This is one of my most favorite "man made" features along I-80. It is the Lincoln Monument, a memorial to the Lincoln Highway. The monument commemorates the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's birth by the state of Wyoming in 1959. Before Interstate 80 was constructed, the
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument in Wyoming was located at the highest point of the original Lincoln Highway on Sherman Summit (or Sherman Hill), east of Laramie, at an elevation of 8,640 feet. It was placed there on October 18, 1959, and was later moved in 1968 to its current location at a rest area on I-80. The highest elevation on Interstate 80 is
8,640 feet (2,633 meters) above sea level, located at the Sherman Summit in the Laramie Mountains of Wyoming...not far from this monument.
The details in the face and head are remarkable, especially for a monument which is nearly 70 years old.
We have stopped for the night at the Albany County Fairgrounds. This is a self serve site, has about 15-20 sites, all with water, electricity and dump, and we are the only people here...in fact, other than a couple who were walking a horse, we have seen no one. There is a self-serve kiosk, which includes a QR Code that will direct you to a site where you can put it on your credit card. Cost is $40. There is a train track a 1/2 mile away...we have heard no trains (been here for 5 hours so far.)
Tomorrow, Salt Lake City to see more family.
Hope you have had a wonderful Easter Day....He has risen...HE has RISEN indeed!
