It was a little off the interstate, about 13 miles. Ladybug studied him in school last year and already knew that he was the 16th president and about his tall hat etc. So it was a perfect stop to make.
Grandpa Lincoln?
Make me laugh!
Sample log cabin home. The had a full visitor center with at least three state workers. A movie room where they showed about a 15 minute movie about his life, a gift store and guided tours of the property.
We just took off on our own. It was a beautiful walk to what we though was his house.
This is actually it. This building houses his house. And the building is under renovation so we couldn't even look in.
But the kids had fun walking the steps.
Impromptu photo shoot.
They had another little store on the property and three more log cabins. You could actually rent the log cabins for the night and stay in them for a more real experience.
The kids found this chair. Batman sat down and it collapsed. lol. Then Ladybug had to show him how to do it and the foot stool collapsed.
Then they finally got it.
I also purchased a DVD (since it was state run, I wanted to support them) titled "National Parks for Kids". It states.. it is over 2 hours of video in a fun interactive format that kids of all ages will enjoy. Explore and learn about 90 national parks, monuments and historic sites plus famous events from our nation's past.
I have not watched it yet. I am just afraid that I will get a wild hair to start planning road trips to visit all the suggested attractions. But wouldn't that make a very cool scrapbook!
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