Blast to the Past

Randy and I had to detour to Bloomington, Indiana to see the town of one of our favorite movies, BREAKING AWAY. This movie was inspirational to us as we trained for the 500 mile bike tour on our tandem a couple of years ago. After finding a hotel, we ate pizza and then walked around the town. We saw some of the older buildings that were made with great limestone columns. The aging showed on some of the carvings and had worn away the stone.

Right down the street from where we ate dinner was the archway to the university. It was impressive how the designers had incorporated paths and forested trees right in

to the layout between the buildings. In the basement of the Memorial Union was the bowling alley and cafeteria which held famous scenes in the movie. On a bulletin board were pictures from the movie. Guess we aren't the only ones to come to town to see where this movie was filmed.