January 21, 2006
C You in C'ville
Sometimes I do things backward. For instance, last Monday, Erica, Cristen and I celebrated the late Dr. Martin Luther King by taking a drive down to Crawfordsville, Indiana. Just now, I was looking up some facts online so I could be more informed about this hamlet when I wrote up our little travel log. Duh! I should've done this before we went! Then I wouldn't have missed out on the Ben-Hur library and I would've known that the Old Jail Museum was closed on Mondays. Also, I would've been more appreciative of the fact that Crawfordsville is known as "the Athens of Indiana." I guess it's a good thing that it's only about 40 minutes away. I can go to this literary and cultural center of Indiana (and thus America!) any time I want.
But enough of what might have been. Let's look at what was.
First off, Crawfordsville has a cute little Main Street, but what first grabbed our attention was all the spoils available at Of Cabbages and Kings, an antique store that goes on for miles! (By miles, I mean about 4 stories.)
There were lots of treasures inside (such as a New Kids on the Block puzzle, Shave Ken doll, racist memorabilia, and plastic 50s decor), but I personally fell in love with these lamps:
It's just a shame that I don't have any money right now. This store would've been a bonanza!
Then we walked down to what I am assuming is City Hall, but maybe not. It was a disginguished buildings with a monument and cannons at its front. The monument said, "We feel sorry about the soldiers who died fighting for this country." But the cannons stood as a reminder of the fighting we have left to do. Anyway, that's enough politicizing. Let's see some pictures!
We ate lunch at the diner across the street. It was like what Potbelly's is trying to be, but real. Before we could leave, I wanted to see the campus of Wabash College. So we parked the car and wandered around. We felt a little odd, though, and couldn't figure out why. We wondered if people could tell that we didn't go to the school. Afterwards, I found out that Wabash College (home of the Little Giants) is an all men's school. Yeah, I think they could tell we didn't go there. Also, we were taking pictures like tourists.
The campus of Wabash was pretty nice, though. We especially liked how friendly (in a menacing way) their signs were.
There was this one building at the head of the circle that looked like a church, so I took a picture of it.
Wait, wait... that wasn't how it was supposed to be. Let's try this one:
There was a nice library (probably better than Purdue's!):
And a good view of the stadium:
But my favorite was this little garden nook by the student building where you could go to relax and get away from it all. You could also check out what time it was on the sundial.
Even though it was a holiday, we still had a lot of reading to do, so we had to make our visit to C'ville brief. Seriously, though... that Ben Hur museum is calling my name.