Week 6: Friday, September 7 – (Drive from Lebanon, IN to Indianapolis, IN: 30 Miles and Drive from Indianapolis, IN to Danville, IL: 91 Miles) Indiana

Today begins with leaving Lebanon, Indiana’s Motel 8 early. It is an exciting day. Ali and Kristian are going to see three things that they are really passionate about: Sue Morter’s Morter HealthCenter, the Indianapolis 500 Speedway, and we have a presentation at an Indianapolis Boys and Girls Club.

We drive into Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis, and find Morter HealthCenter.

Unfortunately, Dr. Sue Morter has left for a couple of weeks on a public speaking tour, but Dr. Scott Cooper is there to answer all our questions, and by letting Ali and Kristian shadow him, we could see the Morter System in motion.

The special thing about the Morter HealthCenter is that the technique they use to get people better there. The Bio Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.) is a physical yet non-forceful, energy-balancing procedure used by the hands to reestablish the full healing potential of the body using its natural healing abilities. B.E.S.T. removes the interference and/or distractions that are demanding the attention of the healing power; thereby causing the imbalance in the autonomic nervous system and ultimately leading to disease. Researched at major universities, taught as an elective in many chiropractic colleges and in professional continuing education seminars, B.E.S.T. is recognized by the industry as an effective healing science.

After shadowing Dr. Cooper, he directed us to a local complex with restaurants and bookstores After eating a big pancake breakfast, Ali and Kristian rolled out of the restaurant, walked down the shopping mall complex, and perused the local bookstore. This bookstore is full of amazing books, cds and DVDs on the different aspects of living a wellness based lifestyle.

Losing time in the bookstore, Ali and Kristian head down to the Indianapolis 500 Speedway, hoping to see the fast cars that are part of the races. Ali is especially excited to see these powerful automobiles because of his love of fast cars. Ali loves fast, nice cars so much that when he was going to chiropractic college in Toronto, he worked as a Valet for upscale events. This experience gave him opportunity to drive a whole assortment of fast cars: Porsche, Lambos, Ferraris, etc…

We take a tour around the Speedway which is pretty impressive by itself. The stands around the outside of the track holds over 300,000 people. When the inside of the track is full of people as well, over 500,000 people at the Indy 500 event. This is undisputed, the largest sporting event in the world. The revenue generated from this event is equivalent to holding 3 Superbowls.

Walking through the Museum, Ali and Kristian find Jacque Villenuvue’s 1995 Indy 500 winning car, and take a bunch of pictures of it. Jacque is the only Canadian to have ever one either the Indy 500 and the F1 championships.

Leaving the Indy 500 Speedway, we drive to the Boys and Girls Club event.

The kids are really excited to see us, and we give a fantastic presentation. Thanks to all the great skills that we’ve learnt at SuperCamp to keep the kids focused, it is invaluable.

After the talk, we all get into a circle and dance for 15 minutes. These kids could dance. Having so much fun, it is really hard to leave, but we have cycling responsibilities back in Illinois that have to be attended to.

We drive back to Danville, and find an inexpensive motel. A non-air conditioned, humid/warm room that Ali and Kristian started to sing about the heat in the room to.