A few months ago we decided to do a little mini-trip with Jim’s brother and sister-in-law, Tom and Peggy to French Lick, Indiana. We arrived back in South Bend on Friday, June 20th and left Monday, June 23rd for our five hour drive south. Our thoughts were that this would be a little resort town with cute shops and eateries as there are two huge resorts in the area: French Lick Resort and West Baden Springs Resort. Well, much to our dismay, this was not the case. The only draw to this little town are the resorts!!! We did manage to find a pizza place on Monday night for dinner and then we drove over to the West Baden Springs Resort, which was definitely worth seeing….this place was beautiful (although, according to Tom, who did not appreciate the architecture, opulence and grandeur, it was, in his words “a dump”). I will let you all form your own opinions:
This is the ceiling of the atrium
Now you all tell me what your thoughts are……….
After that we drove over to the French Lick Resort, which is also quite beautiful, and while Peggy and I wondered around the resort, Jim and Tom headed to the casino.
There was a Model “A” Restoration Convention in town and it was quite a sight to see all these old cars driving around town with their owners dressed appropriately for the era.
We met a gentlemen at our hotel who was there for the convention and he offered to take Tom for a ride in his car……Tom was very excited about that…..
Tuesday morning we got up and were wondering what we were going to do for the whole day. Oh, I forgot to tell you that it rained off and on the whole time were were there. But, we decided we would drive down to Corydon, Indiana and tour the Indiana Caves. The tour was nice and for Tom, who had never been on a cave tour before, it was interesting.
Tuesday evening we were going to go miniature golfing but, unfortunately, it rained again….so we ended up back at the casino and deposited some more of our money.
Wednesday morning we go up and, of course, since this was the day that we were to leave, it was beautiful. But, we did not waste the day…..on our way out of town we followed the signs for Lark Valley Zip Lines…..it was the highlight of our trip!!!! All four of us went…..yes, even Jim with his bad knees…..and we had a blast as the pictures will show. I cannot thank our guides, George and Garrett, enough. They were wonderful and we would all go back and do it again……
We could not post the videos, but they are on Facebook
Remember you can click to enlarge.
Take care and love to all
Linda and Jim
:You'd do it again. Well maybe I need to try one someday.
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