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Travel: Architectural town
In June
26 - July 3, 2014 I traveled with some of my family from the UP to my niece's wedding in Louisville, KY. We decided ahead of time we'd like to see some of the Historical sights along the way, and maybe take a couple extra days to do this.
On the
highway, somewhere between outside of Chicago's O'Hare Field and down winding
Country Roads just before Indianapolis, we picked up a couple of maps found inside of a travel brochure at our Hotel that morning, and pointed to a 2-lane Covered Bridge road thinking it would be a nice
sight-seeing adventure to take for the day; that we might see some of the
Region's History.
We drove South and took a country road that led us to our first covered bridge and stopped, walked around the grounds, and did our sight-seeing of the wooden bridge. After that, the map guided us towards a small town, where we thought would provide us with a rest stop and a place to find lunch.
Upon
entering the town (top photo), my sister's van in the lead, I began to notice a beautiful tree lined and very charming smaller sized town ahead, with it’s Vintage Buildings at first viewing. It peaked my interest, so I took out my
camera and took pictures of some of the most interesting structures I'd ever seen in one area: Vintage, Retro, Modern, and Ornate Architecture all mixed together on the Main Street and the grounds surrounding them had just as interesting Sculptural pieces
standing there.
Once back
on the Interstate, after hours of hilly, winding, and narrow Country
Back-roads, with no shoulders to speak of, it was a relief for the rest of the
day's drive. We did get closer to a group of heavy, dark looming clouds ahead of us, and
sure enough right before reaching Indianapolis, we had a downpour with thunder
and lightening while trying to navigate the freeway and unknown roads in the
downtown area of Indianapolis. It was a late night before we found food and met
up with the rest of the group at the Hotel; but an adventure is always
interesting in what it offers the traveler.
Back home
in the UP of MI and months down the road, I looked up the Town of Columbus,
Indiana on the Internet and found a wealth of information and surprises I
wasn’t aware of when passing through. I posted a few of the pictures I took
along the way (above) and included some of the information (links above) about
the town: it's History, Culture, Architecture, and People, etc.
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