I 64 Indiana

Ok…not a good day.  At all.  Started off with rain, which wouldn’t be so bad, but we were trying to get things unhooked, etc.  Ronnie got pretty wet.  It was about 10 a.m. before we got on the road.  I 64 East to Louisville was a good interstate…at least the Illinois part.  Great road, in fact.  Indiana was not so good, but okay.  Pretty countryside. 

 

Now comes the stress which lasted for most of the afternoon.  We chose to go off the interstate and follow a Scenic Byway along the Ohio River.  Would lead right to our destination.  And I thought our GPS had the route on it.  But it ended up taking us along another scenic route (not along the river, but through the center of the state).  Okay, not really a problem until the rain, thunderstorms came through and the road became a corkscrew of narrow country roads up and down hills.  It was very stressful (and we’ve pulled this RV in some pretty tight situations and up through the Rocky Mountains).  The heavy rain made the limbs, already hanging over the road, dangerously low (visions of replacing the roof again)  Finally found another road to meander on to get to a decent highway.  Still raining.  Got to Rising Sun, Indiana and the GPS took us down to the center of the town to a mobile home park and said “you have arrived at your destination”….NOT.  Finally found the RV Park…no one was in the office.  They had instructions for sites to take for late arrivals for YESTERDAY……We just took a spot and hope no one throws us out before morning.  That is the simplified version of this afternoon.

 

Now, we got this new GPS this summer.  Only used it once when we went to Branson, so this is really the first test.  It’s a Rand McNalley…made especially for Rvers.  Until he had earned his trust, I kept the atlas in my lap.  He has a decent voice and DOES NOT RECALCULATE!!  When we decide we know best, he nicely tries to get us to do a U-turn, but quietly gives up after 2 or 3 tries.  Then he realizes that he doesn’t know everything and accepts our way.  However, just as we entered Louisville KY and there were 5 Interstates to choose from, he freezes.  Just sits there…nothing.  Thank goodness, I had the paper map in my lap and we knew where we were going.  I stuck a ballpoint pen into his Reset and he jumped into action.  Then, when we ended up in the mobile home park trying to reach an RV park…..ummmm…he’s on borrowed time.    We do have the little Nuvi with us just in case, but she’s limited and she does RECALCULATE.  Except for those two times, it functioned perfectly and we “think” we like him.  But the Atlas stays in my lap. 

 

Just a few pictures today…but will have some tomorrow.  We are backed up to the Ohio River and there are barges going up and down it…makes for a nice Kodak moment…but it was raining when we got here and didn’t take pictures.

 

The Courtyard, Rising Sun, IN

Rising Sun Indiana is the cutest, quaintest town.  I’m sure there’s lots of history and will try to look into it tomorrow.  We went into town to find something to eat and ran upon the Courtyard Inn right on the banks of the river.  It was an old house/inn built in 1827 and has been turned into a restaurant/inn.  After asking a few questions about it, our waitress brought us a scrapbook with pictures and proceeded to give us a little background on this HAUNTED house.  In 2008, the Indiana Paranormal Society did a study there and commented, “there is definitely something going on here.”  Room 12 in the upstairs Inn had the most activity, when noises and voices were recorded.  Our waitress said she’s seen a little girl dressed in white while she was in the restaurant working. And has heard voices in the upstairs.   Made chills up my spine!    We just ate…have no intention of spending the night there. 

 

Tomorrow we go to the Creation Museum….pictures tomorrow night.