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I spent last night near Spencer, Indiana, and I don't know why. Much of
what I call my to-do list consists of a designated set of POIs in my GPS.
One of those was Spencer, with no notes to indicate a reason. Since my
natural route would pass nearby, I plugged Spencer into it assuming I
would figure out why I marked it for a visit once I got there. I didn't. I
had looked into a couple of possible places to stay, the timing being just
about right, grabbed a room at one of them. This is
Canyon Inn inside McCormick's Creek State Park on the
east side of Spencer. The first two photos were taken last night when I
checked into this room. The others are
from this morning with one being the view from by breakfast table.
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McCormick's Creek Park is quite attractive. Had it
been a bit drier, I might have enjoyed a walk on one of the easier trails.
As it was, I drove around the park before leaving and caught a few spots
of beginning autumn color under the gray sky.
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I guess this drive-in theater few miles from Spencer could be why the town
was on my to-do list but I doubt it. Cinema 67 Drive-In first opened in 1957 as Records
Drive-In. It is closed for the season, but has been converted to digital
and, as the sign says, will "REOPEN SPRING 2020".
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A slight detour from my next target took me to the grave of Nancy Kerlin
Barnettt in the middle of Johnson County Road 400 S.
Find A Grave has a good description of the grave's
early history but, despite having some current photos, has nothing on the
events of 2016. The short version of those events is that in the process
of widening the road and making it safer, the remains of seven individuals
were temporarily exhumed from the site. The remains were those of two
women, one man, and four children. Presumedly, one of the women is Nancy
but the identities of the other six is not currently known.
I previously visited this spot
back in 2007. It is
dramatically different today. In addition to the obvious changes at the
gravesite, the cross on the divided highway sign is no longer there as can
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On the way back to my plotted route, I stopped to see this former World's
Largest Rocking Chair. In 2008, the title was lost to
Fanning, Missouri, who
lost the title to Casey, Illinois in 2015.
That picture of the chair in Casey is brand new. I took it yesterday from
atop the World's Largest Teeter-Totter.
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This place was also on my to-do list and I definitely know why. The
Pursuing Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches Facebook group has
more than 30,000 members, and hardly a day goes by without someone posting
a picture of this
Edinburgh Diner menu offering. Comments range from
outright ridicule to someone counting it as one of their "top
3". They say it's a full pound. I didn't measure the whole thing, but
an estimate could be made from the chair backs and the just over 4 inch
bun. I won't ridicule it nor will I put it in my top 3. It was exactly
what I expected and it is obviously a winner for the restaurant. I saw at
least four others delivered as I worked on mine. The diner was quite nice
and the staff was great. I don't need another table-covering BPT but I
could see myself going back for the bluegill.
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This is the only brewery of the day and the last one of the trip. The
450 North
Brewing Company is about to move into a new huge building but for now
its taproom shares space with the wine making part of the operation.
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Once I'd checked out this not-quite-finished mural in Seymour, Indiana, I
picked up US-50 and headed home.
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