One hundred years ago, Auburn, Indiana, was the home of true luxury automobiles. Auburns, Cords and Dussenbergs all were designed and manufactured there. They ruled the road in innovation, speed and beauty but their reign ended with the depression. Today the former administrative offices and showroom have been redesigned in art deco to display a fabulous collection of the cars.
The label copy tells the history of each car, including owners if known, its specs and what was happening in the country or world at that time. We saw the Cord owned by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Dussenberg Elvis drove in a movie and wanted to buy but he found it was not for sale.
Anna Lee had a moment of nostalgia seeing an old Crosly like the one that used to take her and her cello to school (seriously). We were told we could spend all day in the museum and almost did.
We left the auto museum to go back to a time when horsepower was really horsepower. Amish Acres in Napanee was once an Amish farm but the last owner did not have an heir. It was bought and turned into a display of Amish life. A tour of buildings, a wagon ride (but tractor pulled) and a movie gave some information on this religious order that began in Switzerland following the Reformation. We wound up with more questions than answers.
We did stay for the Thresher dinner. It was carb heaven: bean soup, fabulous bread, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, noodles, bread pudding and corn. Beef, ham and cole slaw were the only non-carbs. We took our pie slices home for another day.
After the enormous dinner we enjoyed a production of Barefoot in the Park on the Joseph Stein Stage housed in a big round barn. The play has withstood the test of time and was delightful.
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