An Easter Trip

Can I tell you how much fun it is to spend six hours in the car in order to visit with family for Easter Sunday? At least my husband was willing to drive so I could take pictures that I can share with you.

Get comfortable, fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride.

Here we are at one of the higher points in Brown County, Indiana. This is always a beautiful view.

After passing by Nashville, Indiana, we zipped through Gnaw Bone. It would appear that Gnaw Bone's chief industries are flea markets. Gnaw Bone. I just love that name. Gnaw Bone.

And now we have arrived at Columbus, Indiana, the home of NASCAR past champion Tony Stewart, driver of the number 20 The Home Depot car. The funny thing is that there is no The Home Depot in Columbus, Indiana. There is a Lowe's and there is a Menards, but no The Home Depot. How is Tony going to do his home improvements?

Anyway, Columbus is renowned for its architecture. They even love to do neat bridges, such as this bridge on I-65 and Indiana Rt. 46.

Down the road just a bit and we have a newer bridge over the East Fork White River. Remember this bridge, you will be seeing it again on the way back.

And look at the very nice town park in the tiny town of Hartsville, Indiana. What's that you ask? How can such a small town afford to build such a nice park? It's simple when you learn that Hartsville is a notorious speed trap. If the speed limit sign says 30 mph, you had better be doing 29 mph at the line and don't speed up until you pass the next sign. They like their speeding ticket moneys.

And don't I just have the sweetest husband? He even took a detour so I could get these pictures for you. Greensburg, Indiana is the home of the historic Tower Tree. Beginning in the early 1870's, a tree began growing out of the tower. There has been a tree growing out of the tower ever since. The trees are believed to be Mulberry trees and are the source of much amusement and speculation.

I wasn't too comfortable driving down I-74 at 70 mph behind this fully loaded truck and trailer. We decided not to linger.

Ohio welcomes us. We ended up driving through our old stomping grounds on our way up to my brother-in-law's house. West Chester, Ohio is still growing by leaps and bounds. Lakota Schools, which was the state's 10th largest school district when our children attended, is now Ohio's 7th largest school system. I have to say that after 10 years away, I don't miss living in the land of suburbs.

Finally! We are heading back home to Indiana.

A mural in Middletown, Ohio.

Almost there...

While the drive over had been nice and sunny, we passed through snow showers on the way home. But the clouds were pretty.

I told you that you would be seeing this bridge again. It is nicely lit at night, but we were thankfully too early for the light show.

Well, we got you back home safely. Hope you had a nice trip.