I had seen several signs for the KolKolMah &; Foster doins which is this weekend. Here's the site: KOLKOLMAH It's a a reenactment centered on the French and Indian War. Does it make you wonder where the name of the city of Kokomo came from? (I'm resisting the urge to go check that out). The deal seems very much like the Mississinewa 1812 in October which is a reenactment of battles in the War of 1812. Here's that site: 1812. We went to that several years ago.. Very realistic. On the Radio I heard about the Burlington Fall Festival which started tonight (helping me decide not to bring that route back to Gas City. Here's some info on that. (The "chicken drop" sounded interesting) Burlington Fall Festival . There seem tot be celebrations and festivals all over Indiana. Something coming up in Lebanon, the "Ducktail Run" in Gas City in Late September if you like old hot rods. I've obviously been to that and it is impressive. When I was waiting for Georgia to get out of foot surgery a couple of years ago, a guy in the waiting room was wearing a Ducktail Run T-shirt. (In Urbana, Illinois)... He said he wouldn't miss one. Here's that site; DUCKTAIL. That is paired with the nearby James Dean Festival in Fairmount. Here's a link to explain that; JAMES DEAN Of course there's the Covered Bridge Festival in Parke County in October. We went for about 25 years without missing one, but haven't been there for several years. Here's that site: CBF Back to the present, Jonesboro (Next to Gas City) is having Old Settler's Day tomorrow (Sept 15). Seems lots of communities celebrate Old Settler's Days. As a kid, I remember going tot Old Settler's Days in Columbia City which is a summer festival. While I was looking stuff up for this post, I stumbled onto a site that seems tot list similar celebrations all over Indiana. Some of those I've mentioned are listed here, plus lot's more. Here's that site: Sept Indiana events. I;m sure there are many more, but since I was on a roll thought I'd give you something to think about if you're in the area and bored.
So did you make a guess about the water fountain???? If not, go back one post and give it a go before going on here. HMMM HMMM ... You back??? OK.. I happened onto a worker who I thought might have been at the Purdue Vet Clinic long enough tot know about the fountain. I of course had to tell her MY story about the fountain. She said, "No... they painted it... I took a closer look and she was correct.. I could see the brush strokes... So it is still the fountain I drank from in 67-68.. Her parting comment was, "It still has the best water in the building. Wow... talk about durable equipment...It's an OASIS in case you're in the market. The company is still in business, but their fountains look a whole lot different. Check it out.. OASIS FOUNTAIN
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It's Saturday morning and the head is a bit more clear. The other thing I wanted to bring up was my encounter with folks in Greentown, Indiana. For 3 weeks, I have been driving through Greentown night and morning. I had noticed a sign that I thought a bit strange. It reads, "I Don't Care". Each time I would drive by, I would try to read more of the sign as well as the mobile sign that was sitting down on the parking lot beside it. I finally understood that it was an eating establishment. My mind started paging through reasons to name a Restaurant "I Don't Care"... All I could get was, I don't care about eating healthy, this stuff is really good and I'm gonna eat it. That reminds me of another story that I might as well tuck in here. Years ago we were acquainted with a minister of the gospel who was at the time leading a large choir in a church in Sweden... It is important to note that the is black. (this is a rabbit trail off a rabbit trail)... Somehow we got to see a video of his choir.. If you saw any of the Whitney Houston services or have had the opportunity to attend a classic black church service, you have an idea of what we heard... But imagine that sound and exuberance but with all the choir members white and most of them blond. It does a number on your psyche. Back to the original rabbit trail. So Alphonso (the black minister) went to Red Lobster to eat with us and as we pondered the menu, he said, "as I make eating decisions, I must decide if the taste will be worth the calories". OK, back to the main message. Finally one evening this week, I saw a couple of folks standing out front and in keeping with the statement I made a few posts back, I stopped in to get the bottom line. As I walked up I noticed that these guys had "I Don't Care" T-shirts on. So I gave them my story and one pointed to the other and said, "There's the guy, it was his idea."... Are you way ahead of me here???? I missed the obvious completely. He said, "When you get in the car and ask each other where you want to go eat, what is the usual first answer?"... .I smacked myself on the forehead and replied, (you guessed it),.., "I Don't Care".. So many times, that protracted discussion in trying to make that eating out decision can be shortcut by simply answering, "OK, let's go to Greentown"... It hasn't worked out to try it yet, but they gave me a menu and although it is mostly variations of burgers, they do seem to have some interesting items. They said they are on Facebook, so you can look them up there if you're interested.
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