November 25, 2009

• Was President Lincoln Ok?

  And now, the exciting conclusion of my trip to Sprungfeld……….I mean Seinfeld…………..I mean, Springfield, yeah that’s it, Springfield! We got up about 7:30 and headed downstairs for breakfast. The restaurant was nearly empty. Nearly empty………..remember that annoying fucker from the hotel bar? Well he was there for breakfast, although not sitting near us. As I’ve learned over the years, an empty restaurant usually equals slow service for some reason. And this place was no exception to that rule. We seemed to wait a while for our waitress to take our order. And after my first cup of coffee, I couldn’t get her to come over to give me a refill. I had waited so long that I got up and walked over to the booth in front of the annoying fucker and poured a cup of coffee from a coffee pot on the table. And she saw me do this and said or did nothing. I think she got the hint though, because about 10 minutes later she offered me more coffee.

  After breakfast I showered and we checked out and headed to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Just about as soon as we got there, an older man came up to us and tried to sell us a membership. He mentioned something about time traveling and I asked him if the membership could allow us to travel through time. Although Don caught the joke, the guy was clueless as to what I was talking about. In fact, he questioned me about what I was talking about. He was a nice man, just probably not the sharpest tool in the shed. Don did buy a membership though, as he wants to take his son there sometime.

  As for the museum itself, check out their website:

  http://www.alplm.com/home.html

  This really was amazing, there was a lot of cool stuff in there. If you live anywhere within a reasonable driving distance of Springfield, I would highly recommend it. Let me show you a few pics:

  
  This is the Lincoln family. They have been forced to stand there without moving or breathing since the museum opened. And I don’t even think they get paid for it! Behind them is a replica of the White House

  After the museum, we walked outside to discover that it was fucking pouring out! We waited the rain out for about 20 minutes or so, long enough for it to turn into a heavy drizzle. We walked over to the old state capital building which was very old and very cool.

  
  Inside this room right here underneath the giant portrait of George Washington is where Lincoln’s body lay in its coffin for a 24 hour viewing before he was buried.

  After grabbing lunch at a place called the Feed Store, we went to Lincoln’s tomb. This was the second time I had been there, it is a very humbling experience to say the least. I’ve heard a lot of people debate why the civil war was fought and if Lincoln was truly anti-slavery. But, the fact remains that he did free the slaves and in my opinion, he is the greatest American who ever lived. I can’t help but be a little somber when I’m in his tomb.

  We came home after the tomb. Before I forget, let me post a couple of pics of me sitting at the governor’s desk.

  
  This first pic is me in the real office of the governor. When Blago was in office he had a sperate room for his hair.

  

  Here is the ceremonial desk. Personally, I think it might be nicer than the real one. Then again if this is the one that everybody sees, well then maybe it should be nicer.

  On the way home, I got a chance to use Don’s GPS. Have you ever used one of these things? They are amazing, we ran into some heavy traffic on the way home and were able to use it to find a detour around the traffic, it probably saved us 20 minutes! I think I’m gonna have to buy one……………..if only it could detect cops so I could avoid tickets!

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