I'm aging backwards being in Indiana again! Hard to believe it's been so long since my college years here. Illinois saw us out the door with violent storms early this morning, but the skies cleared as we headed east. We rolled into our beautiful campground in Crawfordsville around 2 pm and, after setting up the camper, had plenty of time to explore and wade in the rushing water of Sugar Creek (20 yards from our door), go for a bike ride and hunt for fossils. Yes, the ground around us is a fossil bed...plants, small shell creatures, insects. We've collected a rock from each of the states we've visited so far. I think we'll have a hard time picking just one in Indiana; the girls want to keep every one they pick up!
We've had a yummy meal and, in honor of our arrival here, are all squeezed onto the couch watching "Hoosiers," one of my all-time favorite movies. If you haven't seen it in a while, it's worth revisiting.
Tomorrow we'll go 30 miles south to Greencastle, home of good ol' DePauw University! I'm so excited to see it again, although I'm sure much has changed since 1993. We have an appointment with a student "host" to visit my freshman dorm and see my former sorority house (it's become a dorm in recent years). So many happy memories. Go Tigers!
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| Kelsey and Kendall moving the creek |
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| Kendall was very thoughtful, pushing Daddy around the campground with her tag-along! |
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| Kelsey had a blast riding through mud puddles on her bike and showing off the splatter afterward :-) |
Maybe the girls could move some of that creek to colorado. You guys could pay for the entire trip :)
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