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Indiana Part 2; Lafayette & Prophetstown State Park

We moved up the state of Indiana on Aug. 20th to one of the nicest state park RV campgrounds that I have ever seen.  Prophetstown State Park.  Also one of the newest in Indiana.  Plenty of green spaces, many trees between campsites, and wide open prairies.  And miles of hiking/biking trails.  We moved from Indy to near West Lafayette, only about 80 miles.  Nice!

While at this park, we also visited with family and investigated the area.  We had a great time with Pat’s sister Sandy and her husband Brad, who just happened to buy a camping trailer while we were there and we had the pleasure of going to see it and picking it up.

This week marks the final week in Indiana before moving on to Illinois.

While at mom’s, we had a nice dinner one evening with Pat’s siblings Sandy and Alan. At about midnight, someone wanted ice cream so this required a quick trip to the local Kroger store. After a half hour of haggling, they all agreed on one flavor.  Sure glad it was not a major decision 🙂
Trish and her mom
St Joseph’s Brewery in Indy. What a very neat place! From their website: Saint Joseph Brewery and Public House was established in 2015, but the building that houses our restaurant and brewery has quite a history. In order to meet the demands of the growing population in the northeast section of Indianapolis, the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, led by Bishop St. Palais, established the parish of St. Joseph in 1873, at that time the fourth Catholic parish in Indianapolis.
The main worship cathedral converted to brewery and public house.
The great solar eclipse was only about 90% in our area, but drew quite a crowd at the campground
This is actually right at the few minutes of totality. It was not cloud covered, but just appeared to be a heavy clouded day at our 90% level.
One of our prime campsites at Prophetstown. We had to move twice in order to stay here for 12 days. Well worth it.
Within the park, they have a large working farm on display. The home was a 1920’s Sears kit home. I had heard of these, but had no idea they included so much detail.  Sears had a catalog of their homes that could be ordered.  Sears was the Amazon of that time period.
The Sears home.  A large home with huge rooms.  All perfectly restored and furnished.
The farm’s large barn with a working windmill.
This shot made a nice landscape with a storm approaching.
Interesting dairy cart inside the barn.
This little guy was hard at work to find a cool spot to lay down.
We explored the downtown section of Lafayette and found a coffee shop, art gallery, and a brewery that all provided some way to fill in the day.
In the Lafayette court house, they still have one of these cage elevators. This one from 1906 still had the large dial controls in place, although now operates with an electronic control.  We had to pass through security just to ride this thing up to the actual court rooms.
Just across from the art museum was this beautiful old house that is being renovated.
Windmill farm in Northern Indiana. Electrical generation for as far as you can see. I wonder what the payback is on these units?
The new owners of their first camping trailer, Pat’s sister Sandy and husband Brad. Welcome to the RV world!

I will soon be making the last update on our time in Indiana.  We are currently in Missouri in the Ozarks!

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