Indiana

nothing special…

ii got my friends Mustang here tho!

Bloomington is surprising! Great, thriving community – neat places to eat and shop. Nice lake – spend a lazy afternoon there.

Best place to be if you are in IN!

Another pass through, but it looks like a nice place. I’d love to go back.

I lived here for nearly 7 years! i was in Pike Township and then i moved to Franklin Township (really great place). Downtown is really relaxed. For the new year, people go Downtown and the bell rings. TJMAXX is an awesome place to shop at. Great restaurants like the Hard Rock Cafe.

I drove from Louisville to Indiana. It’s just across the river, does that count?

The Amish are personal friends of my family. Although I haven’t lived there for 8 or 9 years, when I did live there they cared for my children.

They are lovely people, but I’m finding there is a huge break down in the religious side of things. They are now becoming Christian Amish or Staunch Amish.

Many of the children are leaving the Staunch Amish side of things and going Christian Amish. Still they are lovely people.

The children are not only leaving, the brethren are shunning some of the children and these children’s families, for reasons like bike riding (they are not allowed to operate machinery with rubber wheels), for reading the King James Version of the bible, for speaking English in the church, for getting hearing aids for the young ones, and the like.

I do have to say that this is what is being found in Parke County. I can’t speak for other counties in Indiana and Illinois.

In general, I have found them lovely people and devoted friends.

So different than california… my grandparents live on a huge farm up there about 20 minutes from the notre dame university

Well I’m a little unbiased if it’s worth visiting or not because I went with my family. OH, MY. It actually very much is worth visiting because of the Amish!!! It was so funny. . . like I was in the car driving right by an Amish guy, with a huge beard, in a buggy. And so I waved to him, and I knew he saw me but he didn’t wave back to me! But, yeah, it was so so fascinating.

And I fished there. (: SO cool. Fishing is awesome! Sort of.

Yay!! I finally went to see my mom, it was too short a trip but it was good to see my mom again. I really didn’t wanna leave lol :) ;)

Saw the dunes, a must! You are cheating yourself if you don’t!