Festival central is in Rockville.
There is a road on the east side of Indianapolis called "Rockville Road". Guess where it goes.
A small town diner in Danville. I would make a Matlock joke here, but I can't think of anything from the Andy Griffith Show.
Jill and Madelyn in front of the covered bridge in Bridgeton. This bridge was actually destroyed by arson a few years ago, but it was rebuilt in 2006. We have another picture from 2001 with Jill sitting in the Jeep in front of the original. I don't know if you can open the picture to enlarge it, but all of the covered bridges have the phrase "Cross This Bridge at a Walk". We did drive the Envoy across two of the bridges in Parke County, one of which was built in the 1860's. I bet they didn't have 4,000 pound SUVs in mind when they designed them, but it held up (a few creaks and groans notwithstanding).
Another shot of the Bridgeton covered bridge. This picture was taken from a window in the Old Mill marked "Best View in Town: FREE". If you look at the mill in the next picture, it was the 3rd window in from the left, 2nd up from the bottom.
The scene in Bridgeton. The festival was all on the south side of the bridge (the far side in the picture), while most of the parking was on the north side, so you walk across the covered bridge to get to the festival.
Rachel is pretty excited about being a big sister. She did a great job visiting with Rebekah several times with Grammy.
After that we went for a pontoon ride. As you can see, all the kids (young and old) had a good time!
Sunday evening Chuck had to leave and go back to Indianapolis to start his new job Monday. I stayed on until Tuesday. Monday I had lunch with Alanna (who I have been friends with since the third grade...that means almost 20 years! Oh my!) After that, Randi, Mammaw, Rachel, Maddie and I went to Battell Park to play in the "shower park". It was fun. Maddie is becoming a water lover and Rachel had a fun time running around! 
Sunday we started off by going to an afternoon Indianapolis Indians game downtown. We got lawn seats, packed a cooler and some sunscreen and enjoyed a day at the ballpark! The kids had a good time and the Indians won 8-7 that afternoon. 
Monday we went to the zoo. It was a great day there. We went early and were able to see lots of the animals moving around. We first saw the sea lions being fed and then were able to watch an elephant get a bath. We were saving the new Oceans exhibit for last, but the kids were hungry and wanted to leave and come back later (which they later did). We went to lunch at Junkyard Dog's (a great hotdog place by the race track). 
Tuesday was a little more uneventful. Chuck and Zack went to play golf with our neighbor Justin and Kayla and I stayed with Maddie while she took a nap. After that, Kayla and I took Maddie on a few errands and Chuck took Zack to the batting cages at Great Times. We all met up for lunch at Chili's (the new golf course). That evening we just hung around the house.
Wednesday was the 4th of July and we spent it doing one of the country's greatest past times....BOWLING! We all did great. The first game was for us girls! I beat Chuck and Kayla beat Zack. It was fun. The boys did get there revenge and eventually beat us, but we will still claim that one victory!
After our bowling, we headed home for some dinner and waited until it was time to go downtown for the Freedom Blast. They launch the fireworks from the top of the Regions Bank Building downtown and put on a great show! We all really enjoyed the show. Maddie even managed to fall asleep during the loud booms!
Unfortunately Thursday came and we had to think about ending the fun. Chuck made good on the promise to take the kids back to the zoo for the Oceans exhibit. They both got the opportunity to touch a shark and see the polar bears up close! It was great. After they came back, we left for South Bend that afternoon.
