[LMB] OT: RE: Lois-Bujold Digest, Vol 14, Issue 1

[Kevin Kennedy]

Well, if his route does include Connor Prairie, and he's entering Indiana 
from the Chicago area, how about getting off the interstate to drive through 
the Amish area of northern Indiana, if he's got time. Or just have a section 
of his trip be on state roads instead of big highways, for a look at a small 
town or two, the sort of town with a town square with a courthouse.
Or, for an interesting small city, Columbus In.  Cummins Engines, the town's 
big industry, has had program for years, that for new buildings in town, 
they'll pay for a GOOD architect. So there are municipal buildings and 
churches designed by Saarinen or Pei, and so on. Columbus is just south of 
Indianapolis.

Kevin


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>       Some of you may remember me from several years ago, before
>circumstances and events prompted me to go 'all lurk, all the time'.
>I am currently picking up a second Master's Degree in 'Resource
>Management' at Central Washington University
>(http://www.cwu.edu/~geograph/rem.html) in the hope of eventually
>ending up with a job as a Librarian for a 'resource management'
>organization.  (The cross-over attraction is that both fields require
>knowing a wide-variety of things - essentially each is a
>specialization in general knowledge.)
>
>      My next door neighbor (whom I've also done some editing work for)
>is a very nice person from China who teaches Chinese Language and
>Culture.  He has accepted a tenure-track position at a small college
>in the Atlanta area and will be driving across the United States
>(Washington State to Georgia) in late July.  His previous experience
>with the U.S. is  limited to the Ellensburg area and a few major
>cities.
>
>      I would like to provide him with an excessively comprehensive
>list of the cool things he can see between Washington State and
>Georgia, and thus am turning to the Listmind for information about
>those places I'm not aware of or would not have thought of.   Mt.
>Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial (http://www.crazyhorse.org/), the
>Corn Palace (http://www.cornpalace.org/), the Conner Prairie Farm
>(http://www.connerprairie.org/index.aspx), and the Blue Ridge Parkway
>are on my list so far.
>
>       What other places can y'all think of, or what additional context
>for various places can y'all provide?  I'll stay de-lurked for a few
>days to catch replies on-list, or feel free to email me off-list at
>cdgwyn at gmail.com ('permanent address') or cgwyn at elltel.net (current
>local email address).  Thank you.
>
>      Sincerely,
>      Christopher
>
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>*** Christopher Gwyn
>*** cdgwyn at gmail.com
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