roadtrip to Indiana

A few weeks before celebrating our second year anniversary as husband and wife, we learned that Weezer will be playing in Indiana. Über far, 5-hour long drive Elizabeth, Indiana. I really, really, really wanted to see them live in concert. So I thought, why don't we drive to Elizabeth, IN to watch them and then make a side trip to Indianapolis before heading home to Chicago.

As our wedding anniversary nears, we still haven't made any plans. No tickets bought, no hotels reservations made. Then about 2 days before June 9th, Topher asked me how I wanted to celebrate. I simply said I wanted to see Weezer live. He agreed! :) (Yay!!) Told me to make the reservations and buy the tickets.

The concert falls on a Friday, he said that he'll just take half-a-day off and we'll start the 5-hr drive at 12 noon since the concert starts at 8pm EDT (7pm CDT). However, he got home at 2pm (patient load)! I was sooo freakin' pissed I didn't say much during the entire drive. I knew we'll gonna miss the beginning of the concert. And we did. We got there half past 8 and the band already started. They are A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

After the concert, we drove to Corydon to spend the night. There were not much hotels/inns in Elizabeth aside from the Horseshoe Casino, where the concert was held. After checking-in the hotel, we looked for restaurants that was still open at 11pm. We settled for Waffle House. Fatty food all the way! The following morning, we woke up early to have grab free breakfast courtesy of the hotel.

We then drove for 2 hours to the state capital, Indianapolis. When we got there, we were pleasantly surprised with the place. It was very relaxed and visitor-friendly. They do have museums that offer FREE admission everyday, and parking is cheap! 1-3-hour city parking for $1.50 is unbelievable. We first visited the Soldiers and Sailors Monument located in the middle of the city center and then walked to White Water State Park.

It was very hot and muggy that day, after walking around the park, we head back to the mall (where we parked the car) and had lunch at Johnny Rockets. After lunch, we headed back home to Chicago. We caught a very bad storm on the road, I would have uploaded the video but I'm not sure how to do it here. Hehe. Overall, it was such a memorable way to spent our 2nd anniversary, and a year from now, on our 3rd anniversary, we'll be having our church wedding which I know will be absolutely great!