We left the mothership and drove five hours mostly south to Jasper, IN to visit with Katrina’s Aunt Deb and Uncle Butch. We had visited them last year at Mount Olive Shores North outside of Orlando. Since then they sold that house and moved back to Indiana to be closer to some of the children and grandchildren. Here’s their place:
And with the Busse Bus II parked.
So nice that they had electric that we could plug into!
The four of us drove over to Evansville for pizza and to meet up with their son Drew and his wife Jamie, and their son Cooper and their daughter Kate with her children Genevieve and Walter. We had so much fun catching up with them as we hadn’t seen them in seven years. We got so caught up that we forgot to take pictures! The only remnant that I have was the pizza box for my leftovers.
Good pizza but even better catching up with family.
The following day they took us to a couple of local hot spots. We started near Lake Pakota where we stopped at Alcohol Acres. There were three buildings there: 1) a brewery, 2) a distillery, and 3) a winery. Now you know why they called it Alcohol Acres. Our first stop was Patoka Lake Brewing that was hosting an Oktoberfest the next day.
So we sampled on some German based beers that were really good.
I thought that this sign was interesting:
And this shirt was funny:
After the brewery we went over to the Old Homestead Distilling to taste some of their spirits. Found out that it also doubles as a hotel.
I thought that their bourbon was a little young yet and left some to the imagination.
Although they had a wonderful sweatshirt:
And a walk-in humidor:
I think it will be great once their age some more.
The last place that we visited at Alcohol Acres was their winery – the original establishment. We didn’t have room to taste their wine and we didn’t find any clothes that made me laugh so no pictures there. However, they had recently added onto the place and the expansion included rooms to let in the silos. Check it out:
Now, that was neat!
We left Alcohol Acres and drove over to the West Baden Springs Hotel. I had heard about French Lick for years from avid golfers so it was great to finally see it. A few years ago they renovated the space (and I think added the casino). Take a look at this grand room:
Yes, that’s inside. Beautiful, isn’t it? Here are some other photos from around the place:
We sat in that huge space and had a proper adult beverage and some fabulous appetizers. It was wonderful!
From there we drove in front of the French Lick Casino to see the beautiful architecture.
Really nice! We had had enough and didn’t bother to go inside, but instead opted to head back to there place.
It was a quick visit with them, but we got to see some family that we hadn’t seen in years and got caught up on life. Thank you so much for your hospitality Aunt Deb and Uncle Butch! We really appreciated it!
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