vacation in Indiana
A friend from DC came to visit for two days and left this morning. We packed in the action(for old folk anyway) We dropped the dogs off for two days with Kara so we didn’t have to worry about returning early. After we picked him up from the airport’ we headed straight down to Bloomington stopping at the winery for a few samples on the way. the garden is a lovely place to stop for a picnic. Dennis bought three bottles of wine. I hope they made it back in one piece. Following a driving tour of the campus we had lunch at the Irish Lion and then headed to the TC STEELE museum. We happily arrived there just ten minutes before the tour time and found the whole tour to be delightful and eyeopening. Our guide was very enthusisatic about her subject and obviously admired the artist. in the early 1900s. He built this cabin and neglected to make provision for water. Can you imagine cooking without running water? We finished the day by ordering Chinese at home for supper.
Wednesday we did the West Baden Springs and French Lick visit. We took the guided tour of west Baden Springs where again we had an enthusiastic tour guide who really knew her history. I would recommend the 90 minute tour highly. By the end Bill was huffing and puffing but he recuperated with a nap later in the afeternoon. The hotel is just elegant but the grounds suffered a recent flood and the river had overflowed its banks and there was still flooding adjacent to the property. We visted French Lick briefly but none of us enjoy gambling so we didn’t linger. we got to the Morrocan restarant downtown at 7:30 and after dinner drove to meet Kara and the dogs at her office. Dennis left this morning and I spent quite a bit of the day working outside.
I think tomorrow I want to sleep in but may get another load of bricks before the heat kicks in. ..( maybe 3 more trips to get about 72 bricks each time) Garden work is going full tilt. Japanese beetles have arrived in force and every morning I go out and drown several dozen. I think they are quite repulsive and personally resent their annual visit. Then I hunt out raspberries which are not as abundant this year as in past. My brick inventory is nearly complete and I have high hopes that my patio will be built this month between the efforts of the high school fellow I am hiring , John and myself. I have many extra bricks and plan to put in several paths in the backyard. When it is all finished there will be only a single patch of grass in the middle
Posted by Susan on 06/30 at 05:29 PM
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Yes you would enjoy the tours at both places. Lots of interesting information delivered by guides who seemed to love their topic. We did not take the French Lick tour which is at noon.
So today I obtained 240 pounds of free sand to use in my patio base. I was really lazy yesterday and didn’t get any bricks. John arrives late tonight.
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Welcome back to the Grand Old USA John!!!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 07/03 at 03:53 PM
Sue, It sounds like you had a great time with your visitor and tours. I would love to go to French Lick. I just got back from Munster. I’ll post what went on the four days.
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I loved reading about your tours - would love to see the West Baden Springs property, we were there at least 25 years ago, before any renovations were started. The TC Steele museum and winery sound good too! Hope your brick hauling is progressing - bet you took today off! I haven’t seen any Japanese Beetles yet, but as soon as I have written this, tomorrow I will find them outside
or actually :(
Taylor sealed our driveway on Wednesday - he did a good job. He has been working for his landlord, doing all manner of work on the different rental properties. He and Melissa both had promising interviews on Thurs and Fri - they are keeping their fingers crossed.
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