Blogs from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, North America

Sunday, September 30, 2012 Disembarkation went off smoothly. We did have to wait though in the bus for nearly 30 minutes before it left for the airport. Our 1:45 flight on British Airways left on time. If I ever fly across the Atlantic again I’ll definitely book on British Airways. Not only did we get a sandwich on a two hour flight, but the liquor is FREE! You’ll never see that on a domestic United States flight. Our American Airlines flight from London to Chicago left at 5:30, with an 11:40 scheduled arrival in Indianapolis after our connection at O’Hare. The connecting flight, however, did not leave on time. We finally touched down in Indianapolis at 12:30 A.M. With time changes, flight times, and delays, we had been up 25 ½ hours. We dropped the kids ... read more

Our trip was really from the ridiculous to the sublime but I felt quoting Napoleon should be accurate....so first we camped in Illinois at Corps of Engineer Parks (ridiculous) and then off to Indianapolis for a Family Motor Coach Rally (sublime) of more than 2,000 coaches. We found some beautiful COE parks in Illinois to spend time in while waiting for the FMCA rally. Obama had spent wheel barrels of money to upgrade the parks. Electric was upgraded to 50 amp, which our coach appreciates. In two parks a 5,000 sq ft Visitors Center was erected which made the one (yes, one) ranger on duty quite comfortable. Oh, they also put in aquariums. So as seniors we can camp at $12 a night with full hookups. Thank ya'll for your stimulus tax money! Pheuuu! Hissy fit ... read more

Great Time at the Indianapolis Indians Baseball game! We love the dollar menu day: hotdog, popcorn, crackerjacks and peanuts. Not much action in the game itself but we can say we did a baseball game this summer. Walking aroung the White River park entace was pretty fun! Kids loved looking at the community garden and identfying the vegatables planted.... read more

The Medical Museum is not one of the more popular museums to visit in Indy but I found it to be an oppurtunity to see something diffrent. I imagine its because it is not as close to the other museums and does not get alot of publicity. The museum was actually a real housing facilty for the less mentally stable public. The patients unfortunatly were used for medical research. The museum is not a free roaming museum which means you will need to time your visit to a tour of the facility. When the building was turned over as a museum everything was left in place and has been preserved for years. Therefore you may not touch alot of the older tools and such on your tour. The museum has a room filled with real actual ... read more

I planned to attend the Indianapolis Travbuddy Meet-Up right from its inception. Months later, I had it penned on my travel calendar. Even though Indiana is not one of the destinations on my "Bucket List", it happened to be one of the 50 states of the United states I had not visited yet. I will need to do a recount of the states I have visited, since I added a few last year, and some this year. In the 3 years I have contributed to Travbuddy, one of the things I have enjoyed most is the ability to travel to meet other travelers like myself. Now even though the meet-ups normally have nothing to do with discussing travel, and more like drinking, eating and taking a bunch of photos, it brings the faces and names together. ... read more