We had planned on sleeping in and leaving Chicago. However, we were all awake and up, so we ended up leaving around nine o'clock. We had a nice drive through the city on the way to the interstate. Because it was Sunday morning, the streets were really calm. We saw a street that had just been "blown up" for the Transformers movie and a costume rack for the movie. Elizabeth really enjoyed seeing that....and bragging to her brothers that she had seen it. While Elizabeth is not a Transformers fan, she is interested in and likes seeing/hearing about how any movie is made.
Our drive was good and we enjoyed the all the green trees as we were driving. We drove to Springfield, Illinois, where we planned on seeing some of the Lincoln sites. Lorie was still feeling ill, so she lay in the back seat and slept until we got to Springfield. When we arrived there, Lorie said that she felt like she could go see a couple of things. We went right to the Lincoln visitor center and saw an overview film of Lincoln's life. We then had tickets for the tour of Lincoln's Springfield home. This is the only home that Lincoln ever owned. It was fascinating to see it and listen to all the history that had taken place there. The four blocks surrounding the home are owned by the government and are a National Park. They are in the process of restoring the homes to the way they looked when Lincoln lived there. We walked down the block and read the plaques about the people who used to live there during Lincoln's time.
Next, we visited the Lincoln gravesite. It is very impressive. I had seen it before, but Lorie and Elizabeth had not. Lorie was still not feeling well, so we did not spend much time there.
We went to our hotel and enjoyed resting for the evening.
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