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mattoon

photography, rural Illinois, travel boat, illinois, lake, mattoon

DAY ONE: August 22, 2010

August 26, 2010

On Sunday, we dropped off our entries for the fair and then went to lovely party hosted by Cyndi, Jim, my mom and Gail.  Then Monday, we drove up to Lake Mattoon for a few hours to see Josh’s family cabin.  We got a nice ride on their pontoon boat too.  Beautiful lake. Then Ross’s…

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photography, rural Illinois, travel charleston, cumberland county, fair, greenup, mattoon, pagaent, rural, theatre

Day Four: Thursday, August 21, 2008

August 26, 2008

Thursday was a bit of a road trip day. We drove north of Greenup about 16 miles to Coles County to visit the Lincoln Log Cabin historical site. The home was built by Lincoln’s parents, but after he had moved away from home. There is reason to believe that Lincoln visited them while they lived…

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