Blogs from Indiana, United States, North America - page 37

Sunday, 11 September 2005 Trump Hotel and Casino Gary, Indiana Day Two. Time 2000. Janet and I had another volatile misunderstanding. She IS not feeling well, not at all, and it all works on her mind and emotions, as well as her physical strength. And I get in a snit, and don’t help. But we finally got on the road. Today, all we have done is drive. From Chillicothe, Ohio, to here. Gary, Indiana is at the absolute bottom of Lake Michigan, and really, Gary, Hammond, Indiana, and Chicago are all one big megalopolis. You go from one to another without realizing it unless you actually see the signs. We got in here about 1900. Tomorrow the plan is to visit the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, which has the former German U-505, the ... read more

Due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina....Kim and I have changed our travel plans. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. My brother evacuated New Orleans and is safe and sound...we are very thankful for that. Kim and I will be visiting: 1. Memphis, TN 2. Oklahoma City, OK 3. Roswell, NM 4. Tucson, AZ 5. Scottsdale, AZ 6. Final Destination.....Las Vegas, NV our new home town. We don't know what to expect on our cross country journey and but will be updating this blog with stories and pictures of what we experience. ... read more

Left PA on Aug. 13 and headed west. Blew through Ohio (well, in the interest of fair disclosure, we did stop and make lunch at a rest area, and also experienced a 1-hour traffic tie-up near the Indiana border where we changed drivers). We stopped near Indianapolis for a few days at the Heartland RV Park - aptly named, as corn and soybean farms were everywhere in sight! The weather has been good to the farmers, as the fields were lush and green. We visited the Indiana State Fair - witnessed the watermelon-spitting contest, ate elephant ears and corn dogs, and checked out the awesome 4-H exhibits (wow, those kids are talented). Will continue through Illinois into Missouri for our next stopover heading West. ... read more

Hey...what's up everyone. It has been quite some time since I have blogged and I am actually home now. I arrived home safely last night. Let me fill you in on my London experiences and my times with my fam in Provence and Paris. First, I have something to say about the tube blasts in Central London. I stayed in London June 21-24, then I came back on the night of the 5th and flew out of Heathrow on the morning of the 6th. The blast occured between 8:50 am and about 9:20 am this morning, July 7th. I was headed to the airport via the tube at 7:40 am on the 6th and arrived there at about 9 am. That means I was there almost exactly 25 hours before this happened. When I first stayed ... read more

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Michigan City, IN Another big driving day. We started off first thing by driving out to the Morley Farm, but only very briefly—we didn’t even get out of the bus! Then we went immediately to the Kirtland Temple. Several of the group went to the cemetery next door to look up ancestors or Church historical dignitaries. We got several pictures of the Temple exterior, spent a bunch of money at the RLDS visitors center gift shop, an then got our tour by our guide, David Bolton, a British student here for the summer. It was a pleasant tour, and while we couldn’t take pix inside the temple, we did spend some time inside while David guided us, and I snuck an audio recording of most of his words. We learned a little ... read more