We're finally in Indiana

"First day 27th [Sunday, October 27, 1867] Took the Newtown & Thorntown road at Covington, said to be 12 miles nearer the Crawfordsville road. I think it is not so good and perhaps we shall not gain by it. Noon. Stopped to feed in a lane 4 or 5 miles west of Newtown. The timber is plentiful. We see very poor buildings through here. There must be very little enterprise among the inhabitants. Roads not so good as in Illinois & Iowa."

"Second, 28th [Monday, October 28, 1867] Hunted Newtown till the middle of the afternoon when we were told we were farther from Thorntown than we were in the morning. Then turned for Pleasant Hill following a man and his family through gates & woods, pastures, 5 miles till we got onto the old Covington road, then camped in a nice grove. Rained a little last night. They are now hitching up to start. Hope we shall get through today if we don't get off the road again. Noon. Stopped to feed in a lane on the east side of a grove. Real cool and been foggy all morning. 4 miles east of Linden. Came 14 miles this forenoon."

As we neared Thorntown, Indiana, our destination, it was easy to see how Ann & Henry could get a little lost, especially since they had been gone for 12 years. The corn fields and country roads all begin to look alike. We encountered a downpour and were glad to be in a car and not in the back of a wagon!