Evansville

We were privileged to spend the week-end with good friends. Over the years, they have come to visit us nearly every other year wherever we were living at the time (CA, NV) and we've managed to visit them only once before this week-end.

Seth and his new wife Stacey joined us for a very yummy BBQ dinner on Saturday night. They make a great couple.

Sunday morning we went to church and found that it was very similar to our church in Las Vegas. We felt quite at home. But, of course, every time we get together we feel quite at home with Carl and Karen.

We drove around a little looking at property values. We were surprised to find that housing was very affordable (especially compared to CA or NV). It is actually possible to buy a solid older home in a fine neighborhood for under $100K. Now we can add Evansville to our list of affordable places to live.

Carl gave us a tour of the old jail - part of his jurisdiction on the job. We saw cells, visiting areas, the kitchen, guard observation rooms, restraint devices, and jail keys (I wish I had taken a picture of those - they are pretty much like what you see in the movies or cartoons, big keys on a brass ring). I will be on my best behavior from now one because I never want to be behind bars! I'm with Karen thinking this would be a great field trip for kids. They would be on their best behavior too after that!