Evansville, IN......

No time to sit and have coffee this morning.......again!! We scurried around like rats leaving a sinking ship......but, it was Two Howsers leaving TheHowserHouse in place of the rats. We managed to get a few things put together, turn on the house burgler alarms, and on the road by just a few minutes after 8am this morning. Of course........the rains began before we were out of the city center of F'Town.....and continued until we were in eastern Illinois. It only took four hours, even with the earlier rains........and one pit stop.

Jay had made the arrangements for our room in the Executive Inn right in the heart of the Evansville city center......a great location. And.....the hotel is at 95% occupancy this weekend......quite a feat for such a LARGE hotel. It is an older building.....but very clean and neat. A huge parking building across the street allowed our car to be secured and not on the street.........and with the Park Avenue getting 32.9 mile per gallon on the trip over here.....I SURE as hell don't want anything happening to it!!!

Jay called and said he had a speech to complete for his candidate and would be a little while before he could join us. Soooo, we took a walk around the center of town.........not much action or Chicago type energy, but an extremely clean downtown. Of course......the heat and humidity was horrible today, so we found a GREAT little sandwich and ice cream shoppe......."Lics"!!

We order a chicken sandwich on a croissant......WONDERFUL!!!! And, then I also had "freeze" type drink that had coffee grounds and ice cream mixed with it........INCREDIBLE!!!!! Soooo strong......so well mixed.......sooooooo GOOD!!! If you are ever in Evansville, find this spot......and lucky for all, there are several of these shoppes all over town, in Kentucky and in other Indiana cities.

Jay met us there and then we walked over to the campaign office that he is managing. We met several staffers and then we joined him in his office and watched some campaign ad videos that are for his candidate. Later we headed around town, looked at the remaining damages from the tornado that ravished the southern and southeastern part of Evansville and then stopped at a Border's Bookstore for an hour or so.

Returning to the hotel, we kicked back and relaxed for an hour or so.....and then headed out to the western side of Evansville for dinner.......Gerst's Bavarian Haus. Well,........I guess I am spoiled.......it just did NOT live up to the great food of the Berghoff Cafe in Chicago that we went up there to have a "last dinner" this past February. I actually had the same meal tonight that I had at the Berghoff, but.....well, it just didn't hold a candle to our Chicago dinner. And....I believe that the prices are higher here. Hmmmmm........

After completing dinner, we headed to the Ohio River......and WOW......St Louis could take a lesson from Evansville for the way to improve their riverfront!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT a great place it is.......just wonderful. Earlier this afternoon we had gone to a small watering hole just above the Ohio on top of a levee where we could look down the river and see the skyline of Evansville. This evening we decided to hit the Aztar Casino......and spent all of 35 minutes there. Losing money that easy is just not for me.........!!!!!($20 is all I ever spend/invest at a casino).

Back at the hotel.......we are ready to call it a day!!! A VERY good day....and evening. Just a bit disappointed in the German meal, but I can't win them all when it comes to trying out new restaurants!! And.........

Life IS GREAT.......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!