Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Oh Captain! My Captain!


We spent the early part of the day in Springfield, IL visiting the Lincoln Library, the Old State House, and the Lincoln Tomb. The Old State House was more interesting to us than the Museum. It is associated with 3 Presidents. From there Lincoln ran his campaign, General Grant recruited men for the Union and Obama launched his campaign. Since the Library is strictly for research and the occasional exhibit, we just stepped inside for a look. The Tomb was a more in depth experience. The interior was expanded c1930 in the art deco style to encompass the original reception rotunda and the crypt. It was filled with replicas of Lincoln statuary, dressed in marble, and held all the family except Robert who is interred at Arlington.


From Springfield we drove toward St. Louis crossing the mighty Mississippi River and the impressive Missouri River. It was a gray day but a bit warmer. We stopped for lunch at Brewski's Beer Garden and an oil change in Warrenton, MO. We arrived in Kansas City about 7pm with our trip odometer reading 1500 miles plus. After a couple of drinks on the hotel house, we headed to the Country Club Plaza for dinner. We had wonderful smoked ribs at Jack's Smoke House. The waitress had some jazz club recommendations for tomorrow night.