Odds and Ends

Prophetstown State Park has a Halloween contest in progress. They have several scarecrows that line a section of the road as you drive through the park. Our favorites are the witch and the realtor...of course.


Trail of Scarecrows


Witch titled "Office Manager". I guess they don't think much of
their manager around here?


Rhonda the realtor.


Bob and Terri took us on a short jaunt around Purdue University. We ate lunch at the historic Triple XXX featured on Food Networks "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" with Guy Fieri. It is the first and oldest drive-in restaurant in Indiana, opening in 1929. An Indiana icon featuring 100 percent unfrozen sirloin, ground on site hamburgers and root beer. Their specialty is The Duane Purvis All-American - A quarter pound hamburger with all the trimmings including thick creamy peanut butter.

No we didn't try it....not sure of peanut butter on a hamburger-but apparently lots of people like it.

We were able to spend an evening with our nephew Steve at our coach. It was the first time we were able to visit with just Steve and catch up on whats going on in his life. We had a great time.

We also had dinner at our nephew Andy and Victoria's house in Indianapolis. They bought a house in one of the historic districts in need of updating and did a fantastic job of refinishing wood floors, molding, doors etc as well as totally renovating the kitchen and master bedroom/bath. We were thrilled to be invited to see their home.

On our way to do some site seeing.

Hope all is well.

BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Well...we are back on the road again after our visit to St. Louis. We enjoyed our visits with family and friends...we got in all of our medical visits and tests and even did some tourist type site seeing like the Zoo, Arch Museum etc. We were even able to complete a geocache in Babler State Park that we attempted twice before we left on our adventure.


Our travels, after leaving St. Louis, took us to a small town in Illinois for a layover. Our Lafaytte site was booked for the weekend so we had to make an extra stop. Casey IL has barely 3000 residents. Attended Mass, had dinner at a fish fry at the local VFW and visited their infamous covered bridge.

We arrived in Lafayatte Indiana after 4pm on Sunday October 17th. Later than usual. We like getting in around 2-3PM, so we can be set up and relax before dinner.

We use several resources to get directions and all of them were different. Poor Ron...I had him driving in circles, on very, very narrow roads, sharp turns and one-way bridges. He did a great job!! That's why I will drive on the interstates, state & county roads, in/out of truck stops & rest areas, but leave the entering and exiting of campgrounds to Ron. I'm doing everything I can to turn his hair gray to match mine..but it's not working.

We are in Lafayette Indiana to visit Ron's brother Bob, sister-in-law Terri and his nephew & his wife- Andy & Victoria and nephew Steve and to meet Karen, his girlfriend.

We are staying at Prophetstown State Park. A beautiful site with full hook-ups (and after 16 days with no sewer or water..we were ready) The park was established in 2004 has over 2000 acres of natural preservation of the countless Native American villages and prairie grass. It is located where the Tippecanoe & Wabash rivers meet and was the first site where white frontiersmen began exploring this region. According to history the first frontiersmen were greeted by "a vast sea of tall grass stretching as far as your eyes could see". And that natural beauty still prevails to this day. A beautiful site for a park and campground.



Coach at Prophetstown State Park



Nice site with gravel pads, picnic table, firepit and bbq grill. Bordered by trees and bushes to add some privacy



Over 2000 acres of prairie grass.


Great, asphalted biking and hiking trails wind in and out of massive fields of prairie grass



We have a new rider with us-Yadi. While in St. Louis we visited Build-A-Bear at the Zoo and just had to get a little Yadier Molina stuffed bear to take with us on our travels. He rides on the bed and reminds us of home.




It's very chilly here...dropping into the low to mid 30's at night. Even have to bring our water hose in at night....looking forward to 80's in sunny Florida.

Hope all is well.