Arrived in Indiana just in time for the change of color of the leaves, October 7 - October 17, 2011. This is my old stomping grounds as a child. I grew up in Monticello, lived on Lake Shafer and went to school in a little ole schoolhouse in town. The following pictures are of our location on Lake Shafer across from an amusement park called Indiana Beach. The house on the hill has been built recently where our house was back in the 50's. My swimming career began around the age of 5 and at 7 years old I swam across the lake (with boat traffic and all) because my sister took the boat and would not take me. So, I swam there. Boy did I get in trouble!!! I lived there from age 5 to 13 when my parents moved 35 miles south to Lafayette, IN (home of Purdue University). After all, the only commerce at the time was growing corn and my dad was in the fish business. We had a wonderful time touring and recalling old memories. AND, we met a couple who have been full-time RVing for 4 years. Marty & Kay from Denver and their great little dogs have become friends and we will be meeting them in Florida next month. Marty has been teaching me how to blog and we then met them in Kentucky a few weeks later. They gave us our first lessons in kayaks and we didn't tip over either. While we stayed in Monticello, we made several trips to Lafayette to visit Purdue (I graduated there in '64), my old high school, met some old acquaintances, ate world famous hamburgers at the Triple XXX and ice cream at the Frozen Custard. More on those trips in the Lafayette blog. Very well run park, clean and extremely comfortable.
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Beautiful time of the year to see the leaves |
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More vibrant colors |
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Nearby town of Monon, home of the Monon Railroad |
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Small and quaint town |
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My grade school. Didn't get kicked out at age 5, but did get in a fight the first day of school while riding on the school bus |
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Looking at Indiana Beach from our side of Lake Shafer |
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How could a kid not want to go there? Look at all the fun - all you have to do is swim over there! (age 7) |
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This was our property, this house replaced ours. |
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Our property was from the end of the wall on this side to around the corner. |
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Our house was up on a hill like this on waterfront property. That's Joan on their front porch making herself at home. |
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Corn, Corn, Corn everywhere. |
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Dumb, dumb, dumb but as kids we climbed to the top of the bridge and jumped off into the water. I don't think my parents ever knew or I surely would have heard about that. |
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