American Discovery Trail: The Circus in Peru, Indiana

This week we are near Peru, Indiana, which was once the winter home of several circuses, including Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and now hosts the International Circus Hall of Fame. Every year in the third week of July, they have an amateur circus every day of the week, then a festival and a parade. There is still time to get there this year if you hurry.

Walking is difficult right now because the weather is beastly hot - 95 degrees today, maybe 99 tomorrow, and then it should cool off to mid-eighties. Arlo and I go out in the morning while it is still below 80, but in the evening it has been close to 90. Too hot. We just are not used to this around here. Yes, it is getting more frequent that we have these little bursts of heat, but even now they don't last long, so we just hide indoors and complain and wait them out.

We are about halfway through the second of three Indiana trail segments, and so halfway across the state. Peru is in fact located straight north of Indianapolis, which is right in the middle of Indiana.

I do not know which part of Ireland this is, but it's a wall, in a field, and I like it.

Last Ireland picture. We were there for a pride parade in Galway.