Travel Log
- 6:52a Coffee and pastries to go Blue Collar Coffee.
- 7:02a Depart Indianapolis.
- 9:14a ET / 8:14a CT Enter Illinois, now in Central Time again.
- 9:50a Enter Wisconsin.
- Rocky Rococo’s pizza in Sun Prairie.
- 2:32p Enter Minnesota.
- 3:05p Arrive at home! 1,577.4 total miles.
- Breakfast pastries and delicious coffee at Blue Collar Coffee.
- Explore area: City Dogs Grocer, Moonshot Games, Homespun: Modern Homemade, Penn & Beech, and Decorate.
- Return to Pins Mechanical for another round of Duckpin Bowling.
- Lunch at Punch Burger.
- Shopping at 8 Fifteen.
- Return to Cake Bake Shop for some cake to-go: Gwendolyn’s Famous Earl’s Court Chocolate Cake, Pumpkin Chocolate Cake, Millionaire Cake, and Carrot Cake. The Carrot Cake and Millionaire Cake were the family favorites.
- We all made custom designed shoes at Kicasso!
- Dinner at Public Greens.
- Final round of billiards at the Bottleworks Hotel.
- Late wake up and checkout of Airbnb.
- Breakfast at Milktooth.
- Visit Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
- Aimlessly try to figure out what to do with an hour while it is raining and cold.
- Coffee at Georgia Street Grind.
- Check out Wooden’s Legacy statue.
- Visit Vonnegut Museum and Library.
- Check into Bottleworks Hotel.
- Play billiards in lobby before dinner.
- Great dinner at Livery.
- More billiards at hotel lobby.
- Puzzle room at Twisted Room Escapes.
- Coffee and pastries at Coat Check Coffee.
- Fun time at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, mostly in the sports section.
- Lunch at Cake Bake Shop. Fancy, frilly food and deliciously famous cakes.
- So much art at Newfields.
- First time Duckpin Bowling.
- Opening night for Dune. 🤩
- Check out of the Holy Goat.
- Breakfast at Con Huevos.
- Walk around neighborhood.
- Heine Brothers Coffee
- Ali Center
- Ice Cream
- Tour of Hermitage Farm.
- Shop at farm store.
- Dinner at barn8 at Hermitage Farm.
- 7:25p Entered Indiana.
- 9:00p Arrive at Airbnb in Indianapolis.
- Delicious Cortado and brew at Quills Coffee.
- A bonus-round of biscuits at Biscuit Belly.
- Bourbon tour and tasting at Rabbit Hole.
- Louisville Cream was closed, so Please & Thank You for cookies.
- Back to Quills Coffee for an Espresso Old Fashioned and coffee beans for home. Very odd drink. Not a fan.
- Browsing stores in Nulu: Buff City Soap, Mamili, Hazel + Hunt, White’s Mercantile, Revelry Boutique and Gallery, Peace of the Earth.
- Dozen macarons at Macaron Bar.
- Dinner at Emmy Squared.
- Watched Secretariat. Great movie about an incredible horse.
- Breakfast at Biscuit Belly.
- Tour at Churchill Downs.
- Tour of Louisville Slugger factory.
- Tour of Copper & Kings distillery.
- Dinner at The Mayan Cafe.
- 7:30a Good morning! Coffee at Fairgrounds.
- 8:40a Breakfast at Wildberry. 30 min wait for table already.
- Walk all around “The Bean”, Millennium Park and surrounding area.
- 1:00p Pick up car.
- 1:22p First time at Home Run Inn pizza.
- 2:34p Enter Indiana.
- 3:04p Visit Albanese Candy Factory.
- Now in Eastern Time.
- 6:13p Pass Through Indianapolis.
- 7:45p Gas and snack stop in Columbus, IN.
- 8:54p Enter Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River.
- 9:18p Checked into the coolest Airbnb in Louisville, KY.
- 6:00a Departed on schedule!
- 6:36a Enter Wisconsin
- 10:33a Enter Illinois
- 11:35a Lunch at Lou Malnati’s. The fact we can drive from our house in the morning and have lunch in Chicago blows my mind! 🤯
- 1:49p Visit Shedd Aquarium
- 4:15p Check in at Chicago Athletic Association.
- 5:30p Dinner at Game Room in the hotel.
- 7:00p Magical evening at the Magic Parlour! 🪄
- 7:46: Depart Floathaus.
- 7:55a: Uncommon Coffee Roasters for coffee and pastries.
- 8:01a: Depart Saugatuck.
- 9:03a: Entered Indiana 👋
- 9:11a ET/8:11a CT: Back in central time!
- 8:40a: Entered Illinois. 👋
- 10:16a: Entered Wisconsin. 👋
- 11:16a: Rocky Roccocco pizza! Deforest, WI.
- 2:45p: Final Ice Cream stop at C&J Candy Shoppe in Mnemenje.
- 3:29p: Enter Minnesota! 🙌
- 4:02p: Back home! 🏡
- Final odometer reading: 3,894.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 9: Drive home!
Weather: Clear, cool weather the entire way home.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 8: Explore Indy and Custom Kicks
Weather: Little cool but sunny.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 7: Rainy Day in Indy
Weather: Cool with high in low 50’s and drizzle rain nearly all day. 🌧 Scrapped outdoor plans in afternoon as a result.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 6: Cake Bake & Dune
Weather: Cool today, and pretty blustery in the afternoon. Needed a light jacket for the first time.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 5: Hermitage Farm
Weather: Perfect.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 4: Explore NuLu and The Holy Goat
Weather: Incredible. Just perfect. Couldn’t dial it in any better with a knob.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 3: Tour Day
Weather: Perfect. Couldn’t have asked for much better.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 2: Chicago to Louisville
Weather: Wonderful weather. Sunny in Chicago. Clear weather for entire drive.
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MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 1: Drive to Chicago
Weather: Cool in the morning. Nice and clear weather all day. Nice in Chicago.
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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 16, Sunday
Weather: Perfect. Warm and sunny.
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