Saturday, March 21, 2009: 7:25 a.m. Depart from home, I drive. 7:35 a.m. Stop at Starbucks on Old Hickory Boulevard for coffee and breakfast. 7:56 a.m. Drop the dog off at My Second Home Pet Resort. 8:12 a.m. On our way, I-65N. 9:46 a.m. Rest stop on I-65N in Kentucky at mile marker 60. 9:56 a.m. Put Alison Krause into the CD player, Marsha takes over the driving so I can write, take pictures and video. 11:54 a.m. We cross into Indiana and eastern daylight time. 12:22 p.m. Put Melissa Etheridge into the CD player. 1:03 p.m. Take a potty, gas and lunch break at the Arby’s/Mapco on I-65N in Indiana at mile marker 76. Gas stops pumping exactly at the $25 mark. I think I should buy a lottery ticket, but I don’t. 1:15 p.m. Back on the road with Marsha continuing to drive. 1:41 p.m. Turn onto I-465E. 2:01 p.m. Turn onto 31N. 4:36 p.m. Arrive at the Holiday Inn Express in Mishawaka, Indiana, for one night. 5:15 p.m. Depart the hotel to meet Marsha’s sister, brother-in-law and niece for dinner at the Texas Roadhouse in Elkhart off the Indiana Toll Road exit 92. Stop at Wal-Mart first to drop off three rolls of film. 7:52 p.m. Pick up pictures at Wal-Mart then return to the hotel and sort pictures. Marsha watches basketball on ESPN. I upload photos and video then write my blog post.

On November 16, 1842, Father Sorin and seven brothers left St. Peter’s [near Washington, Indiana]. Early that morning they had put together what they would need for the journey, loaded the ox-drawn cart, and the antique stage coach … and set out. They had more than two hundred and fifty miles ahead of them. The weather was bitterly cold every step of the way. They took turns at riding and walking. After a few days of travel, however, Father Sorin decided that he and four of the Brothers should go on ahead, while the other three should follow at a slower pace with the oxen and the laden cart. On November 26, ten days after leaving St. Peter's, Father Sorin and the first four brothers reach South Bend.²
  

Captions and Credits:
(Top and Bottom) Screen capture of the route from Nashville, Tennessee, to South Bend, Indiana, courtesy of MapQuest. (Middle) Flip video recording of three minutes on the road to South Bend from the author's perspective.