Day 1: June 20, 2022
Getting There
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I made two stops in Indianapolis, both instigated by the Bremers. The primary stop is in the next panel but as I gave thought to a nearby place to eat, I remembered a place that Pat Bremer had talked up recently. Mels Drive In, the more famous Mug N' Bun, and the Bremers are all located in the same general area on the west side of the city and Pat has often compared Mels favorably to the Mug. There's actually no comparison on prices but there is on the food. I had sort of planned on a breaded pork tenderloin sandwich but when I saw they had "The Best Grilled Tenderloin In Town" that's where I went. I arrived just minutes after the scheduled 10:30 opening and the lot was empty I even had to wait a few more minutes for opening preparations to be completed. By the time I finished my $8.12 meal at one of the picnic tables, the lot was far from empty.
Pat and Jennifer Bremer are road tripping friends who recently started Happy Life Mercantile. One location is here at Gizmo's in Brownsburg and they also have a booth at Vender's Village in Terre Haute. I've naturally wanted to stop ever since they opened although I wasn't sure just what I would buy. That question was instantly answered when they added Stuckey's products. I've watched with pleasure as E. Stephanie Stuckey has worked to bring her family's business back to life. Throwing a little support to two cool businesses felt -- and tasted! -- good.

ADDENDUM: Jul 1, 2022 - On the Saturday preceding the start of this trip I attended one of the coolest events ever. It was a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the opening of The American Sign Museum in its current location. Check out The Signmaker's Circus blog post. I knew that I would be making this stop for pecan goodies on the trip and saved a photo from that night to somehow work into the reporting. Then I forgot. With apologies to Pat, Jennifer, and Stephanie for my forgetfulness, here's a shot from a night at the museum.

Is that a bad thing?
Most of the day's drive was on expressways but I did move to the Lincoln Highway in Merrillville, Indiana. I stopped at the location shared by the Ostermann Memorial Bench and a monument to the Ideal Section of the Lincoln Highway. You can still park at the office buildings just west of the markers and follow the sidewalk back but the signage that was once there seems to have disappeared. I took a drive by shot of the 1939 Hiway Bakery on what was once both the Lincoln Highway and Dixie Highway. The Arche Memorial Fountain stands where the two named auto trails joined -- or separated.
The evening's festivities were kicked off in style by the Blues Brothers, a.k.a, Kay & Ed Kozak. Kay is President of the LHA. The mayor of Joliet had been scheduled to welcome us to the city but was unable to make it so a representative of the historical society filled in. Then we got down to eating.
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