Indiana
One thing is for sure – living out of a hotel room is a painful existence. I stayed at a Hampton Inn to the NE side of Indianapolis for about 10 days, followed by the Holiday Inn in downtown Indianapolis during my training.
I found myself missing the easy access to parks and trails around my condo in Minnetonka, MN. I did get out for a few runs at both locations in Indy, but I was felt I was inhaling a few too many fumes from the traffic to find runs in the area to be very enjoyable. Towards the end of my stay, I found myself preferring the treadmills at the LA Fitness gyms in the area.
As far as the locals sights, I thought the Circle Center in downtown Indianapolis was pretty cool, and I really liked the area around Caramel, IN, which not coincidentally was named one of the top small towns in America by Money Magazine recently.
I was able to visit my buddy Rob in Bloomington, IN one of the weekends I was there. I hadn’t gambled for awhile, and we headed to the far south end of Indiana to a place called French Lick, which was medium sized casino/resort in the area. In usual fashion, I lost about $200 to that institution, and in his usual fashion, Rob got the equivalent to a Royal Flush and some other jackpot while we were there, netting him about $3k. At least he was a good sport about it and picked up dinner.
Other than that, I fell in love with Yelp.com all over again. It’s a lifesaver when you don’t know where the hell to eat.
