This is Dave posing with the Lincoln family! I tried to upload a google map of all the places we have been, but my creativity exceeds my tech ability. If anyone reading has any tips - by all means send them along. It's really quite fun to look at it on the map!
We spent a week at the Colorado Christian Writer's conference in Denver where Dave got a fresh infusion of enthusiasm for his book! We planned to go to Ft. Collins on our way North and East, but on the day we were supposed to depart, we awoke to snow! Moments later my sister, Val called to inform us that the news was reporting a swine flu outbreak in Ft. Collins. Plan B.
Plan B took us straight to Lincoln, Nebraska to spend the night and have dinner with my other sister, Heather. She gave us a tour of the Haymarket area and we all agreed that it is like a miniature version of Denver. Lots of old red brick buildings, great little bistros, galleries featuring up and coming artists and a farmer's market on Saturday during the warm months. The down side? The FREEEEEEEZING winters!
After Lincoln, a short journey to Council Bluffs, Iowa to have some repairs done on the RV - the super wiz-bang leveling system seems to have some glitches that result in a noticeable un-leveling in the middle of the night...not so bad when the feet go lower, but a bit of a rush when you spend the night with your head lower than your feet -weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
We dropped the RV off in Council Bluffs and drove over to Omaha, NE to bike around the old town. We rolled ten feet before my brake pads fell off my bike! We were directed to a (the only) bike repair shop in the area. I rode up the hills and walked down them until we arrived (13 blocks later) at the repair shop. The owner/manager was so very nice to us, taught us a few things we needed to know about repairing bike on the fly. He had a rack and some other equipment that we had been unable to locate prior to finding his tiny shop. All is well that ends well!
From Council Bluffs we headed to Springfield, Indiana - Abraham Lincoln's hometown. Dave is an avid history buff and has read four books, and countless other documents about Lincoln. We biked around the lake the first evening and did all things Lincoln the next day.
The photo above was taken inside the new Abraham Lincoln museum. The museum has an amazing holographic presentation on the history of Lincoln. The presentation itself was very good, but the hologram delivery left us discussing where the line really was between the tangible and the hologram.
If you ever find yourself in Springfield, Indiana stop by the museum - it's well worth the visit!
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