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"that's where we wanna to go... way down to kokomo!"

Last weekend, I was bored. So I called up Erica and persuaded her to go on a short little road trip with me. We debated between a couple locations, but finally settled on the most exotic of all - Kokomo! Although encouraged to get there fast and then take it slow, we switched that around and got there slow. We only had a few hours of daylight left, so we wanted to take the scenic route (through Flora and Delphi and past the Tippecanoe Battleground). Of course, we weren't expecting bodies in the sand or cocktails melting in our hands, but we were hoping for a cute little downtown area with brick buildings and a little diner or brewing company where we could eat. Unfortunately, we saw the sun set just as we came to a detour in the road that set us back a couple miles, so by the time we got to Kokomo, it was dark. The highway was lined with chain stores and car dealerships, so we struck out (in a circuitous fashion) for the heart of city. We finally found it, but it was empty. No little diner. No quaint brewing company. We were starving, so we followed all the locals to... where else... the Golden Corral.

Don't worry. More adventures to exciting destinations (such as Crawfordsville, Bloomington, Greencastle, Fort Wayne, and South Bend) are sure to come up. I'm determined to travel more this semester.