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Some Came Running…for fudge?
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine didn’t go running to Madison, Indiana for fudge, but every once in a while, we do. Madison, Indiana is a neat town in southern Indiana with very nice architecture, shops, and dining. It sits right on the Ohio River and was the filming location for the 1958 film “Some Came Running,” starrring the aforementioned celebrities. It was a nice day, we felt like getting out, so we drove down to Madison to pick up some fudge at the Madison Fudge Factory & Guest Suites. They have two guest suites upstairs, and the evening turn-down service includes fudge samples. Don’t quote me, but I…
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August 2008: The Great Outdoors and the Great River Road
Part 2 of “The Great Outdoors” as we return to the Sleeping Fawn Resort in Park Rapids. While we needed to take the Interstate up, for the most part, we returned along the Great River Road through Minnesota. We crossed into Wisconsin, back over to Iowa, and back to Wisconsin, before taking Wisconsin State Road 11. We then needed to take the Evil-I home to Indiana. Slideshow of All Photos For more details about a particular photo, click on it in the slideshow and it will open in my Flickr site. [flickrslideshow acct_name=”roadtripmemories” id=”72157606775163113″ width=”500″]
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June 2008: The Great Outdoors – Park Rapids, Minnesota
Pat has mentioned many times over the past several years about wanting to visit Minnesota. As a child, it was his family’s vacation destination of choice, and he also visited several times as an adult, the last being 1995. Other than our journey to the Twine Ball in November 2005, I had not been to Minnesota. So, we thought a trip to “The Great Outdoors” would be a fine idea. One of my favorite movies is “The Great Outdoors” starring Dan Aykroyd and the late, great comedian, John Candy. The film epitomizes the family northwoods vacation and our experience reflected that – everything reminded me of something from the movie.…
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Brieties Again – Greenville, Illinois
Pat and I took a quick trip to Greenville, Illinois to take photos of a diner called Brieties Again. The diner was the subject of an upcoming “Diner Days” feature in AMERICAN ROAD Magazine, written by John Goldsmith, the Executive Director of the National Road Association in Illinois. Becky Repp, AMERICAN ROAD’s Managing Editor, asked if I would take the photos.The article was published in the Autumn 2008 issue of AMERICAN ROAD. To view the photos, click here to visit my Flickr site: June 2008: Breities Again – Greenville, Illinois
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May 12, 2008: New York, New York (Day 3)
There isn’t too much to say about this day! After two days of clear weather, we were bound to have a rainy day, and this was it. Many museums were closed Mondays, but one of our favorites, the American Museum of Natural History, was open. We’ve been there countless times before, but we didn’t mind going again. Evidently, everyone else in New York had the same idea, because it was very crowded! We waited to enter by the lower level subway entrance but they called out that it would be faster to head to the main entrance instead. So a bunch of people did that…I figured, why do that because…
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May 11, 2008: New York, New York (Day 2)
On day 2, we went up to Central Park. We went to Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle (among others). Afterward, we exited to Central Park West, by the Museum of Natural History. We took the C from 81st to Columbus Circle, where we transferred to the D to Coney Island. We ate at Nathan’s, but it was fairly chilly, so we ate quickly! We hopped back onto the D and took it to 20th Ave & 86th Street in Bensonhurst. We were originally going to walk around their Italian neighborhood and have a slice of pizza at Lenny’s, but having just ate at Nathan’s, we weren’t hungry. So next time……
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May 10, 2008: New York, New York (Day 1)
This one’s not a road trip – we were making this just a 3-day weekend so Amber and I flew to NYC. We had an early morning flight from Indianapolis, and arrived at the airport around 6. As we were walking to our gate, I caught sight of the sun rising over downtown Indianapolis. After arriving at LaGuardia, we took the M60 bus from LaGuardia to 125th Street / Lexington and connected with the 5 line subway down to the Fulton – Nassau – Broadway station and walked to our hotel, the Thompson Gild Hall. It is located on Platt Street between William and Gold Streets (its listed address is…
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Route 66 Cozy Dog Run
Sure you can get an average corn dog anywhere, but why settle for average when you can have the best! The Cozy Dog Drive-In, on Route 66 in Springfield, Illinois was started by Ed Waldmire in 1946. You can read more about the history of the Cozy Dog here. Slideshow of All Photos For more details about a particular photo, click on it in the slideshow and it will open in my Flickr site. [flickrslideshow acct_name=”roadtripmemories” id=”72157603706854785″ width=”500″]