NOTE (Jan. 23, 08): Our posted itinerary is subject to change due to accident, illness, etc. We are currently trying to put together an optional "pretour-tour" from Louisville, Kentucky to Hodgenville, Kentucky, This would allow cyclists the ability to explore valuable historic sites in Louisville. Further details will be made available shortly. The pretourtour would start on Thursday, Aug. 14 in Louisville.

DAY ONE

Hodgenville, Kentucky to Tell City, Indiana Saturday, August 16, 2008 (81 mi.)
– Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (NPS)
– Abraham Lincoln’s Boyhood Home (Knob Creek Farm), Hodgenville, Kentucky
– Evening Program: Barbecue and Bluegrass

Hotels: Holiday Inn Express and Ramada Hotel Campground: Indian-Celina Lake

DAY TWO

Tell City, Indiana to Jasper, Indiana Sunday, August 17, 2008 (46)
– Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial (NPS), Lincoln City, Indiana
– Gentryville site, Lincoln City, Indiana
– Evening Program: Elderhostel

Hotel: Days Inn -Jasper Campground: Dubois County Park

DAY THREE

Jasper, Indiana to Vincennes, Indiana Monday, August 18, 2008 (53)
– George Rogers Clark National Memorial (NPS), Vincennes
– Basilica of St. Francis Xavier; Old Cathedral Complex, Vincennes
– Grouseland, former home of William Henry Harrison, Vincennes

Hotel: Executive Inn, Vincennes Campground at Vincennes University
Evening Program: Harold Holzer, co-chairman Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Lincoln in Modern Art, at the Red Skelton Performing Arts Theater, Vincennes University.

DAY FOUR

Vincennes, Indiana to Marshall, Illinois Tuesday August 19, 2008 (70)
– Lincoln Crossing Monument and Lincoln Memorial Bridge

Hotel: Super 8-Marshall Campground at Lincoln Trail State Park
Evening Program at Lincoln Trail; Tour Campfire/ Elderhostel program.

DAY FIVE

Marshall, Illinois to Decatur, Illinois Wednesday, August 20, 2008 (61)
– Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Lerna, Illinois
– Shiloh Cemetery, Lerna, Illinois
Hotel at Decatur Hotel and Conference Center Campground
Evening Program with Kim Bauer, Lincoln curator, on Illinois and Lincoln.

DAY SIX

Decatur, Illinois to Springfield, Illinois Thursday, August 21, 2008 (50)
– Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (3 p.m.-5 p.m.)
Evening Program: Talk by author Michael Burlingame, Sadowski Professor of History Emeritus at Connecticut College, Burlingame is the author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln and editor of important Lincoln source materials. He is currently at work on a multi-volume biography of Lincoln to be released during the Lincoln Bicentennial.

Hotel at Abraham Lincoln Hotel & Conference Center Campground: Illinois State Fairgrounds

DAY SEVEN

Springfield, Illinois Friday, August 22, 2008 361 miles
Option A: Springfield Walking Tour with Richard Hart, president of the Abraham
Lincoln Association.
Option B: Cycle tour to Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, led by Springfield Bicycle Club (event open to the public). Talk by Robert Mazrim, author, The Sangamo Frontier.
– Old State Capitol and Lincoln-Herndon Law Office
– Abraham Lincoln Home and Neighborhood (NSP), talk by NPS Site Historian Tim – Townsend, and evening music performance, Lincoln in Song, by Chris Vallillo

DAY EIGHT

Springfield, Illinois to Hodgenville, KY Saturday, August 23, 2008 bus return
– Lincoln’s Tomb State Historic Site, Springfield
– Bus service to leave Springfield, Illinois at noon; return to Hodgenville, KY by 7 p.m.