May 26, 2008

May 26, 2008

When we awoke this morning, cleanup crews were already out policing the Indy 500 grass lots. I should have spent the night collecting the millions of aluminum beer cans strewn about the grounds. It would have bought a lot of gas.

From Indianapolis, we continued our journey west along the old National Road route to its terminus at Vandalia, IL. Vandalia was Illinois’ second capital from 1819-1839. We gave ourselves a tour of the restored capital building where Lincoln served as an Illinois legislator. After this briefest of stops we were on our way to Alton, IL (actually Godfrey) where my parents live. Aimee and I are both getting a little testy and we need a short break from our togetherness before we head out to the northeast.