July 25, 2015, Saturday, Indianapolis, IN
Day 86

Our last morning in Springfield was spent on a guided tour of the State Capitol Building. Built in 1868-1888. It is so ornate it took 20 years to build. Having visited several State Capitol Buildings, it seems as though each state was trying to outdo every other state. Except Florida that is, with its modern boring office building it calls a Capitol. We also visited the Old Capitol Building, utilized from 1839-1869. This is the building where Lincoln gave his famous “House Divided” speech. We departed Springfield and arrived in Indianapolis after a 215 mile drive and we are finally back in the eastern time zone. Checked into the Lake Haven Retreat campground for 2 nights and got the last vacant spot. This was our fourth option as unbeknownst to us, tomorrow happens to be the Brickyard 400.  Well, there goes my tour of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, one of the main things I wanted to visit here.