Quick Indiana vacation update

We are right now on the third leg of our journey through Indiana. Our accommodation is a 4,200+ sq. foot forest retreat. Some information we found told us we can "watch the deer across the lake and the red-tailed hawks circle overhead or sit on the deck at night and count the stars." I haven't seen the mentioned wildlife, but the stars from the upper third story deck were amazing.

Hotter here then Florida. Snakes were spotted this past weekend so we are opting not to swim in the lake that comes with our forest retreat.

We will hike the trail outside our front porch at dusk when the weather isn't as hot. Yesterday we spent a couple of hours at the local donut shop to eat donuts, drink coffee, and use their free wifi, something we haven't had yet on the entire trip. Unfortunately for us, Madison didn't hear that part and left the laptop back at our retreat. We tried to make do with phones and IPads, but had more trouble than it was worth.

The retreat, besides having over 150 different rooms, has intercoms everywhere so that we can communicate with each other no matter where we are. This morning we each took turns announcing various activities for the guests at the Elshoff Forest Retreat, although Kelly pretended we were all on the Love Boat. A lot if hilarity. Who knew how much entertainment a system like this could bring!

The bedding accommodations have been less than satisfactory, but with some changing of beds at various times during the night we managed to sleep. It is all an adventure and we refuse to let anything unsettle us.