Feeling refreshed we continued our journey of understanding the young Lincoln at Knob Creek Farm. This was the location of Abe’s first memories, when his father was fighting a legal battle to reclaim Sinking Creek Farm, where Thomas and Nancy took a bold stand against slavery, and where young Austin Gollagher rescued his friend Abe from certain death in a swollen creek. Inside the Gollagher cabin which stands where the Lincoln cabin existed in the 1810s we had a fascinating discussion with a ranger well versed in Lincoln and his background. Then we walked around the Lincoln Inn, a historic structure built to provide hospitality to tourists paying homage to our 16th President, and paused for a while looking out at the field where Abe remembered helping his father plant corn and pumpkins. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP has endeavored to maintain the view as Lincoln knew it in his early years.
Aboard the Norwegian Jewel we’ve made stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Georgetown, Grand Cayman to explore beyond our previous experiences here. Soon we’ll be making our way to ports we’ve not yet explored in the Southern Caribbean.
What a treat to pause for a BBQ lunch with the locals at Pearl Country Store and Barbecue on US-441 in Micanopy, Florida. It’s a taste of the Florida we remeber from our youth.
By deliberate choice we were in Medina for all the winter holiday festivities from Candlelight Walk in the days before Thanksgiving through A Christmas Carol and A Celtic Christmas as well as an Alex Bevan Concert and a historic house tour all the way through Medina’s 31st Ice Festival but perhaps the highlight was the town hosting hundreds of folks whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Helene at the A Promise of Christmas Event the middle of January. It’s an honor to be a part of this amazing community!
Feeling refreshed we continued our journey of understanding the young Lincoln at Knob Creek Farm. This was the location of Abe’s first memories, when his father was fighting a legal battle to reclaim Sinking Creek Farm, where Thomas and Nancy took a bold stand against slavery, and where young Austin Gollagher rescued his friend Abe from certain death in a swollen creek. Inside the Gollagher cabin which stands where the Lincoln cabin existed in the 1810s we had a fascinating discussion with a ranger well versed in Lincoln and his background. Then we walked around the Lincoln Inn, a historic structure built to provide hospitality to tourists paying homage to our 16th President, and paused for a while looking out at the field where Abe remembered helping his father plant corn and pumpkins. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP has endeavored to maintain the view as Lincoln knew it in his early years.
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