May 31
IL to WI – Loved Savanna, IL
SPRING GREEN, WI — Once again Jan drove most of the way from Geneseo, IL to Spring Green, WI. Apparently, she trusts my navigation skills more than my driving. Fair assessment.
It was a perfect Spring day. Temps in the 70s, partly cloudy, and most of our drive was along lazy 2-lane highways through small towns along the Mississippi. Loved it.
Wally — Galena was good. Savanna was superb. Check it out.
Some photos . . .
May 25
SPRINGFIELD, IL — We toured the Lincoln Museum Thursday morning. The tour started in a replica of Lincoln’s Indiana log cabin and ended with his assassination. Historical actors, dioramas, and various other exhibits were used to document his life. Very interesting.
My takeaway: one of Lincoln’s dogs was name Fido.
Lincoln’s Indiana Home
Lincoln Cabinet Diorama
May 25
May – June – Part of July
May 24
Whittington Woods Campground
So we pulled into the campground this afternoon and off to the side were a bunch (flock? gaggle?) of chickens.
A campground first. Very cool. The owners even offered us some free eggs.
After settling in, we decided to introduce Flirt to the chickens who were right outside our RV door (turn up your volume) . . .
May 22
Nolin Lake State Park, KY
Nolin Lake State Park, KY — We’re here two days and love it. This park reminds us of the days we camped in Wisconsin state parks . . . quiet, lots of space, lots of birds, and quiet. Our campsite is surrounded by Lake Nolin. We’re just a few feet away from the lake. Love it.
From our experience, state parks are pretty vacant on weekdays — and that’s when we’re here. Just us and a few other folks. That’s it.
We even feel nostalgic about the state park “facilities” (bathroom & showers).
The Facilities
IN OTHER NEWS . . .
Billboard Awards in Las Vegas
We watched the Billboard Music Awards on TV last night. We were pleasantly surprised to see BTS, a KPOP boy band, beat Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, and Shawn Mendez for a Billboard Music Award — a first for a KPOP group.
BTS’s fans, called the ARMY, racked up about 300 million social media votes which ended up to be about 75% of all the votes. Yikes.
Here’s a video of the award. Listen to the fans when the hosts mention “BTS” . . .
