we approached Hubbardton, to allow us to tour the battlefield there, where the rear guard of St. Clair’s retreating army delayed the British and Germans long enough for the main army to escape to fight again….
