Showing posts with label Indianapolis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indianapolis. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

First day on the road

Wednesday began my fun adventure of driving down to Cocoa Beach, FL. Luckily, the traffic was pretty good the entire day. I stopped at the College Avenue Library in Indianapolis to stretch my legs and to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. I also found the letterbox that was hidden in the library. (Letterboxing is where you go on a “treasure hunt" style quest to find a hidden box that has a rubber stamp in it. When you find it you place your stamp in the box’s book and the box’s stamp in your book). I also took pictures of a house that had a menagerie of metal sculptures in the front yard. Indianapolis was a little shady but don’t worry, I take my bright pink pepper spray with me whenever I get out of the car. Then it was back on the road again and I drove until I reached Mammoth Cave. I stopped by the visitor center to get my ticket and to find out where I needed to be for the tour in the morning. Then I went to one of the local “hotel” establishments to check in for the night. I stayed in a little cottage that belonged to a set of cottages owned by a nice Indian woman. Each cottage had a Disney character on it (mine had Tigger) and flowerboxes filled with fake flowers. Luckily for me, they were sold out of the one room cottages so I got upgraded to a nice cabin with a bedroom, living room, and bathroom. Sadly, there was no internet and the nearest Panera was 80 miles away and Starbucks 25 miles away, which is why I am already a day behind on posting my travel activities.