Blogs from Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, North America - page 9

We took the scenic route along the Ohio river into downtown Louisville. Crossed the river into Indiana to see the Old Ohio Falls and the exposed fossil beds.. 350m years old. Back again into Kentucky to see the paddlesteamers in the port of Louisville, where we had a great lunch of shrimp and crab at "Joes Crab Shack" the best we've had, ever... I think ! We had a great surprise waiting for us at Church Hill Downs, the racetrack where the Kentucky Derby is run (in 2 days time).... there was a race meeting on, so we joined the crowd, paid our $1.00 to get in and stood on the fence and watched the 5th race. Took in all the atmosphere and had an iced tea ! Completed the day driving north to Indianapolis.... read more

Church this morning. Mostly a proper church. Worship was good, though I only knew one of the songs. The message was different than I’m used to, so I didn’t follow it so well, but other liked it. It was fun to see the kids again after a few days. They did a few songs. After church, we loaded up the bus and headed to Sandi Patty’s house. Yep. She had us over to play and have dinner. Very fun. We were supposed to swim but it was too rainy. The kids LOVED playing Wii though. They were crazy! Sandi and her family were amazing hosts. (She met the kids when they were in Indy for 3 weeks or so doing shows with her.) I got some work done; had to retape a new video snake. That ... read more

My alarm went off this morning at 10. It’s just a ringer on my phone, but it’s always the same ringer. My first thought was, “I bet it’s one of those stinking kids and there will be no one on the other line!” Like a prank call. Funny. There was in fact no one on the other line, but there wasn’t supposed to be. I got some work done this morning, emails and phone calls and whatnot. Then we all went to Starbucks and lunch. Came back to the hotel for more work and lots of reading. Sarah and Kyle were all over the place, with pillow-fighting, and tickling and all sorts of noisy. I got quite a bit of work done, regardless, and I am getting pretty far in my book. And I made some ... read more

Hello blogger friends: Today I got to spend most of the day in our motel room, except for a brief drive this afternoon. That was cool, I had time to catch up on some zzzzzz's which of course I am always ready for! This morning my masters went to church with their friends, Skip and Mary. The name of he church was Southport Presbyterian Church--a very evangelical church. It was a beautiful Palm Sunday service. The pastor delivered a monologue as "Reuben", the man who owned the donkey that Jesus sent his disciples to get before entering Jerusalem. It was very well done, and combined with the bellringer choir, youth choir and adult choir, made for a great time of worship. My masters attended the 9:30 AM service, which was one of three held every Sunday ... read more

I go to NZ. I guess I am going to blog a little on how I feel about my trip. I am excited and worried. I have always wanted to travel the world and research people and their cultures. New Zealand will be my test project. For a month I will be traveling the country, meeting people, and exploring. I hope to come back with some good research to be placed in a life long book of learning. I feel this will be a success. I am worried about losing a month with my son and fiance. Little guy and I have never been separated in the 5 years since he was born. Sara will take good care of him and his mother had better be cordial. His mother's action are my biggest worry. Anyway, I ... read more