The archive
Our vacation paradise, twice
In the summer of 2000, we had been boating at Geist Lake for a couple of years in our 20-foot Bryant bowrider. We loved boating and the water. The neighbors who had gotten us into boating in the first place had a place near Bloomington at Lake Monroe, in a development called the Pointe.
In 1991, when we were starting a family, we bought a house on the northeast side of Indianapolis in a nice neighborhood in the woods. Nearby was a large reservoir, Geist Lake, which was rapidly being built out with some of the nicest houses in the state. Most of the waterfront homes are fairly lavish, 6,000 to 10,000 square feet and up, and at one time the area was listed among the top 50 neighborhoods in the United States.
July 2022,
The last few days I picked up a vehicle out in Portland Oregon and drove back home to Indiana. As part of the trip, I drove the length of North Dakota from west to east. It was the last of the 50 United States for me to visit. I don’t know how many folks actually make it to all 50, but it was a bit of a challenge to do it. I would recommend everyone try to see as many as you can.
This page will explore Nashville, Indiana, and the old homesteads of my family—the places where geography, family history, and the idea of home meet.
This page will trace the homes I grew up in and lived in, along with the people, stages of life, and memories that gave each address its meaning.
This page will document the Indian Harbour Beach chapter: why the place fits retirement, how we make it home, and the life that grows around it.
Traveling for work made home a much larger territory. This page will collect the temporary places, familiar routes, and adventures that made much of the United States feel like an extended neighborhood.