Hey guys! It’s Kathi writing up the last post from Indianapolis, three days after our safe return on Thursday night.
Lori and I are always careful to make sure we have been great guests, so after eating some breakfast we spent the morning packing up and making sure we took care of any loose ends before leaving this wonderful Airbnb. At about 11:00 am, once we were satisfied that we had done ourselves proud, and that the owners would be happy to welcome us as guests again, we locked the door behind us and went out to the car. We did not leave immediately however, as we decided we would make our last day count. Therefore, we sat in the car and plotted an alternate route home that would take us a bit out of the way, but that would avoid major highways for part of the trip.
This was a great decision! We saw so many great things on our drive home, and I happily pulled over to let Lori get out and take whatever pictures she wanted. I even helped her spot an entry for one of the Photocrowd categories. At one point, this pulling off the road involved literally burning rubber, as we saw something at the last minute and there was traffic behind us. I told Lori hang on while I slowed only a bit before swinging the wheel to pull us off the road and then slammed on the brakes so we wouldn’t hit a fence. Lori was super-excited about the resulting photos, and seemed to recover nicely from our precipitous exit off the road. We continued on in this manner, and were hugely rewarded when we decided to avoid a traffic slowdown by detouring through Greensburg, Indiana, where A REAL LIVE TREE IS GROWING OUT OF THE ROOF OF THE COURTHOUSE!! Did any of you know about this? We couldn’t really believe our eyes, so of course, while Lori got out to take pictures, I looked it up. You can click here if you’re a nerd like us and want to know more. It was so fascinating, and I can’t believe as an Indianapolis native, I never heard about this before! Lori will enter her pictures into a category on Photocrowd called “Urban Trees” and it must surely do well there. I mean really, how much more urban can you get than a tree growing in the midst of city government?
Eventually we got back on the road, and during an awe-inspiring sunset, pulled up in front of the Plainfield home where Lori’s brother, mom, and sister-in-law live. Lori spent a couple of days with them before flying back to Portland and then driving to her home in Salem, OR, arriving safely late last night. Thank you God for safe travels and best friends.
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