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Posted: August 15 2005 10:38 PM
 
Gary Scannevin (aka gman0046) [ View ] [ gman0046@aol.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
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How about a new Forum Topic that would provide info for rodders traveling to out of town Rod Runs. Such as info on hotels / motels, restaurants, places to go and identify places not to go to. For instance, we are going to the Frog Follies in Evansville, Indiana this weekend. A good restaurant we go to, is the Log Inn just north and east of hwy 41 and I64. For tables of 4 or more it's all the fried chicken and country ham you can eat, you can hurt yourself if your not careful. If you leave there hungry it's your own fault. Also Evansville is home to the worst motel I've ever been to, it's the Blue Sky Inn on hwy 41, I believe it's the original Roach Motel, and wouldn't stay there if it was free. They also have some small mom and pop non chain motels between the airport and the city that I think you pay for by the hour. They are also a good place to stay away from. We now stay at the Best Western just off or hwy 41 and I64. It's pretty decent and $91/night. Can anyone recommend a good restaurant in Evansville?
 
 
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Posted by kyhotrod  -  08/14/2005 02:27 AM

I threw together a web page showing some motels in Evansville, Indiana (plus nearby Princeton), with photos and maps. Not sure I'll have this at this address for long, but for now it's at



http://frankfortky.tripod.com/evansville_indiana_motels/



If I have time, I'll snap some photos of these motels and take some notes to see if the web data is still current and then update this web page.



BTW, does anyone know where the old Grumpy Pal Motor Court was on Hwy 41 N?
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Posted by BigAlBre  -  08/13/2005 07:21 PM
See that guy's... where else do you get the flexibility that this site has... NOWHERE!!!! thanks to Eriq........
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Posted by gman0046  -  08/14/2005 07:26 PM
Becareful of some of the non chain motels in Evansville. They can be really nasty. Especially watch out for the one's that charge by the hour.
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Posted by cruizznn  -  08/14/2005 07:47 PM
Gman..do you stay at the Best Western on Rusher Creek rd? We were able to get a room there from someone and are planning on attending for the first time.
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Posted by gman0046  -  08/15/2005 11:03 AM
cruizznn, yes we stay at the Best Western on Rusher Creek rd. It's a good place, you'll like it. Won't be there this year, as I sold my 46 Ford Convertible and am without a pre 48 streetrod. I'm just going for a day and not the whole weekend.
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Posted by kyhotrod  -  08/13/2005 03:53 PM

Just got a room at StudioPlus in Evansville, located at I-164 and Lloyd Expressway, on SE side of town, so if you're looking for a place to stay, you might call em at (812) 479-0103.
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Posted by BigAlBre  -  08/14/2005 10:25 AM
ask and you shall receive
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Posted by kyhotrod  -  08/15/2005 01:12 PM

We drove over to Evansville yesterday to scope out the place, since it had been 15 years or more since I'd been there.



GMan, the BlueSkyInn you referred to is indeed the old Holiday Inn, which later became Knights Inn, the BlueSkyInn and now Roadside Inn. What a dump. Windows broken out, curtains flapping in the breeze, not nice people milling about. Apparently, the original US 41 was where a lot of motels were that were on the postcards. The new/current US 41 runs parallel and just east of that, and the old US 41 is now called Fares Ave. Bad part of town.



From what I see, up north near I-64, or on the SE side, LloydExpressway at I-164, are the places you wanna stay. The SE side has all the national stores and restaurants, but boy it's a busy place (6 lane highway), so we're cancelling our reservation at Studio Plus and moving to a small, family owned motel 20 miles from the 4-H Park, so we can park at the door and have some peace and quiet.



Motel6 on US41, near the airport, has parking at the door, and has a Dennys, Hardees and a small shopping center nearby, same side of the road, within easy walking distance. However, I avoid motels near airports and the Days Inn Airport is REAL close (hop over the fence and to your plane close).



Marriott is just north (real close) of the airport and nothing else within walking distance. Holiday Inn and Drury Inn are just south of Motel6 and has a local restaurant next door. Dennys and Hardees mentioned previously are within walking distance, so long as you don't mind crossing railroad tracks.



On the north side, near I-64, Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn, Best Western and Super8 are all clustered together, with Dennys, McDonalds and Arbys within easy walking distance. Across US41 is Stoll's, an Amish restaurant that supposedly has great food (the parking lot was pretty full at 2pm).



North of I-64 is Quality Inn which is REAL close to the interstate (note... noisy) and Wendys and Country Market (w.buffet) are about 600 yards away on an access road.



Further north at Princeton, Indiana, is a Days Inn which has some rooms with ground floor access, but most rooms are on 2-4 with outside stair.s This has an atrium and indoor pool, but the place is pretty tired. Across the road is a box called Hampton Inn, which looked clean. Nearby is a strip with a good number of restauarants (McDonalds and Ponderosa are withing walking distance), including PizzaHut and Applebees.



Al, your link to the postcards site... that's where I got some of those photos on the web site I created (see above). St Marys Motel is supposedly on Fares Ave, but we didn't go look at it. Never did see Amoco Big Foot Motel, which is supposedly between Airport and 4-H Park and has park at your door access, however, they're supposedly sold out 2 years in advance for FrogFollies dates (per a telcon with clerk).



We didn't even try to go look at OakMeadowLodge cause this definitely in the "hi-rent" district. (we passed a silver Lamborghini Countach on New Harmony Rd, nearby).



On the SE side at LloydExpressway and I-164, on the SW corner of the intersection are Studio Plus, Residence Inn, Hampton Inn, and Comfort Inn, all within walking distance (if you're in good shape) to Texas Roadhouse and a PastaGrille. In the NW corner of the intersection is Baymont Inn and I forget what else.
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Posted by ramblinrelic  -  08/15/2005 10:31 PM

The last time my wife and I were in Eville we went downtown to the levy. I believe it was a Damons, part of the casino attraction ,food was great , beautiful place, even gambled a little. It has been a few years but when we were there but we really liked it . Relic
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Posted by BigAlBre  -  08/25/2004 02:32 PM
gman, here's the link to he evansville show discussion.
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Posted by rc57  -  08/25/2004 08:41 PM
funny, i don't remeber seeing food at hooters. Who'da thunk it?
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Posted by maniac  -  08/26/2004 05:40 PM
They have food there?? :-)
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Posted by awsum34  -  08/26/2004 08:11 PM

You could call it food, but i'm not going there.
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Posted by BigAlBre  -  08/25/2004 09:36 AM
gman, we have that now, i combined the upcoming carshows with the forums so all you need to do is find the show you're interested in and leave your comments there, the topics will show up in the forums and when you click on them it will bring up the show info, with all the messages underneath.

eriq

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Posted by Nick32vic  -  08/25/2004 01:21 PM

Theres this really really good Italian place in evansville. Talk to me about it there, cus i cant think of how to get there right now.

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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  08/25/2004 10:00 AM

it's good to know where to stay and where to stay away from. we had a run in ft worth that if you strayed a couple blocks the wrong way you were in the bad lands. no one bothered to tell folks this and a few got lost where they should not be.
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Posted by REBORN55  -  08/25/2004 01:36 PM
If you are into barbecue--there used to be a place called Porky's that was excellent Think it is still there.--There is always Hooters and a pretty good hamburger/bar joint down b the riverboat.
Ken [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] De soto, Illinois
 
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