Coffee and A Drive Through the Countryside

Started our morning with coffee. Over the years, we have tried a variety of travel mugs. One of our boondocker welcome hosts had the 20 oz contigo mugs. They said they purchased them at Walmart, so we looked for them on our next visit. The contigo mug is leak proof, keeps things hot 7 hours, or cold 18 hours. They have a snapseal and thermalock. They have a lifetime guarantee and we love them. Besides the above, they are easy to hold and fit very well in our drink holders.

It is mid afternoon and the temperature is 83 degrees and sunny where we are. This is the first night of a two-night stay at another boondockers welcome location at another farm. We are sitting in their backyard full of shade trees and overlooking corn fields. In fact, this morning the farmer applied a spray mixture to his crops in the fields

Reminiscing while driving through the countryside 

In this post, I am sharing some photos taken prior to Memorial Day in May. These were taken on a drive through the countyside after visiting the cemeteries to put flowers on the graves of my parents and grandparents.

This old building is a bank in Foraker, Indiana. It is less than four miles from where I grew up. For all practical purposes, the business looks like it should open for business tomorrow, but in reality, it has been closed for as long as I can remember. The outside looks the same as it did when I was a kid. It looks like they closed, locked the door, and just walked away. I do not know the history of this bank, but I remember hearing family members talk about it when it was open for business. My guess is that it may have been affected by the Great Depression.

Bank in Foraker, Indiana that has been closed more than 70 years.

This farm is around the corner and adjacent to the farm where my sister and I grew up. Our great grandparents lived here long before either of us were born. I should add it to a site I found where people add photos of old barns.

Farm where my great grandparents lived.

This used to be the old Good School, one of many one-room township school houses. It was sold, remodeled, and is now a residence. This is where I started to school. I attended the first semester of first grade here.

Good School where I started school after it was remodeled into a house.

This photo taken in Nappanee, Indiana, is along U.S. 6. This is a parking lot where Amish patrons  park and secure their horse and buggy while shopping at the local modern-day grocery and pharmacy store.

Parking area for Amish horses and buggies while shopping at modern-day grocery store.

Birdwatching

The red bird on the left bird feeder is a Cardinal, the State Bird of the State of Indiana.

Beautiful Cardinal, State Bird of the State of Indiana

Chicago Skyline

The Sears Tower is a familiar site in the Chicago Skyline. The busy freeways are quite a contrast to the drive through the countryside in the photos above.

Chicago Skyline and view of Sears Tower heading east out of Chicago

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Sharon