Grand Chapter of Indiana

Tuesday at noon, Julia and I headed for Indianapolis, IN, for the Grand Chapter of Indiana.  This is little 485 mile trip that takes about 4 1/4 hours of driving.  With all the rain we have been having and the rain in Indiana we anticipate that it would take a little longer.   Luck was with us and the only rain we had was just north of Columbus for about 20-30 minutes and that was not a hard rain.  With two stops we were there in 4 1/2 hours.

The Grand Chapter session was at the the Marriott Center off of Post Road on the east side of Indy.  It is a magnificent facility.  Julia and I had a room in the new tower and all I can say about the room is "WOW!!".   We were given the Dwight D. Eisenhower suite on the sixth floor.  It was darned near as big as our house.  We had a small conference room, sitting room with a 42" flat screen TV and a bed room with a 42" flat screen TV.  When you add the bathroom, closets and the hall the suite was huge.

At 7:00 PM there was an informal dinner which about 90 attended.   It was a very nice meal of roasted pork, roasted red potatoes and broccoli.   Dessert was apple pie.    Entertainment was a quartet of 5.   They count different in Indiana.   It was made up of members of the Valley of Indianapolis chorus.   Excellent entertainment that lasted about 30 minutes.   After the entertainment awards that we would normally give out at our Grand Banquet were presented.   Many of these were awards of the General Grand Chapter.

Wednesday morning Grand Chapter was convened at 8:30 AM and introductions began at around 9:00 AM.   Ohio had myself, REC George Shell, REC Ralph Curtiss, MEC Don Losasso and MEC Jean Justus, Jr. in attendance.   Grand High Priests from Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Kentucky were also at the session.    All of the visiting GHPs were given honorary membership in the Grand Chapter of Indiana.  The session was quite nice and very well organized with things going as listed on the agenda.

At the lunch break many of the guests, including Julia and I, said our goodbyes and started for home.   Julia and I joined the Shells for lunch at a Cracker Barrel across the street and then we headed home.

The trip home was about the same as going out.   It took about 4 1/2 hours with two stops.   We got home just after 7:00 PM.   We got sprinkled on three or four times but believe it or not avoided any rain.

A point of interest.   I bought gas in Medina for $3.84 a gallon before we left Tuesday.   We got to Indianapolis and gas was $4.17.   I had enough to get back to Ohio where I got gas for $3.79 just before we got to Dayton.

We had a great trip.

"till the next time.