We arrived in Huntington, Indiana on Thursday after a 395 mile drive from St. Louis. We routed our trip through Huntington so that we could stop at Sportsmobile, the campervan conversion company, in order to have a window added to our vehicle.
A week ago I discovered that my sister and her husband, who live in Detroit, were planning a camping vacation in southern Indiana for this weekend, so the four of us modified our schedules and arranged a reunion in Huntington.
Huntington is the boyhood home of Dan Quayle. He now lives in Arizona. There's a Dan Quayle museum in town, but we skipped it.
We dropped our van off at Sportsmobile at 8:00 AM, and met Wendy and Carl for breakfast, at Huntington's most popular diner, Nick's Kitchen.
Amazingly our van was done by 10:00 AM, so the four of us spent the rest of the day exploring the area around Huntington, which includes a lot of farm land, and a number of state recreation areas created by dams along the Wabash River.
In a landmark decision on April 3, 1866, the United States Supreme Court overturned the conspiracy against the national government conviction of Huntington attorney Lambdin P. Milligan (1812-1899). This decision, rising out of the Civil War, set a precedent which protects civilians from being tried in military courts, even in time of war, if the civil courts are open and functioning. (From a plaque in front of the Huntington County Courthouse)
a sign worthy of Route 66
corn being transferred from the harvester to a truck which will take it to an elevator
After a delicious dinner at the Rusty Dog Irish Pub, we said our good-byes. Tomorrow, Wendy and Carl head south and we head east. We have a 900 drive to Sugar Hill, so the only sightseeing for us will be along the interstates.
A great day
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