The Vote

We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.

It’s not my country but I am very fond of and am protected under the wing of its liberty. Read the entire quotation from Lincoln on the importance of holding the 1864 election at this web site.

Motel

It was not the kind of place I usually would go but there was not much else in the town. Clean and friendly but a bit worn out. The weirdest thing was the neighbouring unit people who brought out a briquette BBQ and cooked steaks on the second story walkway outside the door of the motel. We had to walk around their BBQ with about nine inches to spare. They had credit though as Mrs. BBQ had told off the drinking guys in rooms 24 to 26 well before things got out of hand. Otherwise all went well. These were the textures of our room for a night: