Road Trip ... and a little time on the Prairie ...

Visiting our oldest daughter and her husband in Champaign, IL.  I was able to leave Sunday early and get to Champaign just after lunch.  We went out to eat and later visited her community organic garden plot.  Her Mammaw would be proud!

Today I went out to the Museum of the Grand Prairie at Mahomet, IL.  

http://www.museumofthegrandprairie.org/

A great little museum ... lots of great machinery from the late 1800's and a great exhibit about Abraham Lincoln while he lived and worked as an attorney near Champaign.  Ate lunch with Rachel and Kyle.  Toured the southern part of the county and Homer Lake after lunch.  Later, Rachel and I took a walk on the restored prairie preserve.  Lots of flowers ... especially coneflowers, black-eyed susans, bluestems and much more.

Old beekeeping equipment in the museum ...

A replica of a blacksmith shop ...  I liked all the horseshoes ... much like a shoe store!

A couple of pictures from the restored prairie ...