"I've never been to South Bend"......

started my honey's conversation and was the impetus for a trip west, about 90 miles, from Fort Wayne to the town of South Bend, IN and a tour of the beautiful Notre Dame campus. The person (me) responsible for taking photographs didn't do such a good job - meaning, there aren't many!

The Golden Dome, atop the Main Building, is like a welcoming beacon to all who enter the campus.


















To have both a GPS (with the honorary name of "Lucille"), and a map, we do an admirable job of ending up in the "middle of nowhere" on forgotten country roads. Now, if we were a young couple just dating, this might be okay - but for a couple who tied the knot 50 years, ago - there's nothing romantic about it!

Lucille finally figured out where we were and got us to where we wanted to be - Nappanee, IN and the Amish Acres. What a great little Amish touristy area this was and with delicious food, served family style.
To our delight the Amish buggies, in this area, are enclosed and will certainly give warmth in the terribly cold and snowy winters of Indiana.

The "Threshers Menu" is served family style, and includes an assortment of delectable desserts.

This Amish settlement was one of the first in Indiana and is the third largest in the U.S.

The Cheese Factory at Amish Acres...

                               
                                And, the favorite place for most of us "The Fudgery" .....was closed!!