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Christmas in Indiana


Earache

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I've lived in Indiana for the past 25 years, but this was the first Xmas that I stayed here for the Holiday. We usually take a trip this week, but didn't this year.

We have no kids and I have no relatives within 1,000 miles of here, wife's family in Ohio is busy with their kids, so we cruised downto one of our faborite local places; French Lick, Indiana. Just down the road from Gnaw Bone, Indiana...ya can't miss it.

We're staying at the West Baden Hotel which is adjacent to the French Lick Casino. Xmas day of drinking, gambling and whorin'. Not many whores around though.

As one might imagine, it's a ghost town. No one here except us. Great looking tree in the Atrium...

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So no whorin', no drinkin' and I don't gamble. I now know why I never stayed in Indiana for Xmas before.

Only thing left to do is wander around and take pics while the wife blows every cent shre has in the Casino. This place looks like the hotel from "The Shining"...

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Great marble and tile work here. The place was built in the 1880's and lots of the orginal work remains.

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So I get down there and what do I see? This...

Are you freakin' shittin' me? What is with this backwards assed State?

I lived there for 6 months and hated all the weird ass alcohol sales. Bad ass pictures though!

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PA has alcohol laws that you can only purchase beer at a state liquor store.We found this out the hard way when we went to Beaver Run for a weekend of racing. We were camping there over night and wanted to relax. Could not find a place to purchase beer. So next time we will bring our own.

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This place is right in the middle of the best riding area of Indiana though. We'll have to do an OR trip here in the summer, when alcohol is beingserved, and stay a couple of nights.

Ride all day, drink and gamble all night.

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PA has alcohol laws that you can only purchase beer at a state liquor store.We found this out the hard way when we went to Beaver Run for a weekend of racing. We were camping there over night and wanted to relax. Could not find a place to purchase beer. So next time we will bring our own.

Never knew that about 10 years ago when we were on a trip to watch the Pocono 500! Actually, I only recently learned that on a trip to Pittsburgh, from my wife's cousin, that lives there. Beer is only sold at the "Beer Distributor" which seems to be their version of the State Liquor Agency here, only for beer. It looks like they might have Liquor stores, also. That first trip to PA sucked, other than the race. The trip to Pittsburgh was ok though.

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This place is right in the middle of the best riding area of Indiana though. We'll have to do an OR trip here in the summer, when alcohol is beingserved, and stay a couple of nights.

Ride all day, drink and gamble all night.

Sounds like a cool idea! Not sure I'd be up for the trip, but who knows what next year will bring!

You should have taken your Ducati and rode it down the hallways :D

Let's do it! :lol:

That looks like a very nice place.

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