Blogs from Indiana, United States, North America

Road trip to Indiana and back to DC, took me a total of 12 hours with a few stops for gas. Gas was reasonably cheap, but not sure what would be cost effective to conduct a road trip across country this summer season. Beautiful country traveling through Ohio, West Virgina, Indiana, Maryland, and Virginia.... read more

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Conner Prarie is everything the reviews say it is! Meaning: Its AWESOME!! My children learned so much and we only did half the things available to do. Theres so much. The animals are brought out so kids get close and personnel with the cows and sheep. All the charaters are great actors and teach so much while the kids are having fun. Wear comfortable shoes because you will walk a lot. All ages will have something to do.... 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

We are a family that loves food! Everywhere we travel we want to taste things and we love to travel. Therefore, we love to watch the Foodnetwork channel to get ideas where to eat when we go to a new place. So far in Indianapolis we stopped at Edwards Drive-Inand had their chili dogs and pork tenderloin sandwhich. I think they we featured on Man versus Food with their GIANT pork tenderloin sandwhich. A good thing to know is that the root beer comes in a cold frosted glass which gets free refills. When its time to go you can get your refill in a to go cup filled again. We also checked out The Tamale place featured on Guys show. Their Tamales are huge! There's alot of variety made fresh everyday but you can only ... read more

THE BASICS We've already been on the road for two weeks, and they have been full. Oddly, we keep having trouble getting online, so this will be more loquacious than even my usual. Apologies... As we drove across New York state, we learned about the Erie Canal construction and operation. Visited friends near Ithaca, and then in State College PA. Explored railroad history in Altoona and visited the Horseshoe Curve. No exploring near Pittsburgh; it was too danged hot! Instead, gabbed with a cousin of Linda's for three days. In hilly Belmont County, Ohio, explored the birthplaces of Linda's paternal grandparents. On through Amish/Mennonite country; saw lots and lots of buggies and bonnets. Spent a couple of nights near a lake in southern Michigan, and we are headed next to visit another of Linda's cousins, in ... read more