My 1st official Walking Small Town Indiana town will be Monterey, Indiana. I go there just about every year the Saturday of Labor Day weekend for their town wide yard sale, Monterey Days and Ox Roast.
Monterey is a very small (population 231!), clean town. You can walk the whole town during the yard sales, you don't really have to drive until you hit the out of town sales.
Monterey is in the middle of nowhere but is near Culver and Winimac. I am good with directions but always have a hard time getting to Monterey!
Lets hope we get enough rain this week to lessen my allergies so I can stand to be outside this weekend. I have a 4 day weekend so who knows, maybe I will get 2 small towns in.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Allergies :(
I so want to get out there and take some pictures and visit some towns! My allergies have hit hard this week and generally I am stuck in the house until mid September. I am not sure if I will get out this weekend or not. Gas prices are also what holds me back from getting out there. I am hoping soon they will drop as well.
In some ways, I wish I had thought of this(Walking Small Town Indiana) sooner. A lot of really neat buildings are no longer there due to demolition in the surrounding communities. Like North Liberty...the old Harvey's 5 and dime store. It was a neat old building that had wood floors and they creaked when you walked. It ended up being Craft's drugstore for quite awhile. Then it was turned into a bar. Now it is gone. They are building a Subway Restaurant in its place.
I am beginning to understand now why my parents get that sad look when they talk about buildings, businesses and homes that used to be there! For instance, here in Walkerton, where the Casey's gas station sits now is where my Gramma's house used to be. My mom talks about that house a lot.
Anyway....I haven't picked out any specific towns to visit yet. Going to have to get the map out. I am going in September to The Village at Winona in Warsaw, a sort of "mini town" in a city. One of my oldest friends and I are going to check it out.
Besides walking around Indiana, I run a daycare and have to get busy for the day. Until next time...
Small Town Hoosier Girl
In some ways, I wish I had thought of this(Walking Small Town Indiana) sooner. A lot of really neat buildings are no longer there due to demolition in the surrounding communities. Like North Liberty...the old Harvey's 5 and dime store. It was a neat old building that had wood floors and they creaked when you walked. It ended up being Craft's drugstore for quite awhile. Then it was turned into a bar. Now it is gone. They are building a Subway Restaurant in its place.
I am beginning to understand now why my parents get that sad look when they talk about buildings, businesses and homes that used to be there! For instance, here in Walkerton, where the Casey's gas station sits now is where my Gramma's house used to be. My mom talks about that house a lot.
Anyway....I haven't picked out any specific towns to visit yet. Going to have to get the map out. I am going in September to The Village at Winona in Warsaw, a sort of "mini town" in a city. One of my oldest friends and I are going to check it out.
Besides walking around Indiana, I run a daycare and have to get busy for the day. Until next time...
Small Town Hoosier Girl
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Prologue
While visiting Union Mills, Indiana for their Mill Pond Festival this past Saturday, I got the idea to combine 2 things I love: small towns and taking pictures. It just popped in my head - Walking Small Town Indiana.
All my life I have lived in small towns in northern Indiana. Small towns have good and bad points just like cities but there is just something about a small town.
I grew up in North Liberty. Safe, quiet little town with not too much going on. I lived there until I was about 26 and then we moved to Koontz Lake. 1 1/2 years later I bought my first home in Walkerton, the small town I now call home.
What I hope to do in the months to come, is visit small towns in Indiana, walk around them, capture their beauty & charm and visit the local establishments. Some of these towns will be the "blink and you miss it" kind of town, some a bit bigger.
With so many small towns in Indiana I could do this for years before I visited them all!
All my life I have lived in small towns in northern Indiana. Small towns have good and bad points just like cities but there is just something about a small town.
I grew up in North Liberty. Safe, quiet little town with not too much going on. I lived there until I was about 26 and then we moved to Koontz Lake. 1 1/2 years later I bought my first home in Walkerton, the small town I now call home.
What I hope to do in the months to come, is visit small towns in Indiana, walk around them, capture their beauty & charm and visit the local establishments. Some of these towns will be the "blink and you miss it" kind of town, some a bit bigger.
With so many small towns in Indiana I could do this for years before I visited them all!
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