What to do in Indiana??

[kcflhrc]

We are going to Jeffersonville Indiana the last week of July to pick up some concrete statuary. Driving from Kansas City area. Any suggestions what we might do on the way there or back? We like all kinds of things, birds, caves, cars, motorcycles, Zoo's, lakes, rivers etc. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[dave1949]

Index | Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

Auburn, IN. Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg autos.

 

[AaronS]

Auburn is in northern IN, many hours from Jeffersonville. I assume you'll be driving through southern IN on I-64. Jeffersonville has a Bass Pro Shops.

45 minutes or so west of Jeff and about 15 miles north if I-64 is Marengo Cave, a national landmark. Marengo Cave, US National Landmark

A little farther west and 5 miles south of I-64 is Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Holiday World Theme Park & Splashin' Safari Water Park, Lincoln State Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_State_Park, and the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Boyhood_National_Memorial. Our farm is 1 mile from where Abraham Lincoln lived as a boy. (Other well-known locals include Florence Henderson, Mom Brady who grew up in Dale, IN 3 miles north of the farm, Jay Cutler, Bears QB who went to our local high school, and Ken Dilger, ex Colts player who also went to the same high school.)

9 miles north of I-64, due north of Lincoln State Park is Huntingburg, IN, home of League Stadium, where much of the movie "A League of Their Own" was filmed. The movie "Hard Rain" was also filmed in town.

Another 45 minutes west is Evansville which has Mesker Park Zoo. It's about 15 miles south of I-64.

My personal recommendations? If you like caves, Marengo is worth the time to take a tour. If you like roller coasters, Holiday World has many that are voted as world's best year in and year out, and they have a new ride this year called the Thunderbird that is the world's first launched wing coaster. If you'll have kids along, they'll love the water park. If you're bringing pets, leave them with us (see link in my signature....shameless plug ) while you visit Holiday World or Lincoln.

 

[kcflhrc]

Auburn is in northern IN, many hours from Jeffersonville. I assume you'll be driving through southern IN on I-64. Jeffersonville has a Bass Pro Shops.

45 minutes or so west of Jeff and about 15 miles north if I-64 is Marengo Cave, a national landmark. Marengo Cave, US National Landmark

A little farther west and 5 miles south of I-64 is Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Holiday World Theme Park & Splashin' Safari Water Park, Lincoln State Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_State_Park, and the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Boyhood_National_Memorial. Our farm is 1 mile from where Abraham Lincoln lived as a boy. (Other well-known locals include Florence Henderson, Mom Brady who grew up in Dale, IN 3 miles north of the farm, Jay Cutler, Bears QB who went to our local high school, and Ken Dilger, ex Colts player who also went to the same high school.)

9 miles north of I-64, due north of Lincoln State Park is Huntingburg, IN, home of League Stadium, where much of the movie "A League of Their Own" was filmed. The movie "Hard Rain" was also filmed in town.

Another 45 minutes west is Evansville which has Mesker Park Zoo. It's about 15 miles south of I-64.

My personal recommendations? If you like caves, Marengo is worth the time to take a tour. If you like roller coasters, Holiday World has many that are voted as world's best year in and year out, and they have a new ride this year called the Thunderbird that is the world's first launched wing coaster. If you'll have kids along, they'll love the water park. If you're bringing pets, leave them with us (see link in my signature....shameless plug ) while you visit Holiday World or Lincoln.

No kids and no pets. The cave sounds awesome, we will check it out. We wont have a lot of time so the cave sounds perfect.

 

[ford farm boy]

Indy 500 museum , Ncaa museum

 

[kcflhrc]

Indy 500 museum , Ncaa museum

Those would be nice but way out of the way. I will be on I-70 and I-64

 

[EddieWalker]

We are going to Jeffersonville Indiana the last week of July to pick up some concrete statuary.

I'm more interested in concrete statuary that's worth the drive!!! What are you getting and do you have a link to what they have?

 

[Wagtail]

I'm more interested in concrete statuary that's worth the drive!!! What are you getting and do you have a link to what they have?

Seconded (although I don't plan on making a trip to Jeffersonville any time soon ).

Also, you might inquire at your local branch of the AAA. They should know of heaps of attractions along your route.

 

[milkman]

Might as well stop in and see Diamondpilot, I think he's around Dale, In.

 

[AaronS]

I believe he is near Daleville which is farther north.

 

[MossRoad]

I'll second the Holiday World amusement park at Santa Claus, IN. It's been voted the cleanest park in America many times. Free soda pop, too. They have at least 4 very good wooden roller coasters and I think they've added some other attractions. They have a nice water park there, too. Its an extremely family friendly, safe, clean park. :thumbsup:

Louisville has a zoo, too.

Marengo caves is fun.

Falls Of The Ohio state park has some of the largest exposed fossil beds on earth. However, with all the rain in the midwest, I'd bet the Ohio river has covered them for now. Call before you go.
Falls of the Ohio State Park

BIG Baseball bats?
Louisville Sluuger baseball bat factory and museum.
Louisville Slugger Museum


The towns of French Lick and West Bayden have some interesting things.
French Lick West Baden Indiana - Indiana Getaways - Visit French Lick

And its the home of Larry Bird!

