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| Indy KOA |
Our campsite in Greenfield was nice and shaded and we had plenty of space in the back with the dogs for the first bit of our stay...luckily ;) We were unfortunately located right beside the dog park! A little ridiculous! Like the Louisville KOA there was not a great place to take the dogs on a long dog walk so we did some searching and found a great 6 mile greenway 10 minutes away (Pensy Park Trail). It was an old railroad track that had been converted to a greenway trail. It was well used but in general we did not see a ton of dogs (which was nice). Lilly goes a little nutso when she sees dogs (really because she wants to play) so if we saw a dog in the distance it could get a little crazy for awhile (some of the stretches were perfectly straight for longer than a mile.)
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| Greenfield Pensy Trail |
Friday night John and I wandered into downtown Indy into an area called Broad Ripple. A fun midtown area (we loved the houses down there!) We ate at a well known pizza place called Bazbeaux Pizza. John really liked his usual sausage pizza. I went out on a limb and got a Mexican style pizza (not sure why ... sometimes I wonder what I am thinking...anyway...not the best decision). Sometimes you just need to stick with what you know is good! Our cookies at Insomnia Cookies were decidedly much better! Warm chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin right about of the oven. Yum!
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| night life in Broad Ripple |
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| street art! |
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| Canal |
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| Pics via paddle boat |
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| 1 of the many wedding parties |
On Sunday we attended Mercy Road a church that reminded John and I a lot of our church in Clemson (DCF). We felt right at home and enjoyed the service. The pastor was very passionate and he had this perma smile on his face during the whole message. You could tell he just really loved what he was doing! All of the people we met were sincerely excited to meet us.
We decided on another local favorite spot, Kountry Kitchen and Soul Food. The building had no windows (it was a bit of a dive diner in a shady part of town!) and we were not even really sure if it was open BUT...the food and service was wonderful and there were quite a few people inside. The lemonade and sweet tea were amazing---maybe pure sugar with a little lemon and tea but still amazing! The owner asked us how we found out about the place and then told us that Tony Dungy, and President Obama had eaten there...We laughed. I said "I found you all on Urbanspoon." She just gave me a big smile and said "That's nice." I am pretty sure she had no idea what I was talking about...
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| church |
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| brunch! |
In the afternoon we hit the Indy Zoo. So fun! We especially enjoyed the baby elephant (admittedly I took 15 pictures), the dog show, petting the dog sharks and seeing the fun bears! It was a neat zoo that had the exhibits broken into biomes. There was a desert section, forest section, ocean section...etc...I will not include all of the pics but a few that I really enjoyed!
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| auntie and baby! |
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| enjoying a frozen treat! |
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| brown bear! |
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| soo cute! |
I had to head to Sevierville later that week for a couple of days so John and I spent our last night out at Bru Burger Bar (great burgers!) and a cool ice cream joint. The ice cream spot made the ice cream right in front of you with liquid nitrogen. You picked the flavors and type of ice cream. A great chemistry experiment!
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| Last restaurant spot! |
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| making ice cream! |
C&J + 4 pups that are enjoying greenways!
Wildlife Seen
1. 2 alligator snapping turtles laying eggs (so cool!) -- Lilly and Fiona almost got their noses chomped on
2. A crawdad in full attack mode about to attack Fiona's nose again!
Lessons Learned
1. Green ways are great unless you see a dog walking toward you from 1/2 mile away :)
2. Sometimes sticking to old standbys when it comes to food is a better idea
3. Warm cookies are always good!
4. Even simple things like paddle boating can require a little practice!
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| Waiting for an after walk treat...see you soon! |
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