Letter TO Birdland: HAPPY TRAILS IN INDY

Pedestrian Bridge Crosses White River

IN MY LAST LETTER I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT OUR TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS. I think I left you on the Canal Walk, an urban trail in Downtown Indy that runs past artwork, museums, and other attractions—statues of mastodons; a steampunk clock that contains a spinning earth above the brass works in its pendulum case, steam escaping from valves in the top; a community garden (the kale still growing!) and the Watanabe Garden that rises uphill, a meandering path curving through the shade and prairie plants. 

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Limestone Wall along River Walk

Steampunk!

A WILD TIME IN INDIANAPOLIS

Walrus flippers

WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A NICER DAY FOR A LITTLE TRIP.  Last week, Michael said, “Mary, we don’t have time to take a vacation.” But my logic won my husband over: “We get an extra hour back for daylight-saving time.”

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Links to places to visit:

www.indianapoliszoo.com

indianamuseum.org

www.whiteriverstatepark.org

www.visitindy.com/indianapolis-monon-rail-trail

Whiskers

Trying all the nuts and bolts

Steam Punk Clock!

Sensitive hands

Hurry, hurry!

Lawn decorations

King of the Roost!