Log and Photos
Last week

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This was laundry day, so i took the laundry up to do it and Michael was staying behind to fix a wee leak that had appeared.

We decided that we'd had enough of rain, and more is forecast, so we will be heading home early. We decided to make the best of the time here in London, though, so we went back downtown. We went to the Market again and ate at that same yummy Italian restaurant, Al Fredo's. <g> Love that name! We shared a pizza with alfredo, chicken, and sundried tomatoes! :)

After our walk, after unhooking and dumping the tanks, and after Michael found his KEYS, we headed on down the highway. (The keys had not quite made it into his pocket and were hiding in the grass back on our site.)

We drove on and on. We had planned on staying in or near Fort Wayne IN, but the miles just kept going by. When we were driving around Ft. Wayne, it was storming and raining so hard that we could hardly see. But on we went!

Finally we got to Indy and to Greenwood in time for supper. We went to Jonathan Byrd's, one of our favorite cafeteria-style restaurants, and had a great meal of catfish!

I shot these photos outside there. You can see how the storm had followed us! It actually didn't rain on us anymore the rest of the way, but the sky kept looking menacing. We drove just over 500 miles today (800 km).

Today, for example, we went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. We had a really great time. We both love this museum. We spent most of our time in the contemporary art. The outdoor pics are on the 2nd floor of the Museum, where it overlooks the White River and surrounding woods.

Then Vern directed us to Elliot's, where we had a fine big meal. Michael and I shared the catfish dinner you see in the center and Vern had the chicken breast. Then another photo op presented itself on this funky driftwood formation there.

Next on the tour was the Reitz Home Museum. This home is the beautiful restored late 19th century residence of the Reitz family, who made their fortune in the timber industry, and then spent the rest of their lives enriching Evansville with their generous donations. One of the last things that they donated was their home, which is now open for tours.

Incredible art here! I really loved the stained glass, the beautiful parqueted wood floors, and the ceilings!

Our tour guide was Mary Lou Weidenbener. She asked us where we were from, and we told her. "Bloomington? My son lives in Bloomington!" He is an orthopedist here, one who helped me with a tendinitis problem that i'd had sometime back, and a good friend of Michael's!

We were planning to go to the zoo today with Suzanne, our friend and cat-sitter. She wasn't feeling well, though, so we decided not to go, either.

Instead, we went to FedEx to deliver some packages, and then went to the Borders bookstore to see if my book was on the shelves yet. Not yet, but, they say, "It's on the way!" I bought a couple of other books and we bought a package of Harry & David Moosemunch! (Not your usual bookstore purchase, I know, but they got us on the "impulse" thing.

On the way home, we decided, riding another impulse, to stop and see what was playing at the westside cineplex. Men in Black II was on at 3 and so we went to watch it. Fun summer fare, and we had a huge bag of popcorn to share. (We had brought the Moosemunch in with us so that it wouldn't be melted and icky in the car.)

Then in the afternoon, we went to get my new supercomputer! YAY! It has two 120-gig hard drives, 1.24 gigs of RAM, 2 gHz processor, the best motherboard that is available, and i got a new CD burner too. The coolest thing, though, is that i have a new video card that has support for THREE monitors! My newest monitor is on order, but they gave me a loaner till i get that new one. :) I'll have a pic of my new system up here soon! The very good news is that it is all up and running now and .. i am loving this!

My, but it was HOT, a true worm-burner. You could see the air on the distant hills as we went up there and back, giving the hills a blue appearance, darker blue in the foreground, and getting gradually lighter further away. We brought (and bought) plenty of water, so we were ok.

I had fun taking photos at the zoo and got a few nice ones. Tell me your favorite!

We stopped at Shapiro's on the way home for a sandwich (Michael) and meatloaf (me). Then we topped off the day with a stop at Ritter's! Michael got Cherry Cordial, and I got a scoop of Cherry Cordial and a scoop of Caramel Cashew, which is, I think, my favorite (though chocolate-covered banana is right up there too!)