Day 3

We spent most of the day in and near Indianapolis. We were at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis when it opened at 10. The staff put on a brief 'Be Our Guest' performance before the museum opened. We headed to the rock wall ticket booth first to get signed up for a free climbing slot. Hans and Fritz both determined that the wall here, which resembled real rock more than the wall at our YMCA, was more difficult than the one they are used to climbing.

Dad's favorite part of the museum was the 3 story tall water clock. In this photo, the staffer is explaining how it works before it drained almost all 70 gallons at 1pm.


After a late lunch at White Castle, we headed north to visit my aunt and uncle, whom I hadn't seen since my dad's funeral over 4 years ago. We finished off a nice 3 hour visit with dinner at Applebee's. Then we drove through a heavy rainstorm (twice) into Ohio for the night.

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Day 2

After only 24 hours of vacation, we have spotted license plates of 30 different states. Our rules include that we must be in the car and that the vehicle we spot must be moving.

We started the day in Missouri, having crossed the border last night to get out of Kansas in Day 1. We traversed the Missouri River twice and spotted the Gateway Arch from a distance on our way through St. Louis. In Illinois, we stopped at My Garage museum, and saw the restored 1910 gas station in Effingham that we learned about from RoadsideAmerica.com. We didn't get a photo because it was raining at the time. The Volkswagon section of the museum had WW II vehicles, and the other section had Corvettes. We found a poster with Volkswagons, and Dad was able to show the rest of us which kind was the same as 'Sparky,' the VW bus he drove in college. After that, we drove into Indiana for the night.

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