Day 3 On the River
Flatboat at Evansville at sunset on Wednesday
Today is our third day of life on the river! We've so enjoyed meeting the hundreds of people who have come to see us at each of our stops. We began in Rockport, Ind., and traveled to Owensboro, Ky. on our first day. Yesterday we arrived in Evansville, Ind., and this morning their mayor joined us for a send off ceremony at Dress Plaza. Abraham Lincoln himself made an apperance too! Several hundred school children also visited the boat and attended the ceremony. This afternoon we arrived in our fourth town, Henderson, Ky. We had a steady crowd all afternoon of folks who came to see the boat and learn more about Abraham Lincoln. After a hectic day, it's so peaceful to look at this photo of the boat at sunset and think back to the sunsets Lincoln himself would have witnessed on his own 1828 flatboat journey. Tomorrow we depart at 7 a.m. en route to Mt. Vernon, Ind., where they are hosting a two-day River Days festival in honor of our arrival.
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