We took our time getting started this morning as we had only 300 miles to travel to reach our destination. We planned a portion of the route off the interstates and saw a lot of corn and soy beans along the way.

We made an impromptu stop in Vandalia, IL to take a picture of the second capitol of Illinois. The town was the capital from 1819 to 1839.

Lincoln served in the legislature there from 1834-1839.

Our second stop was in Pana, IL, where my mother taught high school during WW-II.

We had a picnic in Kitchell Park. It was interesting to realize my mother undoubtedly went to picnics in this park.

We used the placemats Beth purchased a couple of days ago.

How much we become more like our parents. My parents and grandparents always packed picnic lunches for day trips.

The park has a large memorial to those local residents who died in the “Great War” and smaller plaques listing the names of those lost in later wars.

We checked into our hotel a bit before 3:00 p.m. …

… registered for the convention, greeted old friends, and took a look at the items in the raffle room.

There is a beautiful quilt being raffled separately.

We had dinner with friends from Saint Petersburg. Fortunately we missed the rain while we were in the restaurant.

These flowers were in pots along the sidewalk in Vandalia.