THE NINA AND THE PINTA!

On Sunday of Labor Day weekend, Rob, the kids, Grandma and I drove to Grafton, IL (about 2 hours southwest of Springfield on the Illinois River) to see the Nina and the Pinta replica ships. They were smaller than we thought they would be, but we got to walk on them and see what it was like for Christopher Columbus and his crew. We kept saying how amazing it was that they actually made the voyage safely. Then we walked around the cute little (touristy) town, shopped a little, had lunch and then some ice cream. We went home a different way...down the Great River Road, which had quite the spectacular view.