And here's some things to do in Louisville, just across the river....
Top 30 Things to Do in Louisville, KY on TripAdvisor: Louisville Attractions ? Find What to Do Today, This Weekend, or in July

 

[MossRoad]

Here's a satellite view of Falls of the Ohio. You can see the fossil beds...
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2773695,-85.7709806,2641m/data=!3m1!1e3

And apparently there's an airplane in the river!
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2844818,-85.7825087,660m/data=!3m1!1e3

Oh, wait, that's just a shadow of a UPS plane.... hahahhaa UPS has a big hub there.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2743625,-85.7801712,165m/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[kcflhrc]

I'm more interested in concrete statuary that's worth the drive!!! What are you getting and do you have a link to what they have?

Here's the story behind this trip. About 22 years ago my wife found concrete statuary of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. Snow White is about 4 feet tall and the Dwarfs are about 2 feet tall. At the time we only had the money to buy Snow White and 3 Dwarfs, so we put the other 4 Dwarfs in layaway with a deposit. We went back about a month later to pick up the other 4 and they had sold them. They apologized, we got our money back, and they said they could not make any more. The story was Disney only allowed them to produce so many and then they had to destroy the molds. Who knows if that story is true. We have looked for these other 4 Dwarfs for 22 years. Fast forward 22 years, we found them. South of Kansas City is a small Statuary run by a woman out in the middle of nowhere. We bought some chickens about a month ago from her and I asked her where she got her statuary. She said a place in Indiana. I started looking on the internet and found it, The Concrete Lady - Home They don't call them Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, but they are the same thing. So I called, we paid for them over the phone and are heading out there July 24th to pick them up. They have tons of Statuary, I'm sure we will buy more once we see what all they have.

 

[EddieWalker]

A 22 year devotion to Snow White!!!! I love it!!!

I'm a fan of statues and yard art. My wife collects ferries and anything whimsical, so whenever we drive by a place that has them, we try to stop and see what's there. They just add a level of fun to the garden that we enjoy.

Please post pics of all the Dwarfs when you get them.

Eddie

 

[kcflhrc]

A 22 year devotion to Snow White!!!! I love it!!!

I'm a fan of statues and yard art. My wife collects ferries and anything whimsical, so whenever we drive by a place that has them, we try to stop and see what's there. They just add a level of fun to the garden that we enjoy.

Please post pics of all the Dwarfs when you get them.

Eddie

The wife is so happy she finally found them. They will all be together now. I will post up pics when we get them home.

 

[AaronS]

Falls Of The Ohio state park has some of the largest exposed fossil beds on earth. However, with all the rain in the midwest, I'd bet the Ohio river has covered them for now. Call before you go.
Falls of the Ohio State Park

I always forget about Falls of the Ohio because I've never visited it myself. But yes, the river is WAY high right now. Crossed it last night on the way to Menards in Owensboro and it's out of the banks in places. Could be a different story by the time kcflhrc makes his trip.

 

[MossRoad]

Here's the story behind this trip. About 22 years ago my wife found concrete statuary of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. Snow White is about 4 feet tall and the Dwarfs are about 2 feet tall. At the time we only had the money to buy Snow White and 3 Dwarfs, so we put the other 4 Dwarfs in layaway with a deposit. We went back about a month later to pick up the other 4 and they had sold them. They apologized, we got our money back, and they said they could not make any more. The story was Disney only allowed them to produce so many and then they had to destroy the molds. Who knows if that story is true. We have looked for these other 4 Dwarfs for 22 years. Fast forward 22 years, we found them. South of Kansas City is a small Statuary run by a woman out in the middle of nowhere. We bought some chickens about a month ago from her and I asked her where she got her statuary. She said a place in Indiana. I started looking on the internet and found it, The Concrete Lady - Home They don't call them Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, but they are the same thing. So I called, we paid for them over the phone and are heading out there July 24th to pick them up. They have tons of Statuary, I'm sure we will buy more once we see what all they have.

HA! We've seen that place several times before.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/C...6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbdc3c5e37b1a700a!6m1!1e1

 

[MossRoad]

I always forget about Falls of the Ohio because I've never visited it myself. But yes, the river is WAY high right now. Crossed it last night on the way to Menards in Owensboro and it's out of the banks in places. Could be a different story by the time kcflhrc makes his trip.

You should see it. When the water is down, you just walk out onto these massive flat rocks. Then all of a sudden it hits you - the rocks are made of fossils. Thousands and thousands of fossils in thousands of table-size rocks. Very impressive.

 

[Creamer]

Index | Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum

Auburn, IN. Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg autos.

I second this. Auburn is great! Not only the ACD museum but also the National Auto and Truck museum (NATMUS) which is very impressive but obviously different focus than the ACD. Then you have the Victory Museum which is a tremendous WW II museum that I saw when it was IN Bastogne but has now been brought to the US. Much more variety and than any other WW II museum. Of course while there you can see the Batmobile, KITT, and many other famous TV cars, stagecoaches and other vehicles. It is well worth the drive!

 

[MossRoad]

Well, if you're going to northern Indiana, and you're into cars, and you've already been to the Auburn, Cord, Dusy museum, head west.... there's the Hudson museum in Shipshewana
Showroom

And there's the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend.
Studebaker National Museum - Official Website
Their website doesn't show any of the cars, but the collection is incredible.