Saturday, July 8 - Effingham to Indiana State Fairgrounds

We had a nice overnight rain. The 150 mile drive from Camp Lakewood to Indianapolis was uneventful, other than a stop at one of our favorite restaurants, Lou's Diner in Cloverdale, IN. A lot of the corn in Illinois and Indiana looked good and is already tasseled. We "found" Lou's several years ago and whenever we are in the area at meal time we try and stop in for good service and good food. As we visited with the waitress during our first stop there she told us that all the employees were part owners. Each also was assigned a specific area of maintenance. She was the plumber.

Lou's

Lydia took this photo. She also took one of the photos I posted yesterday.

Kelsey ordered a breaded tenderloin, one of my favorites. The piece of meat is larger than Nolan's head. I ate all of my beef manhattan but I was the only one who finished. We carried out enough food for another meal.

Then it was on to the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Along the west fairground fence line, left side of above photo, are RV sites. The largest number I saw was 101. You back up to a chain link fence and have a full hook up site. FHU sites are $45/night. This is the first time we have stayed here. I thought that there would be more RV's since this was the only place I looked at that had sites available. You pick a site number when you make a reservation. When you arrive you drive to your site, call Security and they come and unlock the electrical box. At least every hour we saw a Security car making a loop around the property. The Monon Trail runs on the other side of the fence. There have been quite a few walkers, runners & bike riders.

Fairground Main Street

There was some kind of auto racing event going on inside the mile long horse racing track. Lots of different style cars running on a winding short track. They raced against the clock. There were two cars on the track a lot of the time but they were not close to one another. Lots of different styles. Lap times ran from 27 to 33 seconds. I think an Indy club was competing against a club from Columbus, IN.

Doug and Anthony brought over supper.  Kelsey, Nolan & Doug in the photo below.

Kathy, Lydia & Anthony

The skies threatened rain during the day and evening but we stayed rain free. It was a little muggy but not so bad that it kept us inside. We did a lot of walking around the fairgrounds.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.