DPeakMD
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Local Highlights from Franklin to Madison
Starting in Franklin. Gas prices are usually cheap, but not necessarily just by the interstate. You'll pass an Admiral and a Shell after you pass the courthouse downtown. It's usually cheaper there.
Nashville is crowded on weekends! It might make a good lunch stop and a chance to get off the bike and shake a leg. There's a myriad of arts and crafts shops to poke around in. I can recommend a good BBQ shack called Trolly's on the north end of town off to the left on E. Gould St. You can park in a pay lot ($2 for MC) across the street and eat out on a deck where you can see your bike. The Brown County Inn is also very nice, but they often have a waiting list to get in. There's a large Shell before you leave town, but it's on the wrong side heading south and prices can be higher.
Don't eat too much because SR-135 gets pretty twisty south of here! Watch out for 90's with loose gravel, too.
The quaint old country village of Story, Indiana is just 20 minutes south of Nashville along SR-135 (it's on the map) and would be a great place to stop, too. A lot less hustle and bustle than Nashville! The Story Inn has a gravel parking lot. The old general store is pretty authentic turn of the century. It's fun to walk around and look at the relics of a bygone era. There's a tavern which serves food and a courtyard to eat outside in nice weather. It's also a B&B and is reportedly haunted! They have a fine-dining restaurant open in the evenings with excellent food and a good selection of wines. Definitely worth a stop.
The route will take you right through downtown Madison, Indiana along the Ohio River. It's a beautifully well-preserved collection of Federal style architecture. Madison was a boomtown that went bust and left a bunch of historic structures untouched by 'improvements.' Now a lot of buildings are in the National Register of Historic Places. There's a small restaurant and bar along the riverfront on Vaughn called The Madison Lighthouse with good parking and outside dining. They serve an excellent rueben! Another place called Hinkles is right on Main Street/421/56 and is well-rated, but I haven't been there yet. Here's the Delta Queen pulling out of Madison, sadly, for the last time...
Starting in Franklin. Gas prices are usually cheap, but not necessarily just by the interstate. You'll pass an Admiral and a Shell after you pass the courthouse downtown. It's usually cheaper there.
Nashville is crowded on weekends! It might make a good lunch stop and a chance to get off the bike and shake a leg. There's a myriad of arts and crafts shops to poke around in. I can recommend a good BBQ shack called Trolly's on the north end of town off to the left on E. Gould St. You can park in a pay lot ($2 for MC) across the street and eat out on a deck where you can see your bike. The Brown County Inn is also very nice, but they often have a waiting list to get in. There's a large Shell before you leave town, but it's on the wrong side heading south and prices can be higher.
Don't eat too much because SR-135 gets pretty twisty south of here! Watch out for 90's with loose gravel, too.
The quaint old country village of Story, Indiana is just 20 minutes south of Nashville along SR-135 (it's on the map) and would be a great place to stop, too. A lot less hustle and bustle than Nashville! The Story Inn has a gravel parking lot. The old general store is pretty authentic turn of the century. It's fun to walk around and look at the relics of a bygone era. There's a tavern which serves food and a courtyard to eat outside in nice weather. It's also a B&B and is reportedly haunted! They have a fine-dining restaurant open in the evenings with excellent food and a good selection of wines. Definitely worth a stop.
The route will take you right through downtown Madison, Indiana along the Ohio River. It's a beautifully well-preserved collection of Federal style architecture. Madison was a boomtown that went bust and left a bunch of historic structures untouched by 'improvements.' Now a lot of buildings are in the National Register of Historic Places. There's a small restaurant and bar along the riverfront on Vaughn called The Madison Lighthouse with good parking and outside dining. They serve an excellent rueben! Another place called Hinkles is right on Main Street/421/56 and is well-rated, but I haven't been there yet. Here's the Delta Queen pulling out of Madison, sadly, for the last time...
