Our Trip Begins at Whitewater Canal

I can't say enough thanks to my mom and dad for hauling DT and I around southern Indiana and Kentucky with them in the Huber van this summer. We explored historic landmarks. We traveled by van, by foot, and by riverboat. We were entertained. We played. We learned. And we just simply enjoyed being together.

Day 1: On Monday, we headed south to Metamora, IN. Destination? Whitewater Canal. To learn how the canal came to be in 1836 and it's advantages to industry in Indiana. We walked through the historic little town to the canal bridge and past little shops dotting the path.

The interior of the bridge was strong and substantial. Grandpa and DT looked so small from above, looking down over the edge.

We hoped to take the horse-drawn ride on the canal, but we quicklty discovered that all of town is closed on Mondays. Not the greatest way to start our vacation, but we happened upon an excentric cookie jar/salt and pepper shaker store which doubled as the town's ice-cream shop... and made the best of it with a scoop of ice-cream.

We continued to Madison, IN before evening and shopped at a little bookstore before walking along the Ohio River.

And then we turned in at the Hillside Inn, an old restored hotel high in the hills overlooking the river. The view was refreshing.

The next day would be a new adventure. Courtesy of my ever-adventurous parents.