New Carlisle

New Carlisle is a small town located in St. Joseph County on US 20 between South Bend and Michigan City. It has a population of about 1800. Not far away is Hudson Lake and Rolling Prairie.

New Carlisle is a very nice, clean small town with several businesses. It is a very pretty town. New Carlisle is also home to the famous house from "PRANCER".

The house is now turned into a bed and breakfast with a museum. It is called Inn at the Old Republic. This shows you a bit of the house and its history http://www.innatoldrepublic.net/ , it's very beautiful there. I did take some pictures.

We wandered around the downtown, enjoying music playing and the smells and beautiful colors of fall. There's a Wells Fargo Bank, a dentist office, some shops, a hardware, a coffee shop, and a hair salon.

There's a place called Miller's Home Cafe which offers a smorgasboard. It's a very tasty place! They also have a place which serves Austrian Food. I have not had the chance to visit there yet. It's called Moser's Austrian Cafe. Yes - New Carlisle calls most of their restaurants - Cafe.

In the summer they have "hometown days" and a town wide yard sale. In the fall there is a Heritage Fair where people are dressed like the old days and show how to do tatting, chair weaving etc.

It's worth the trip to visit!

To enjoy more pictures of New Carlisle click my link! It should come through as a slideshow!

http://s94.photobucket.com/user/shellyplatz/slideshow/Walking%20Small%20Town%20Indiana/New%20Carlilse

Long long winter

Hello my loyal followers (all 2 of you)!

 I am sure you have anxiously been awaiting the snow to melt so I could bring you more Walking Small Town Indiana. Well, the time has come! We are out walking the small towns once again! You can look forward to new pictures and descriptions of some of Indiana's smallest towns. I may throw in a bigger "city" here and there as well. Don't worry, what is a bigger "city" to me is still considered "small town" to most people.

I am always looking for more small towns to visit - especially if there is a festival or town wide yard sale going on! Please send in your suggestions. Currently, I can only go as far as I can drive in a day and be back home that night so it has to be nearby. Even little towns that are no more than one building are fine to suggest. The smaller the better!

Generally what we do is pick out a small town to visit and then make a big circle(or square as it may be) to other small towns that aren't too far away. That's if it's really small! The "bigger" small towns do take longer and we could end up spending the whole day there, especially if there are businesses we can check out!

Stay tuned for New Carlisle. Pictures and post coming soon. We look forward to taking you on many adventures with us this year!