| If you live in the Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio region of | | | | glass as the smell of scented candles delightfully |
| America, you really do owe it to yourself to make a | | | | tickles your sense of smell. Listen to the soft |
| little trip to Nashville, Indiana sometime in the near | | | | "click-click-click" of a loom weaving fabric. |
| future. Nicknamed the "Little Smokies", and referred | | | | Next, take in the flea market and then visit an |
| to by most of us as "Brown County", this thriving | | | | antique store or two;there certainly are enough of |
| artist community is located about an hour from | | | | them in these parts ! If you're patient and willing to |
| Indianapolis. This time of the year, the trip is | | | | look carefully, there are definitely old-fashioned |
| especially worth it due to the gorgeous jewel tones | | | | bargains to be found. |
| of the autumn leaves. | | | | And when it's time to eat, you certainly won't be |
| Go on - plan on making a day of it. Roll the windows | | | | disappointed - thereare many fine restaurants and |
| all the down, play your favorite music and enjoy the | | | | cafes to eat at. If it's something sweet on your |
| ride. Get in touch with nature by having a leisurely | | | | mind, try and stop yourself from indulging in rich, |
| picnic and then taking a long, relaxing hike in | | | | creamy fudge, caramel apples, funnel cakes or |
| Yellowwood State Park. While you're there, stop off | | | | elephant ears, all local favorites and available in |
| and see Gobbler's Rock, a four hundred pound rock | | | | abundance. |
| that's lodged precariously in a tree. Lay lazily on the | | | | While you're at it, take a tour of the old log jail |
| shore of Lake Monroe and let the sun make you blind | | | | house, which wasbuilt in the last century and is |
| as it reflects off the water. | | | | located downtown in back of the old courthouse. |
| Drop in on any on of literally hundreds of local artists | | | | You have a lot of hard choices if you make the |
| painting the town in a variety of hues. Watch while | | | | decision to stay the night. From a few of the larger |
| handmade beeswax candles are dipped and hung to | | | | national chains to more small and charming l |
| dry, or stare incredulously as a glassblower slowly and | | | | bed-and-breakfasts, there's something for every |
| painstakingly blows an exquisite round bowl. Bright | | | | taste and budget. You can find many travel deals on |
| sunlight shoots jaggedly through pieces of stained | | | | the Internet today. |