It started Wednesday evening with Men’s Town at the Hartley garage in Vallonia, Indiana. You can eat squirrel 🐿️, 🐢 turtle, etc. as well as play ♣️ poker and watch John’s Redneck Ingenuity can crusher in action.
Heidi and I smoked a turkey 🦃 on the Traeger Smoker and it turned out fantastic! Great flavor!
We actually have another dinner tomorrow in Louisville. ⚖️ Dood coma coming soon.
Located in beautiful downtown Jamestown on State Road 136 is where you will find Baire’s 🍔 Burgers. It is a brand new (opened September 30) To Go only burger joint with the “Best Burger On Wheels.”
Jamestown is the hometown of Herman B Wells, former Indiana University president and educator. As well as the info stated on the historical marker, he was also the president of IU in 1947 when Bill Garrett of Shelbyville was Mr. Basketball and became the first African-American basketball player in the Big Ten for IU. Along with Coach Branch McCracken, Wells was a key player in making that happen.
Around the mid 1980s I went to an IU football game with then Student Trustee Tom Haley and Tim Durham. After the game Tom took us to a party at the president’s house on campus. As we were walking in Dr. Joe Black (IU Trustee) pulled up the the front of the house. ( I also mowed Dr. Black’s yard for five years growing up.)
As Dr. Black walked toward the house he stated to us, “The bar is open boys. Let’s go.”
During our stay at the party Tom introduced me to Herman B Wells. (At the time I really had no idea who he was.) He sat in a chair with a red cardigan sweater and a cane across his lap. He was quite personable and had plenty of time for our conversation.
On a side note, I have also met Bill Garrett. He was a high school friend of my Dad’s (Walt Wintin and came by the house for a visit back in the early 1970s. He was tall and lean and looked like he could still play 🏀. He was a gentleman and my Dad had tremendous respect for him. He also has a historical marker on the IU campus and has a building named after him as he was a great athlete and a better person during a volatile time in our country. Dad attended Bill’s wedding in Madison, Indiana to Betty Innskeep. He said that there were three white people at the wedding. Himself and Mr. and Mrs. Branch McCracken.
Thank you for attending Indiana History 101.
Be sure to sit on the top level!
What a cool spot! We sat on the 🔝 level that was open air and wonderful views over the levee in both directions of the Ohio River.
Let me tell you, that Heidi Wintin is on to something! When I offered something from the freezer for 🥘 dinner, she said she had an idea. So, I picked sweet 🌽 corn from the garden while she already had some banana peppers that she had picked earlier.
Heidi mixed a can of shredded chicken, a block of cream cheese, Frank’s Red Hot 🥵 sauce, and 🧄 garlic salt and spread that into a sliced banana pepper. Then she topped that with bacon and baked it for 20 minutes at 400 degrees and it was awesome!!! 😎
I prefer my 🌽 corn Off the Cob! The flavor from this meal was outstanding and I really enjoy knowing that we grew the corn and the peppers! Also, it took about 10 minutes to prep and 10 minutes to pick and shuck the corn. We tag teamed on that. And now, I am playing on my phone and she is cleaning up. Someone has to live this life and it might as well be me.
Located at 6077 South State Road 135 south of Vallonia, Indiana, the Hackmans are hard at work providing fresh vegetables for the area. Their Veg2table program delivers fresh vegetables to your door🥕 anywhere in Jackson and Washington counties. Contact them at 812-358-3377 for more information.
Call 812-358-3377 or visit the market at 6077 State Road 135 south of Vallonia for fresh vegetables and For information about the Veg2table program.🥕 🌽 🥔 🍅 🍉 🍑
While in Nashville for the George Strait, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town 🎵 concert, Heidi and I visited the Old Lebanon Road location of Edley’s BBQ. It was not far from our AirBNB.
The ribs were excellent. Came right off the bone with each bite. The banana pudding had vanilla wafers and banana slices and good flavor. The jalapeño cornbread with butter was outstanding! The grits were a bit cheesy and also had a kick to them.
Trolley Car Creamery: Brownstown
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In conjunction with Blondie’s 🍕 Pizza and right next door, Trolley Car Creamery has some great ice cream! My “Go To” is the Ultimate Peanutbutter Brownie in a chocolate dipped waffle cone with sprinkles! If you are lucky, Chelsey will scoop your ice cream or make your milkshake as I 👀 look forward to seeing her when I go there.
There are some cute places to sit on the sidewalk to enjoy your ice cream! As well, you can always get an awesome pizza at Blondie’s!
Christopher Schuck, Jon Tilmon and Bruce Stahl made their way to French Lick for some outstanding golf ⛳️ on a premier course. We had a twilight tee time for $85 per player. Totally worth it! We played our own ball the first 9 and Bruce was the low medalist 🏅 with a 49. We played a two-man scramble in the back 9 with Bruce and myself partnered versus Jon and Christopher. In match play, the boys from Jackson County(Walt and Bruce) won up 7. 💥 Boom!
After binge watching The Night Agent until 1:30 a.m., Heidi and I ventured out today and used my state park pass that I got for Christmas 🎄. We hiked trails 4 and 5 at Patoka Lake State Park before a 🍷 wine tasting at the Patoka Lake Winery.
Benny’s Restaurant is next door and you can take your wine with you there if you want. Heidi and I shared a pretzel and beer cheese appetizer and split a bacon, pepper Jack cheeseburger on Texas Toast along with thin onion rings that were superb!
We also added a new state park app to our phones and when you get to the visitors center or nature center you enter a PIN number and it shows that you visited that park. Heidi and I are suckers for any type of passport and look forward to visiting and checking in at sever state parks with the app.
Walt’s Diner 