August2014 Road Trip: Day 20-Tell City Indiana

After breakfast we hiked around the area of our hotel before leaving for the Hoosier National Forest.

Patoka Lake

We decided to do some cave exploring instead of hiking since it was raining.  On the way to the caves we stopped at a local Amish market in the city of Orleans Indiana. 

Our first caves were the Marengo Cave National a Landmark.  We did the Crystal Palace caves.  It was a guided tour with plenty of exercise, walking and stairs.    It was amazing.

Lunch was at Country Style Restaurant in Leavenworth IN.  It was perfect !

Second were the Indiana Caverns in Corydon.  The tour for these caverns was 90 minutes, it was a combination of many stairs, plenty walking and a boat ride.

Our FREE home tonight is the Holiday Inn-Tell City.  The room is clean and has a great private view of trees, which is far better than a parking lot.  They gave us 2 queen beds instead of a king but its bigger so we didn't object.  The hotel is located on the Ohio River.

August2014 Road Trip: Day 19-Bedford Indiana

The temps are noticeably warmer as we headed toward our next stop, Bedford Indiana.

We try to stay off interstates as much as possible,driving along local roads as much as possible.  There's something relaxing about driving by farmers working in their fields.

Field of Dreams?

Our first stop in Indiana was Troyers, an Amish roadside stand.

We bought a few homemade goods.  I am sad we are too far from home to buy their vegetables which are huge and bargain prices.

I love covered bridges and Hubby has been so sweet & tolerant to drive off course so I can take pictures.  We saw two today.  This first one in Westport, Indiana is still utilized.

We stopped for lunch is this local named Larrison's Diner located in Seymour Indiana.

 It was more of greasy spoon, something I don't usually consider but it was quaint.  We shared a burger & soup.

The second was The Medora covered bridge in Medora Indiana we found is the longest covered bridge in the US.

Covers 3 spans

Worlds longest covered bridge in USA

 It's three spans long and currently undergoing some restoration work so it wasn't usable.

Our FREE hotel for tonight is at the Holiday Inn Express-Bedford.  Our room is described as a suite with an inside balcony overlooking an atrium with a pool, hot tub & game area. The room was clean but the balcony was useless.  You couldn't sit out on it or see through it so you basically had to stand & look over at the pool.  But it was FREE so all is good.

We swam laps in the pool, relaxed in the hot tub then headed for supper.

There wasn't many options for supper.  We finally settled for Mommas Italian/Mexican restaurant.  It was cheap & better than we expected.

August2014 Road Trip: Day 18-London OH

Our first stop in Ohio is The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton OH. 

Hubby was thrilled to be able to see the exhibits in person after only seeing pictures.

The museum is 2 floors.  The first floor showing football from the beginning and the famous statue.

The second floor was all the busts (heads) of the players inducted.

The only Saints players were Willie Roaf who played 10 years for the saints and maybe like 3 for Kansas City and Ricky Jackson with the Saints.  This floor also had the Road to the Super Bowl exhibit which was fantastic.

Remember these guys from the movie  Ryan's Song?

Drew Brees was included for his passing yards record.

As Saints fans we were somewhat disappointed because, well..........we didn't represent much with the exception of those 3 players in very small areas.

Our second stop was Berlin Ohio (Amish Country).  The Amish seem more affluent than those in PA.  They also are more into furniture making and sales than those in PA.  We did visit an Amish Family that makes 5000 types of cheese.

  The place was huge and we tasted at least 30-40 between Hubby and I.  We ended up buying 4 to bring home. We had lunch at a diner named Cindy's, it was just ok...I wouldn't recommend.  We stopped at some Amish farm stands for a few things here and there and then headed to our hotel in London.

Our FREE home tonight is the Holiday Inn Expess-London.  We able to checkin right away since we arrived late.  Our room is nice, clean & a bit larger than the last one.

 It is equipped with a coffee maker and a fridge but no microwave.  The front desk lady was very nice and the breakfast worker was super nice.  Breakfast is eggs, bacon, various hot & cold cereals and pancakes...the norm.