Springfield, IL

We arrived in Springfield Illinois kind of early in the evening, so we didn't have time to visit any of the Lincoln related sites.  We had visited several of them before, but it would have been cool to see them again if we had time.

AND, we were pretty tired.  This would be the last night of our trip and we would be leaving for home in the morning.

Still, we had time to walk around downtown a bit and just enjoy the atmosphere.

As we visited the statues of Honest Abe and his family, we could hear a cover band somewhere performing Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell".  I'm not sure if the band had any idea of the irony of playing that song in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield or not.

Walking around this historic town we both agreed that we wanted to get back soon.  Exploring the streets while the Lincoln related museums and businesses were closed was a bit frustrating.

We did notice an American Idol bus parked close to our hotel.  We found out that they were having auditions in town earlier in the day.

AND, when we got back to the hotel where we were staying, we found out that a singer named Marc Martel was performing with a large Queen tribute act right next door.

Lots of people were around before the show, and we made it back to our room by the start of the concert.  I was a bit tempted to look into getting tickets, as I do love Queen.  As I said before though, we were both exhausted.

We were actually able to hear the concert, very clearly from our room though!  It was a bit of a bonus, as we enjoyed the music from the setting of our room!