October 13-20,2015

After leaving the Amboy Cottage Cafe, we drove to the Amana, IA campground, and the next morning we enjoyed pancakes at the Ronneburg Restaurant.   About 10:30 we left Amana and drove to Springfield, IL where we arrived about 3:30.   We stayed 3 days, and revisited the Lincoln sights.   Our first stop was at the Train Station from which Lincoln left Springfield for Washington.   We also visited the Visitor's Center of the Lincoln home, and since it was such a pretty day we walked the 4 historical blocks of his neighborhood.  

Wow!  The next day the temp never got out of the 50's, and there was a brisk wind.   Luckily we had planned to spend the day visiting the Lincoln Presidential Museum.   After a late lunch, we went across the street to see the movie sets and costumes used in Steven Spielburg's award winning movie, Lincoln.

On Saturday we left Springfield, IL and drove to Calvert City, KY where we stayed one night.   On Sunday we drove to Nashville, TN.   It was a short drive, and we arrived about 1:00 p.m.   On Monday we stopped at the Willie Nelson and Friends Museum and Country Store.   It was a very interesting museum and had some of Willie's furniture, his awards, and stage costumes of many of his friends (Patsy Cline, Webb Pierce, and Loretta Lynn just to name a few.   He appeared in several movies, and they showed them in the museum as well.    We then drove downtown and spent several hours at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.  Awesome!

Tuesday we explored Fort Negley, a Civil War Fort that the Union used to defend their interests in Nashville.  Also visited the Opry Hills Shopping Center.