Indiana to Kentucky

We spent a week attending the Thor Diesel Club Homecoming Rally in Goshen, IN. We met alot of people, attended informative vendor seminars, enjoyed crafts, entertainment, games and a tour of the Thor factory. And, we were recruited to be Rally Hosts next year! We both said we weren’t going to do it but got roped in anyway! What we didn’t know when we said yes is that it’s a 2 year commitment- oof! We’ll be in Michigan through the end ofAugust 2026 so not a big deal to hang around until October, but we were not planning to be in the Midwest in 2027. Oh well, we’ll figure it out.
From there we went to Indianapolis for two nights. On Saturday, Oct. 11, we toured Benjamin Harrison’s Presidential Site. He was our 23rd president from 1889-1893. Most of the furnishing is original and there are several original documents on display. Fun fact - he tried to make Thanksgiving a national holiday but was unsuccessful. It was under Teddy Roosevelt that it became formalized as a holiday. He signed the Sherman Anti-trust law in 1890 and was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison, our 9th president who died in office one month after inauguration. His first wife Caroline was interesting, she painted a lot and for gifts she often gave china that she painted. She founded the White House China collection, she was the first president of the Daughters of the American Revolution and she campaigned for women’s admission to John Hopkins Medical University.
On Sunday, October 12, we relocated to Cave City, KY with the intention of visiting Mammoth Cave. Unfortunately congress was in a spat about funding and shutdown, resulting in cave and all tours closed. We were able to visit the cave entrance (it was rather dark) and hike the trails. The temperature difference between the cave entrance and outside was significant; the cave is very cold.Read more