This really nice fire station brought our good friends to mind. Shout out to Daryl and Terry!
Keeping to our goal of visiting the large variety of car exhibits in the area, we made our way to the Studebaker Museum. this mural was painted on the building.
I had no idea how important Studebaker was in the development of a wide variety vehicles throughout the years.
From early cross-country travel…
To carriages, then cars, for most of the U.S. Presidents.
The carriage below was commissioned by the U.S. Government to carry Lafayette on a cross country tour, honoring of his service to the young country.
They developed big engines so we could get to our destinations faster.
I think my grandmother had one of these!
They made race cars and woodies.
Vehicles for community service. And service to our country.
In the same museum complex, we visited the Women’s Baseball Museum. These were women’s teams put together by Wrigley to keep the game going during the war.
I loved the photos of “the girls”. The first one shows the girls ready for fun. The other shows them after they had lessons in deportment, to act like “ladies” for the press. Reportedly, they didn’t enjoy that as much as playing ball
After lunch, we took a little ride to Goshen. Along the way we found more Quilt Gardens.
Goshen has one of those beautiful county courthouses at the center of a town square. It also has a Quilt Garden. Can you see Lincoln’s hats?
Jim got a kick out of the plaque on this guard house at the corner of the square.
We visited The Old Bag Factory. Over the years, many things have been produced in the building. For many years it was a large variety of paper bags and other paper products. One fun fact is that the little piece of paper inside every Hershey’s Kiss was made here.
Many years ago, the factory went out of business and now the building houses various businesses. Most of them being artists and craftsmen. We particularly enjoyed a pottery maker’s shop and brought home a couple of souvenirs.
There's a Quilt Mural on the Factory building.
I’ve been surprised, in this area of Quilt Gardens and Murals, that we’ve seen almost no quilt shops. So I was excited to find a quilt shop on the Bag Factory property. And the shop does, indeed, have beautiful, expensive quilts. They are all designed by the shop owner, Shirley A. Shenk, and hand sewn by “the top 2%” of hand quilters in the U.S. No photography allowed and most quilts in the shop have been sold. They’re still hanging to decorate the shop and waiting for the buyers to finish their payments. No fabric, patterns, or supplies. Interesting. You can, by the way, go to their website and see photos of some of the quilts.
And they had a Quilt Garden. It’s really hard to take photos of the gardens because they’re all just so big. I can’t always decide whether to get the big picture or the detail of the flowers.
On the way back to camp we found another Quilt Mural.
And, at a local mall, we found another mural and garden. Inside the mall, we found the original quilt from which the mural was designed.
Just another great day among many on our road trip.
Wishing you a great day!
Pat
Pat
Love that last quilt and all the quilt gardens.
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