Monday, May 4, 2009
Charlestown State Park, Charlestown, IN: Apr 5-7
This is a lovely state park, but most of the camping spaces are uniform -- "How do we pick one with so many similar choices?", we asked each other. Then we found one loop that went through a stand of trees and found a lovely spot by some blossoming redbuds. We had previously arranged to meet Jules & Cindy, a couple we met at Chaco & who now live in Columbus, OH, here, and they called shortly after we set up to say they were already in the park. They both look fantastic & it was good seeing them again. We went on a hike where, unfortunately, we all picked up a number of ticks. We each had 4 or 5 which we thought was bad enough, but we chatted with Jules that evening (on Facebook) and they found over 2 dozen on them and their two dogs. Yuck!
We chose this park because of its relative proximity to Columbus, IN, which we had heard contains a number of buildings designed by different architects. We signed up for the tour & drove up quite early (for us) the next morning, stopping for breakfast at a Cracker Barrel. By the time we reached Columbus it was raining again, indeed it rained most of the time we were here. Our tour got off to an auspicious start when we were greeted by a Dale Chihuly sculpture (a glass artist, who's one of our favorites) in the Visitor Center. Most of the tour was by bus, so we stayed pretty dry. People from around the world visit Columbus to view the more than 70 buildings & public art displays by internationally recognized architects & artists. Its citizens decided in the 1960s that exemplary public surroundings were important for a community's well-being, and Columbus is now a vibrant, progressive and visually appealing town, with lovely landscaping and outdoor art, as well as the eye-catching architecture. The founder of Cummins Diesel, William Irwin, was the one who started financing the interesting architecture of the town. Columbus remains the world headquarters for Cummins, and Cummins is the largest employer in the area.
We chose this park because of its relative proximity to Columbus, IN, which we had heard contains a number of buildings designed by different architects. We signed up for the tour & drove up quite early (for us) the next morning, stopping for breakfast at a Cracker Barrel. By the time we reached Columbus it was raining again, indeed it rained most of the time we were here. Our tour got off to an auspicious start when we were greeted by a Dale Chihuly sculpture (a glass artist, who's one of our favorites) in the Visitor Center. Most of the tour was by bus, so we stayed pretty dry. People from around the world visit Columbus to view the more than 70 buildings & public art displays by internationally recognized architects & artists. Its citizens decided in the 1960s that exemplary public surroundings were important for a community's well-being, and Columbus is now a vibrant, progressive and visually appealing town, with lovely landscaping and outdoor art, as well as the eye-catching architecture. The founder of Cummins Diesel, William Irwin, was the one who started financing the interesting architecture of the town. Columbus remains the world headquarters for Cummins, and Cummins is the largest employer in the area.
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