South Bend, Indiana Road Trip!

 Why, you ask, would we drive to South Bend, Indiana??  Well, to see a BYU vs. Notre Dame game, of course!  

Ginny and Dave came out to DC for Dave's work conference in early October.  Thanks to their fun planning, they decided to drive down from there to visit us for a day, then we jumped in our van and headed out to Indiana to see the big game (with an overnight stop and a nice temple trip in Columbus, OH to break up the drive)...and of course, good food! :)

 

 We chose all of our eating destinations via TripAdvisor (highly recommended).  Some were a little 'scary' with 50 year old freaky dolls hanging from the menu board, but all the food was good, and experiences were great!

 When we got to South Bend, my parents, who had flown into Indiana met us for the game, lots of fun...and more really good food. :)

 

The game itself was a lot of fun.  We lost, but we weren't blown out...we even led at the half (which isn't bad, seeing the Norte Dame made the National Championship game this year!)

  

We filled the void the loss created with...more food! :)  We found this great little asian restaurant where the owner sat down with us, asked us questions of what kind of food we liked and ordered for us.  The food was AWESOME!  Almost worth a road trip back to eat there again! :)  ...almost.

 After a few days of kid-free (thanks Malones!) food and football frenzy fun, Ginny and Dave flew out of Indiana and we headed back with my parents to VA.