Catching up a bit on our travels, on Sunday, we rode to Pittsburgh where we stayed at the Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station. We have stayed there several times when making east-west trips. We rode up through New Stanton, PA where we will be staying when we go to the US Open golf tournament being played at Oakmont in June. On Monday morning we had breakfast at DeLuca's Restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh. We met up with Devin and caught up on goings on since last year when we passed through.
We then got an early start on the trip to Cincinnati to visit Jane and David. We had a nice visit. Jane as usual came up with something unique for a meal and the Fried Green Tomato sandwiches were great. Sharing stories and laughs took up the remainder of the visit.
On Tuesday morning we headed to Springfield where we got in an afternoon tour of the State Capitol (our 27th).
The Capitol building (including flag) allows them to lay claim to the tallest Capitol building in the country.
This is a balcony view of the Senate chambers where then Senator Barack Obama served the state of Illinois.
Below are two portraits of Lincoln and Douglas that hang in the House Chambers. Completed in 1869 by artist Aaron Darling they have been hanging in the current state house since 1877.
Tomorrow, we will be spending the day visiting other President Lincoln related sites.
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