Great weather, nice two lane backroads through Ohio and Indiana farm country, a little town square heritage festival, some murals in Richmond, Indiana, and two (or three, if you count my first ever covered viaduct) covered bridges, made for a very nice last full day on the road.
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Brookville Lake in Indiana |
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New Madison Indiana town square |
Then I rolled into Richmond, Indiana.
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This mural covers the whole side of an old firehouse which is now home to the Firehouse BBQ & Blues restaurant - pretty clever |
At the Whitewater Canal Historic Site in Indiana I saw my first covered wooden aqueduct, and it turns out, the only one still operating in the United States.
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The Duck Creek Aqueduct carries the Whitewater Barge Canal over Duck Creek |
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Of course, a barge canal needs a barge |
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and the barge needs something to make it go - so we have Joey & Jordon |
Just two covered bridges.