Signature Inn Muncie

... of his riding the tricycle right off the porch. We asked the kids not to try such a trick.

Also of note, we think we saw the bank that Scott's grandmother worked at right in downtown Lynn. As a sidenote, Lynn is bigger than Campbell but smaller than Painted Post.

... suite in the Bombardier Learjet Pagoda, the Media Center, Victory Podium, Gasoline Alley garage area and the world famous "Yard of Bricks" at the start/finish line.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum was established in 1956 and measures approximately 30,000 square feet. There are approximately 75 vehicles on display at all times and holds many artifacts.

... stadium from the high definition replay/scoreboards to the 137 luxury corporate suites to the third largest video boards in the NFL. Consisting of three screens each, the 97 foot wide by nearly 53 foot high scoreboards hang in the northwest and southeast corners of the building. Estimated cost to build the Lucas Oil Stadium is $720 million.

Visited downtown State Capital and Monument Plaza. Paza under construction; completion estimated early October, 2009.

Okay, it is the night before we leave and I am wondering if I can get all of the final details finished before we have to leave. It is exciting but also unnerving since we will have no idea what to expect. Oh well half the fun is in the adventure.

... suitcases that weigh 50 pounds or less. Last summer when I went to Austria, my big suitcase was like 4 pounds over when they weighed it at the airport, so I scrounged around for a bit and stuffed my carry-on with a few things so I wouldn't have to pay an extra fee. This time I was a bit smarter. I weighed my big suitcase and it topped out at about 47-48 pounds. I know this is cutting it close, but it is hard to maneuver it to be much less ...

... without a hitch, and Kelsey set up the audio/video in practically no time.

Just when we were finished with our set-up, Kelsey's mom came into the gymnasium. She had driven two and a half hours that morning to come see our show. It was really neat to have a friendly familiar face there to experience what we do.

The show ran smoothly, and the kids loved it ...

... all of the corn fields everywhere. I am definitely going to miss those drives, but am going to replace them with train rides through mountains and meadows.

I have definitely had to do some soul searching these past few days. When the countdown got within the one-month border it really hit me what I have chosen to do, and I have really had to think about why I want to do this. I have considered staying home, which I'm not afraid to say, because I'm sure anyone ...

... is tight as ever, but I have not spent a dime for 2 months in order to take this trip. We hope to move to Colorado within the next 2 years, and my fiance has never even seen the place. That is the point of this trip. We are ...

... vanhempia jenkkejä sekä muutamia lapsiperheitä.


"Halvempi ei aina tarkoita huonompaa"-kuvio tuntui toimivan tämänkin majapaikan kohdalla. Huoneesta löytyi kahvinkeitin, iso jääkaappi, silitysrauta ja -lauta, TV, DVD-soitin ja ilmainen langaton netti. Aamupala kuului myös huoneen hintaan, joka oli noin puolet Texasin Amarillo-hotellin hinnasta.


Hotellin ilmastointi piti huolta ...

... but hell, if you're going to learn how to do something, make the learning curve steep, its the only way to have fun. At this point, one of the girls told us that it was easy to find us due to our lack of darkened skin. I thought this was a nice benefit. We were out there about an hour or so, Matt got pretty roughed up on one wave, huge scratch spanning the length of his back. We washed off and headed back to his dorms. We had somewhere to go. We ...