South Bend, Indiana 95 miles

Well, today we rode through Gary, Indiana, the former murder capital of the country but found that the people we saw were all actually very friendly wishing us well as we rode on by. Pretty cool actually. The ride was long at 95 miles but went by very fast. The coolest part was that we staged up and had lunch about 15 miles from town, then enjoyed a 3 vehicle, sirens blaring police escort. We arrived to a children's museum and had a fun time checking out all the exhibits that explained the human body in ways that we could all understand! From there we headed to St. Patrick's church for our lodging and enjoyed a sponsored pizza meal at a very busy and popular local joint. After dinner a few of us went up to the Notre Dame campus to walk around and explore the campus. At left is the famous "Touchdown Jesus", a mural of the Savior with his 12 disciples. The mural faces towards the football stadium and is as big a part of Irish football as Knute Rockne.