More pictures from Tuesday in Illinois

We continued along through various towns, enjoying the lack of traffic as even the locals seem to favour the interstates over Route 66. We’re really enjoying watching spring unfold as we travel south. Today we saw tulips trees, daffodils and red bud in bloom, along with crab trees and the greening of willows. By the time we stopped for the night we’d seen already manicured lawns.

We stopped in Lincoln trying to find a quilt shop. The address was an empty store. There was a quilt shop across the street but wouldn’t you know it, it was closed on Tuesdays. Oh well, I’m sure there will be more shops along the way. Lincoln hasn’t fared as well as Pontiac with a lot of empty businesses. The courthouse was quite spectacular – the dome was beautiful. We even saw a couple of prisoners being brought in the back door. The facades of the buildings were interesting even if they didn’t have active businesses in them. We really like how many small American towns are set up with a centre square around a town hall or courthouse with streets branching off all around.