Thursday was a bit of a road trip day. We drove north of Greenup about 16 miles to Coles County to visit the Lincoln Log Cabin historical site. The home was built by Lincoln’s parents, but after he had moved away from home. There is reason to believe that Lincoln visited them while they lived…
Day Three: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Wednesday morning we went into Hidalgo to hang out at my uncle’s hardware store for a little while. Appropriately enough, it’s called Bob’s Hardware and is the only business in the town of 150. In the back he has a fix-it shop with items left from the previous shop owners and probably date back to…
Day Two: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
We got a bit of a late start Tuesday morning, which was further delayed by a genius branch of the county DOT. They were oiling the roads (the country version of asphalting which involved pouring a hot layer of oil on the roads and then pouring fine chipped gravel over it). After the late start…
Day One: Monday, August 18, 2008
We arrived late Sunday night to my cousin Ross’s place. He rents a roomy house about a mile from his family’s home. The house is large and comfortable — and filled with relics of the 1960s and 70s, like sparkled tile and a push button range. It was so strange to see a home with…