June 27,28 & 29, Auburn, Indianna

Across the fruited plains.

Welcome to Indiana. This is as good as possible when snapping a shot at 55 mph.

From the camp ground where we stayed in Auburn, IN, we see these flags. Upon inquiring at the registration desk we are told that this is the entrance to the Kurse Foundation Museum of Carriages and autos, and the museum of WWII. We decide visit.

The museum entrance. One wing for carriages and autos and one wing for WWII. Kruse also operates an auction house and a large building across the street is used for auto auctions.

The WWII collection was purchased from a collector in Belgium. Kruse purchased the entire collection which includes a large selection of German vehicles, uniforms and military machinery. The lighting in the WWII wing was not as bright as that in the Carriage and Auto wing so we got photos only where the lighting was bright enough.

A DeLorian exactly like the one used in back to the future.

Example of a luxury car from the 1920's and what the gasoline pumps looked like.

European Royal carriages, restored.

The car designed and built by Carl Casper for the Batman Movies.

The collection includes several vehicles by Carl Casper.

The weather here has been on and off rain storms with lightning and thunder. We have seen so many t-storms that we decided to refresh our memories about how thunder is caused. We remembered that it has something to do with the heat created by the lightning, but not exactly how.