Stop #39: Martinsville (#594)

Stop #39 in the Quest brought to you by: Butler's Homecoming. Featuring my LJ BFF 4-Eva!


Our trip to Martinsville coincided with Homecoming, in part because Becca's not from around here and therefore only comes back for important occasions. Like Steak 'n Shake quest stops. And alma mater Homecomings. But mostly Steak 'n Shake quest stops.

We had a grand ol' time celebrating Butler's Homecoming and getting excited about Blue II. You may recognize him, 'cause he's kind of famous.


Anyway, we decided to celebrate Homecoming by participating in their coloring contest. They had pictures of Blue II at the bookstore that you could pick up, color, and turn back in for a chance to win ... I'm assuming a prize. Or maybe fame and glory. I'd take the latter, given the choice.

It was a remarkably good picture of Blue II, and I wondered how it was created to match him so well.

And then I looked at the back of my crayon box.


Apparently, Crayola lets you turn photos into color-able images. I can't be sure, but that's my guess. And now *I* want to make a coloring book out of photos.

And so we each did our best in hopes that we would win fame and glory.

Thumbs up for Blue II!

"Blue II wants YOU to go to Butler University!"

Of course, there was eating (chili and a "chocolate-covered strawberry" milkshake for me), followed by more coloring of the AWESOME variety.


Becca's Argyle Blue II actually got a shout-out by the man -- er, dawg -- himself.


Mine ended up being a Blue II o' Bling. Which got no shout-outs. Which made me sad.

Another sad aspect of this stop in the quest: we discovered that apparently the people who do Steak 'n Shake marketing have difficulties in the math department.


Specifically, the counting department.


And in case you think we just happened to miss one of the words we should have found -- no, no. Because Steak 'n Shake conveniently sticks all the answers upside-down at the bottom of their placemats.


Go ahead. Count. I'll wait. It's not eight. Absolutely not eight.

Despite this disappointment, the stop was a successful one. It was good to see Becca, and it was fun to color Blue II (even though ultimately neither of us won the fame and glory thing).

Thanks, Martinsville, for having us and all our friends!