Our Vacation Situation

Josh and I finally got to enjoy our summer vacation this week. We headed down to Brown County, Indiana for a few days. Our vacation began in Brown County State Park where we camped the first night and enjoyed being in hills and feeling like we were no longer in Indiana. It rained most of the night, but our tent from Grandma Yoder kept us dry!


On Sunday we left the State Park and headed a few miles down the road to Nashville. Nashville is an old-fashioned, artsy little town with one traffic light. It felt good to mingle with the laid back country folk. We spent our time in Nashville strolling through the unique little shops, talking with the friendly locals, and eating homemade food. We also found a really nice hotel- Hotel Nashville- with a deal on weeknight stays, so we spent the next three nights in a hotel suite the size of our house. Maybe a little bit bigger. We had a kitchen, dining room, living room, king size bedroom, two bathrooms, and a balcony.

Monday evening we decided to hit up nine holes of golf. It was my first experience with the sport. Josh was a really good teacher and was very patient following me in the golf cart as I walked the holes, hitting my ball every so often. Josh scored a 51 and I scored a completed 6 holes. I won't go into details on how many times I had to swing, but this picture might give you an idea.



What I took away from the game was that I'm a much better golf cart driver than Josh (our cart had GPS!) and six blisters, one for each hole. Can you find them all?

Tuesday we walked through some shops in the morning and then headed back to our hotel for lunch. During lunch, a huge storm (and what we later found out was a tornado) hit the county and we lost power in our room. The rest of our vacation takes place without electricity. According to our hotel clerk, we experienced the longest power outage ever in Brown County. What an honor. Since we were planning on going back to the shops, we had a list of things to buy, but never got the chance to buy them. We woke up early this morning and the power was still out, so we ended our vacation early with no souvenirs. Except a new battery-powered lantern from the Columbus Indiana WalMart...

According to today's paper, Nashville is now on a level 2 emergency and "a boil water order is in effect". There is now a water shortage and residents have three areas in town where they may pick up water.

Despite some unfortunate circumstances during our vacation, we absolutely had a blast. We would recommend Brown County State Park and Nashville to anyone looking for a fun weekend in southern Indiana. We want to head back in the fall when the leaves start changing because we hear that it is beautiful. Any takers?