A Tale of Two Cities Pub Crawl, Walk, and Dinner

For this walk we're going to do something completely different! No, not London and Paris, but even better...Springfield and Lincoln!

We'll meet and start our walk at the parking lot next to the Myers Building at the corner of 4th and Washington...SE corner. We'll have a nice brisk walk through downtown Springfield (about 30 minutes, 1-1.5 miles) then stop to refresh ourselves at one of our favorite pubs (which will remain a mystery). Then a bit later we'll walk a second leg and end up at the Amtrak Station on 3rd Street. We'll hop on the 4:46 PM train (there's a bar on the train for those that are still thirsty) for the 25 minute ride to Lincoln, where we hop off. In Lincoln we'll have another shorter walk through their historic downtown to yet another fun mystery pub, and if time permits we'll stop at a second pub. Later we'll make our way to a nearby restaurant for dinner. At 7:58 we'll hop on a southbound train heading back to Springfield, arriving at 8:25...the train station is less than two blocks from where we parked our cars.

The train tickets can be booked online at [Amtrak.com](https://www.amtrak.com/home.html) (use the times I listed to book the correct train) or in person at the station. The basic fare is currently $6 for the outbound, $8 for the return. (The price will increase as the date approaches) I plan to do this walk even if it rains (bring an umbrella) or you can pay $1 more for a Flex ticket and be able to change the date if you have to cancel. The train does often sell out, and the station manager told me it might be impossible to sell tickets to our group the night of the walk as they will usually have to be out on the platform and not in the ticket office. So you'll need to purchase in advance.
The Apres will be at Rio Grande Mexican restaurant in Lincoln. I have a menu to pass around and we'll pre-order at our first pub stop so our food will be waiting for us when we arrive at the restaurant later that evening.
PLEASE DON'T RSVP FOR THIS EVENT UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE PURCHASED YOUR TRAIN TICKETS. I NEED TO HAVE AN ACCURATE COUNT FOR THE RESTAURANT.

This is very important: Please bring cash with you to use at these drinking locations. With a larger group of people, it will simply take too long to pay for a drink with plastic.