Gar's Comments

Gary.....As Terry said, the day started out at Lincoln's home and the neighborhood around it. They have restored several of the homes around it....It is pretty unreal to stand on the porch of the house across the street and imagine Abe walking down the front stairs of his home, looking at the same furniture in the same house...quite sobering.

The Lincoln Museum was full of articles, letters and personal effects of the president. It covered the deaths of three of his four children, his personal torment over the Civil War and his subsequent assassination. Again very sobering.

We had lunch at the Cozy Drive In, a Rt. 66 highlight, where the corn dog was invented. Hitting the road again, we managed to spend a majority of the drive (probably 75 of 100 miles) on the "Mother Road". It was well marked and in good shape, winding through a dozen small towns along the way. Driving our wagon down Rt.66, the exhaust pipes burbling, I was, as my friend Chris says (although sarcastically), 'living he dream'. Just as we got on the freeway for the last few miles to get to our motel it began to rain moderately and continued to do so as we crossed the Mississippi River in to Missouri.

The car is still running beautifully, much to my relief. Tomorrow will be an easy day, just driving around St. Louis.