Only One to Go

Well, I only have one more new the to do before I turn 50.

I'm feeling very confidant at this point since I have about 4 weeks to accomplish my goal. Wish me luck and I'll let you know what I did, when I figure out what it'll be.

Have a great week everyone! Sue

Brown County and Painted Hills Lake pics

(#49) Brown County Indiana

We went lots of places in Indiana, but touring the countryside of Brown country and listening to all Tony's childhood memories was really great. I wish I'd had a more rural upbringing at times, but then I wouldn't be me. We visited Brown County Park, were Tony's family had reunions and he has many found memories of picnics, horseback rides and the trees changing colors in fall. I climbed to the top of the 100 foot observation tower and saw beautiful scenery in every direction. Tony volunteered to stay on the ground and wave to me (what a trooper :) We drove through an all wooden covered bridge, something I've definately never done before.
We also went to see his Dad's lake house on "Lake Painted Hills" where he spent his teen years. Across the lake from his Dad's house was the pool he life guarded at. The whole area was really beautiful and I can see sometimes why he misses it. The weather was wonderful the whole week, 70's and 80's with low humidity too. But I have to remind him; it will snow there and I'm not made for snow. And " YES" we will visit again in spring, summer or fall, but Indiana will probably not see this California girl in winter if I have much to say about it.

Our entire trip was great, I enjoyed everyone and everything about Indiana.
So "THANK YOU INDIANA" , and hope to see you soon! Sue

(#48) Amish Country

While in Indiana Tony and I went to Northern Indiana to visit his brother Dick and his wife Cindy. They live in Goshen, Indiana and were wonderful hosts, taking us on a tour all around the country side. We went to Shipshewanna, Indiana; were we saw Amish schools, bakeries and quilt shops. We had fun shopping and ate way to much. We even dressed up in traditional Amish clothing and had our picture taken. I could never be Amish, they have very unflattering clothes and really ugly shoes too! But the food was wonderful and the children all seem so innocent in their Amish garb, and the quilts are beautifull too.
Thanks Dick and Cindy for the tour, it was great! Sue

Historic Downtown Indianapolis pics

Indy 500 pics

Brandon & Sara Wedding Pics

(#47) Indianapolis, Indiana

Hi All,
Last week was fun and busy too!

I arrived in Indy on Friday the 29th, just in time for Brandon(Tony's oldest son) and Sara's rehearsal dinner.

Saturday we had a a small Gentry Family reunion, with as many Gentry's as we could round up. It was fun getting to know my new family and they all seem like wonderful family to have.

Sunday was the Big Day for Brandon and Sara. Everyone had a great time. The wedding was beautiful and so was the Bride! The Groom was handsome as well. The church they got married in was in an old historic part of town and was very grand, beautiful stained glass windows and very high cathedral ceilings. Mikey and Jonny (Tony's younger sons) couldn't wait for reception food and talked thier Uncle Chuck into a burger run on the way to the reception (teenage boys are always hungry it seems). The reception was held at an old converted train station and was very cool, with it's old architechture and so much of the train station still in it's original grand state.

Monday the Bride and Groom met the family downtown for breakfast before heading off to England for their honeymoon and then all the Californians headed downtown for the historic tour. The architecture was beautiful in all the old buildings and monuments. We even visited uncle Chuck's office in the State Capital building (but he was on vacation).

After dropping off the other Califorians at the airport, Tony and I went by to see the Indy 500 Museum. Unfortunately it was closed by the time we got there, but it was cool seeing the track and the grounds of the 500.

We had lots of other found memories in Indianapolis too. Dinner with Sara's parents, dinner with Tracy and Celeste and touring around all the childhood homes and hangouts Tony had was all great!

All in all I had a great time in Indy! Sue