So this is the route we took on this long vacation! Southern route on the way out there, and the north on the way back home. Total miles driven on the trip: 5,046.
This is the front side of the Ohio State Capitol that I missed when we were here a couple years ago. Statue of President William McKinley.Flags out for 9/11
President Ulysses Grant, our 18th president, from 1869-1877, lived in this house with his wife Julia after he retired from the army (before the Civil War). He lived here before and after the war. After he left the presidency, he lived in New York City.The house is open for public tours, but we were there early and it was not open yet.Belvedere Mansion, built in 1857, considered the finest mansion in Galena. (Nothing to do with Grant, but it is significant to Galena IL).
The movie was filmed here in 1988 and released in 1989. It won 7 Oscars. Like Dances With Wolves, Field of Dreams starred Kevin Costner.If you build it, he will come….So here I am!Doing my Tom Seaver imitation.Running the bases.And he scores!
