General Patton and Abraham Lincoln

We decided to leave the Horseshoe Casino on Saturday. They put on summer concerts there on the weekends. Friday the parking lot really filled up and we sat outside and listened to The Steve Miller Band. That was pretty good, however, most of the people there in motorhomes don't know how to boondock and ran their generators all night long!! Saturdays concert was a band called "The Killers" so we decided to get out of dodge.

We traveled into Kentucky and stopped at the welcome center. We learned we were not far from the Patton Museum and the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, so we decided to do a short detour off the main road to see both.

The Patton Museum was a free museum with many many tanks. Since my brother spent time in the army and drove these tanks, I took quite a few pictures. Hopefully, I did get a picture of the one you drove, Doug.

It was a very interesting museum, we spent over 2 hours walking through it. We drove by Fort Knox to get there. Here is a picture...think there is any gold left???

We also took a side trip to Lincoln's Birthplace. This is the log cabin, on a knoll up from Sinking Spring. The family lived here until Abe was about 6 before moving to Illinois.

Look Familiar? The monument in Washington DC was modeled after this one. There are 56 steps, one for every year of his life. Inside the monument is a replica of the log cabin.

We arrived here at the Moutadier Corps of Engineer park. We have a real nice site, with electric and water. Will post some pictures at a later date.