Now that's quite the trifecta of individuals but all were featured this past weekend. My Roaming Buddy Scott and I headed west to Springfield, Illinois this past Saturday for a Willie Nelson Concert - stopping first in Terre Haute for a brief albeit satisfying visit (and hand-off of a half pan of oatmeal crunch bars) with son Sam and his girlfiend Jenna, we then headed north to eventually westward ho on 36...
We managed to find a few gems along the way. One of our first stops was in Dana Indiana, the boyhood home of Ernie Pyle. He was the journalist who made World War II more personal and heartrending by writing about the guys actually fighting the war. The Ernie Pyle State Historic Site located on Dana's main street has a great little museum in a Quonset hut, which sits next to Pyle's boyhood home. The museum displays include some of Pyle's personal belongings (like his Purple Heart, awarded posthumously) and some stuff that was in his pockets the day he was killed by sniper fire.
West again on 36 - lunch in an inexpensive but really good Chinese buffet (i'll insert the name and location in here later on) and finally to Springfield. Got a room on the 28th floor of a 28 floor hotel! right downtown by the convention center.
The concert started right on time - 78 year old Willie Nelson played and sang the familiar tunes non-stop until 9 pm...when he simply walked over, propped his guitar Trigger against the drum stand, put his hat on, smiled, waved and walked off. Simply 90 minutes of Willie Nelson and his band, playing amazing music!
Next day? some Abraham Lincoln visitation - including a few pictures of his Springfield Home (which I visited years ago when in 8th grade) and his Tomb.
And then home we went, EAST on 36! I'll attach some pictures later on....
a Fun weekend...thanks RB Scott!
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