Napoleon, Ohio to Waterloo, Indiana

We have had no problem remembering these two towns!  We are in Indiana and have been having a fabulous time.  We rolled slowly into town last night because of headwinds.  Aargh!  We asked a local police officer where we could camp and he directed us to the local park.  It was located next to the main railway line between Chicago and New York.  Everything was locked up so we walked over to the fire station.  There was a meeting going on so almost everyone was there.  They were so helpful, calling to have the park opened up for us, offering us showers and we were able to talk with them and eat chips and dip!  This is a volunteer run fire station and they have over 20 men who keep things running.  Amazing.  They are celebrating their 140th anniversary in October.  

Our night was one of the more interesting we've had.  The local police were watching over us at night which was great!  Cord mentioned that there was a police car parked nearby most of the night.  

We haven't begun to understand why the engineers must sound the horn at every crossing all night long.  There are 5 crossings in Waterloo and some trains would sound the horn just one long time.  I decided that we are experiencing a new level of tired.  I was able to sleep from 11 until 5 without waking up and that is with the ground shaking, horns blowing and just the loud sounds of freight trains rumbling by.  I did have earplugs in but that only changed the decibel level from 130 down to 100 at the most.  I do think that some engineers are just sounding the horn to torture everyone they pass.  Everyone here swears that they don't even hear the trains.

We have had a wonderful morning here in Waterloo.  Ken and Candy have a bed and breakfast and invited us for breakfast.  Ken interviewed us for the local paper and we ate a fantastic breakfast.  They have been called to minister through their bed and breakfast so the morning was a complete joy.