Today was another fun day today. I was really tired this morning, and it was humid. There was a storm we were all trying to out-bike-- to no avail. The rain came. It was quite a downpour! I actually stopped and stood under the front porch of a farmhouse that was on the side of the road because the rain was coming down so hard. After maybe 15 minutes, it calmed down, and turned into a bit of a sprinkle. We were only about 5 miles out from our first destination, which was the Hoosier Gym. This was the gymnasium where the movie Hoosiers was filmed (way back in 1985)!!!! It's been awhile, but I do remember it was a good movie.
The man who gives the tours showed us around, and we shot a few baskets while we were there. He shared how the gymnasium was chosen for the film-- The Indiana Film Commission was given the assignment to find a gym that fit the era where this film takes place -- apparently they put an ad in the paper. A resident from Knightstown, IN wrote in to tell the film commission to come see this gym -- this is how it was chosen. As for the extras during the basketball game scenes-- again, the producers put an announcement in the Knightstown local paper telling people who want to be in the movie to come dressed up in 1950's outfits, and to be willing to have a stylist do up their hair for that era. They had boards that had the cheers they wanted the extras to shout out during the scenes. It was a pretty cool tour. This gym is used for many events even now, from birthday parties to wedding receptions. And according to this man, many tourist still come after all these years to see where this movie was filmed!
After this tour was done, so was the rain. The sun came out, and we were able to enjoy a nice flat ride for the rest of the way into Richmond, IN. Along the way we passed one small town after another..Dunreith, Lewisville, Straughn, Dublin, Mt. Hermon, Cambridge City, Pennville, and Centerville. We took US 40 going through this route, which also is a historical road, the one that built the nation according to this sign....
We passed more corn fields, and after passing through Cambridge City, we passed by Huddleston Farmhouse museum. It was an original farmhouse that was built back in 1841. Apparently, the Huddleston family were Quakers, and built this right when this historic road was forming. The people here have maintained the house and farm over the years. They take reservations for having hearth cooked meals. This is a pic of the fireplace that is still used in this original house that was built over 100 years ago.
(Okay, just look at the house with your head tilted)!!! :)As we were leaving Centerville, we also came up to one of the last wooden (log)cabin that was used as a courthouse.
There was a lot of interesting history on this trip today. Tomorrow is a long day, 105 miles. We will be going to Marysville, OH.
That's all for now. Meiri.
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