South Bend, Indiana

Later on on Day 2 (Day 1 was across PA to Cleveland), after visiting Kirtland and stopping for food in Sturgis, Michigan (to check the Automotive State off of Liam's places visited map) we made our way to South Bend for a quick visit to Notre Dame. I'm not a big fan of Notre Dame football myself, but I-80 runs right through South Bend and so we decided to stop and snap a few pictures with the tripod.


I'm unfamiliar with Notre Dame's buildings, but our first stop was what I'm guessing was the main quad to snap a few photos of this impressive cathedral looking building.


Another picturesque building on the quad.


We then left the quad to visit Touchdown Jesus (I'm sure there's a different name for this beautiful mural, but it's positioned across from the football field and it looks like he's signaling a Touchdown to me.)


Our last stop on campus was at the football stadium itself, where we opened up our trunk to help out Notre Dame's football coach Charlie Weiss load up his stuff since he was about to be involuntarily terminated from his employment with the Fighting Irish. Welcome to the economic downturn coach Weiss!

All in all, I thought the Notre Dame campus was quite beautiful, and impressive. I think I'll still root against their football team on most occasions though (my father and grandfather grew up in Pasadena and were big USC fans after all.)