Day 4

Abe, honest.

So today was Abraham Lincoln day. We said a sad good bye to our fantastic host from Prospect. We were then met by our hosts for the day around Hodgenville, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. We started with a visit to Hodgenville, a very typical small town, everyone knew everyone, even though they get millions of visitors each year. We were shown round The Lincoln Museum by a Rotarian, Mrs La Rue. We then when to dinner next door where we gave a little speech and heard a talk from a Ranger. He showed us some furs and skeletons of some local animals such as Beavers, Foxes and Skunks, Tes wasn't so keen.

After dinner we went to a local fudge shop and had a taster, then it was off to the Lincoln Memorial and the Lincoln family farm, at Knob (smirk) Creek, in the afternoon. We were shown round these by a very knowledgeable park ranger.

It was great to learn so much about such an iconic figure in his home town, which by all recognition hasn't changed much.

After our long day we were dropped off in Elizabethtown where we met our host for this period of our stay. Tomorrow we are off to our first vocational day so I get a bit of a break from the girls. Nice.

Tom