Back on April 28th, I wrote of just returning from a five-day American Road Magazine Forum road trip. This is the shortened version. For the longer, see http://roaddogsroadlog.blogspot.com.
APRIL 24th
Met Pat and Jennifer at Charlie Brown's in Speedway, Indiana (Indianapolis) for breakfast. Try the Charlie Brown omelet. We then took the $3 bus tour around the track of the Indy 500 and paid $3 to go into the museum. This was money well-spent. Lots of history here, even if I'm not much of a race fan.
This is the 100th anniversary of the track and 2011 will be the 100th of the 500 race. I ended up buying more than I intended when I saw this year's race will be on the same day as my birthday.
We then went to Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis which is huge. We saw the graves of John Dillinger (people put coins on it), 23rd President Benjamin Harrison (smaller than what you'd expect), Carl Fisher (founder on the Indy 500 tack, Miami Beach, Montauk, Long Island, Dixie Highway, and Lincoln Highway (in a crypt and nothing to indicate his accomplishments), and, on Strawberry Hill (the highest point in the city) is the grave of the children's poet James Whitcomb Riley which has a great view of downtown Indianapolis.
More to Come. --RoadDog
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