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kv0925Well hmf, I was excited but got let down. This year is the 20th anniversary of the release of my all-time favorite film, The Shawshank Redemption. So I keep seeing things on Facebook, 20 Things You Didn't Know About Shawshank, etc. So yesterday one of those reminded me that it was filmed around Mansfield, Ohio, with the old Ohio State Reformatory standing in as Shawshank Prison. And I would absolutely love to visit that place, both for its own history as well as the Shawshank connection. So I got to thinking.. with my Detroit business trip coming up, how difficult would it be to work in a visit to Mansfield? I looked, and it's about a 2.5-hour drive between there and Detroit, and in my mind that's not unreasonable if I were to fly into Akron or Cleveland and visit Mansfield on the way to Detroit. So I got excited! This can happen, and on the 20th anniversary year no less! Whoo-hoo!
But then I looked into it more, and the prison is only open for tours from April 1 to September 1 each year. So I might be able to see the exterior, but wouldn't be able to get inside. There's an overnight ghost tour thing--and how groovy would that be?--but it's on a night I don't curremtly plan to be in town, and appears to be sold out anyway. So I'm thinking this is a no-go this time around, and I should hold off until my next visit in the spring, when it will be open for daytime tours. Kind of a bummer, but if it makes more sense to hold off, that's that. I could go this time and then do it again next time when the prison is open, but that seems like a waste. I'm sure I can figure something else to do this time around!
My Indianapolis trip last week went well. The weather was a bit gloomy with frequent light rain, but I headed down to Nashville (Indiana, that is) and Brown County State Park, and was utterly dumbfounded by how gorgeous it was. The trees were ablaze with fall color, yellows and oranges and reds, and the road through the park wound through one amazing landscape after another, with occasional pull-offs with breathtaking vistas over hills and forests splashed with color. Definitely something I'm not used to, and it was amazing. I did one 2-mile hike through the woods--an old 1930s CCC-built trail, with some very cool stone stairways and bridges and lookout towers. I love that stuff. And chipmunks everywhere! I would probably despise chipmunks the same as I sorta despise squirrels if we had them here in Florida, but as it is they're still novel and adorable for me, so I dig seeing them. I'll have to post some photos when I have more time.
So this week I'm at work all week, then I have trips each of the next 3 weeks. And no solid plans yet, so I need to get on that!
Okay, I should probably pay attention in this meeting. Hope your week is going well!
Oh, also: http://istodaythedaymartymcflyarriveswhenhetravelstothefuture.com/
But then I looked into it more, and the prison is only open for tours from April 1 to September 1 each year. So I might be able to see the exterior, but wouldn't be able to get inside. There's an overnight ghost tour thing--and how groovy would that be?--but it's on a night I don't curremtly plan to be in town, and appears to be sold out anyway. So I'm thinking this is a no-go this time around, and I should hold off until my next visit in the spring, when it will be open for daytime tours. Kind of a bummer, but if it makes more sense to hold off, that's that. I could go this time and then do it again next time when the prison is open, but that seems like a waste. I'm sure I can figure something else to do this time around!
My Indianapolis trip last week went well. The weather was a bit gloomy with frequent light rain, but I headed down to Nashville (Indiana, that is) and Brown County State Park, and was utterly dumbfounded by how gorgeous it was. The trees were ablaze with fall color, yellows and oranges and reds, and the road through the park wound through one amazing landscape after another, with occasional pull-offs with breathtaking vistas over hills and forests splashed with color. Definitely something I'm not used to, and it was amazing. I did one 2-mile hike through the woods--an old 1930s CCC-built trail, with some very cool stone stairways and bridges and lookout towers. I love that stuff. And chipmunks everywhere! I would probably despise chipmunks the same as I sorta despise squirrels if we had them here in Florida, but as it is they're still novel and adorable for me, so I dig seeing them. I'll have to post some photos when I have more time.
So this week I'm at work all week, then I have trips each of the next 3 weeks. And no solid plans yet, so I need to get on that!
Okay, I should probably pay attention in this meeting. Hope your week is going well!
Oh, also: http://istodaythedaymartymcflyarriveswhenhetravelstothefuture.com/
