Saturday 7/11 was our last day of vacation. We'd stopped the night before in Gas City, IN. I only knew about this place because it's usually where the Spouse stops on his way home from Arkansas.
Grant County Indiana is where the artist Jim Davis is from. He's the guy who draws the Garfield cartoons. So of course there's the Garfield Trail here where there are 14 different statues of Garfield throughout the county.
this is #1 on the brochure - each paw pad has a little tidbit about Jim Davis or Garfield.
We didn't go by numerical order, more like map order - it cut down on the back & forth.
"Cool Cat" Garfield doesn't have a plaque but he's standing outside the James Dean Museum in Fairmount. There was a family coming out of the museum as we got there so I chatted with the mom and they were also visiting from Michigan!
Glass Blower Garfield happened to be right next to City Hall, so he had to play on the tank!
I love looking up high school mascots for podunk little towns.
This has got to be one of the best!
This was in the pro shop of a golf course!
Which explains why you can only visit during daylight hours between April & November!
Another one we were happy to visit - it's in the Marion Public Library.
Since we went on a Saturday, we were concerned if they were open or not.
They were open and the librarians at the desk didn't even give me & Chuck a second glance!
This took most of the morning, so we were on our way home after this!
Woohoo!
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