Kit and Carol on the Road

We left our state park campsite in the morning-- only 2 other campsites in use. In the afternoon we ended up in our state historical site campground with campers cheek to jowl -- mostly families. We were lucky to get a spot. We had arrived at Lincolns New Salem State Historical Park. Turns out this is the yearly weekend they are open in the evening-- by candlelight. So we did 2 rounds -- in the quiet afternoon when we had time to stroll and talk to interpreters-- and after dark when all the buildings were open and we joined the thousands. ( mostly young families) Quite an experience. We did miss the 400 school kids in the morning.
New Salem was the village where Lincoln lived in the 1830's. Village was empty by 1840 as everyone moved on
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