Little Man is begging to pick an ear of corn and some wheat. Niece is figuring out how to get out of Texas and back into school. I’m trying to find something interesting to do in Indiana. Keep in mind I’ve been working on this for months and I’ve come up with nothing. Factories and farms.
We’ve settled for a drive through the Notre Dame campus and lunch. The campus bored us to tears but lunch fue una sorpresa! Stopping at “El Paraiso Produce” in our continuous search for fiber, there was a restaurant attached to the grocery. Traditional Mexican fare at it’s best – to include coke without the high fructose corn syrup – and no one who spoke English. A real delight here in South Bend, Indiana.
The kids and I went into the grocery store searching for chicharron and coke in a bottle without high fructose corn syrup. We also happened outrageously sized marshmallows found in any Mexican tienda for 25 cents. I wouldn’t let the kids buy the bag, but they got over it pretty quickly.
When I walked back into the restaurant, Tomcat was missing an ear. It had been talked right off by this big man with a Hitler mustache. Apparently he used to be in the Mexican drug cartel, but had since found a better path. Tomcat said he was trying hard to bring him into his ministry – maybe he thought we could preach his word as we travel?
If you pass through Indiana again, stop by the Indiana Sand Dunes (along Lake Michigan). The National Lakeshore is free to enter (unlike the state park). Our kids love it, and it is the only thing we've found for them to do in IN.
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