Day 44 of our 2025 RVing Adventure with Historical & Musical Interludes

It's Saturday June 14th, day 44 of our 2025 summer adventure. Since May 2nd, every time we have traveled between campgrounds, we have been with one or more RVs. Today, Jim & Debbie headed south and we headed north toward Indy. And then there was one... we are traveling alone until September.

  

We have been driving by this statue for days. It's in front of what we think is a new fire hall. We thought it was a firefighter, but no..... I think it is a Big Foot statue! 

Driving by the Evansville Airport, you see the bird-like sculpture, “Aerial Beauty,” which sits on the Welcome Monument wall at the entrance of the Evansville airport, is made from Styrofoam, fiberglass, and other materials, and features designs from Delta and American Eagle, two airlines at the airport. The sculpture also represents the entire Tri-State with its design — one wing points to Illinois, the other points to Kentucky, and its nose aims toward Downtown.

On US 41 I saw a huge Santa Claus. I know there is a Santa Claus Indiana, but we are not close to there, yet. I love finding things like this on our two lane adventures!

Also on US 41 there are many outdoor displays of fiberglass animals at the Hipp Nursery. Look closely and you will see that the pink elephant has a martini in its trunk!

We continued on IN 57. In the town of Petersburg IN, I love to see all the American flags flying! The first commissioners filed a report dated February 15, 1817, naming Petersburg as the seat of government; the city was laid out and platted that same year. The city was named for Peter Brenton, an original owner of the town site. A post office was put into service at Petersburg in 1823.

In Martinsville, Indiana the Blackstone Theatre was opened by 1914. The theatre appears on the 1916 Sanborn in a new auditorium located behind some older commercial buildings. It looks like it is under some reconstruction again.

In Trafalgar there was an awesome honey bee mural. Color the County is an artful collaboration that connects people who care with causes that matter. And in this case, what matters is improving the cultural fabric of our community through public art. The Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) launched the countywide mural program in 2016. Each year since 2016, the Johnson County Community Foundation has sponsored and organized the Mural Program that brings public art to the towns within Johnson County. As with numerous other towns, the group organized a Community Painting Day to create a way for the community to become involved in the process of creating the mural. 

Behind the scenes of the actual painting day, a group called "Creative Council" designed the mural so that a "paint by number" plan could be used for the community to follow. The council includes Chrissy Robertson, Meredith Pierson, Patrick Tisdale, Elissa McKee, and the "Coffee Girls". This mural chose a limited color scheme of purples, salmon, greens, and an off white for the honeycomb background and over-sized flower blooms. Additionally, black and yellow honey bees were also added. The mural is painted on the west wall of the school's Learning Center and can be seen by motorists heading east on SR 252. 

We landed safely at Craig and Tracy's. Sadie has taken to Charlie and we are ready to enjoy our few days with them in Greenwood, IN! Stay tuned for more Two Lane Adventures.