We had a great relaxing day just catching up on some housekeeping items. There's a Chevrolet dealer here, so I had Snowflake serviced in order that she would continue to transport us across the United States. The service department was very helpful and squeezed us in first thing this morning. While I was waiting, I took a long walk to downtown Kendallville. Interesting town with lots of old buildings. The story is that during a tornado in the 1990's, the facades of the downtown buildings were torn off, revealing the old architectural touches. Makes sense, because the buildings are really beautiful in an old-fashioned way.
The town has not one, but two, golf courses. We had a tee time at 10:00 a.m. at Noble Hawk which is a great 18 hole course just south of town. Front nine was rolling countryside, while the back nine was more in the woods. Lots of water and challenges. Was a good day, we ended up with more golf balls than we started with and had a good four-hour round, even though we had to wait on almost every hole. The course was crowded, but played fairly well. We both shot well and had fun.
Later on in the afternoon, we did some shopping at a very exclusive shop - I think it was called Le Walmartte. Afterward, we took a drive in the country. There's a combination of farmland with lakes scattered around and quite a few manufacturing plants. The biggest plant in Kendallville is a Kraft plant which produces all their marshmallows, marshmallow crème and caramel; however, there are several other good sized operations.
Went to dinner in Avila at an old restaurant - St. James. Originally build in 1880's, it supposedly is the oldest restaurant in Indiana. Good food, but too much. Too bad we're leaving tomorrow, otherwise, we might have taken a doggie bag home with us. http://www.stjamesavilla.com/
Tomorrow, we head out for Rochester. Probably take US 6 over I-80/I-90 and take the interstates over to Rochester. Should arrive there about the time Tim and Kathy are getting off work!
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