American Road Spring Cruise-- Part 5-- Indy to Richmond, Indiana

After leaving the cemetery, we drove downtown to see the new playing fields for the Colts in football and Pacers in basketball. Both quite impressive, especially the Colts field (can't remember the name of it, though). The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the circle downtown is extremely impressive.

We also went to see the marker showing where the National Road and US-421 crossed each other by a Hardee's. US-421 is especially important to me as it was the first road that I drove from one end to the other. Plus, my grandparents had a cottage near the southern terminus at Carolina Beach before Hurricane Hazel destroyed it in 1954. Our family still returned to my great aunt's place every year through college, so this area is special.

We drove east from Indianapolis of the National Road/US-40. Once past the perimeter interstate, I expected easy driving, but, unfortunately, we hit some major road construction and it was slow going.


HOOSIER DADDY? (Sorry, Bobby)

Drove to Knightstown and stopped at the old high school field house where the interior shots of the movie "Hoosiers" were shot. It is now a public facility and was open, even though no one was there to supervise it. My recommendation is for some pro team to sign Pat up. That guy is quite the shooter. I, on the other hand, failed to even hit the backboard (my excuse is that I was holding both the still and movie cameras).

This is a real trip back to the 40s and 50s. The actual little school that made it to the Indiana championship was Milan. Jennifer is really into visiting movie film sites, so this was great for her.

He Shoots, He Scores!! --RoadDog