Clifty Falls and Madison, Ind. Vacation Review, Part 3
Posted by nathan on 11 May 2007 | Tagged as: my life.
Clifty Falls Inn, where Emily and I stayed during our vacation, is located just a short drive (5 minutes) from downtown Madison, Ind.
Madison is a city set on the Ohio River–It was a Boom Town of the riverboat era. Once the transportation focus shifted from riverboat to railroad, Madison was pretty much left untouched.
Now, 150 years later, Madison is very much the same city it was in the mid-1800’s. Downtown is full of all kinds of shops, small bankfronts, a movie theater, hair salons/barber shops, restaurants, a bike shop, a furniture store, knick-knack shops, coffee shops, ice cream shop, a hardware store, a pharmacy–you name it, it was there downtown.
When Emily and I arrived in Madison, we walked down second street admiring the architecture of the community. The style of homes were not like anything we see here. Most of the homes were great examples of the Federalist style (please don’t ask how i know this…). Many of those homes were absolutely HUGE. i would guess 4,000 sq. ft. for many of them. Most of the larger homes had been split into multi-home units–we saw a few units with six mailboxes out front!
Madison was a great city to look at and i would recommend it.
On Wednesday, Emily and I visited historic Stream Cliff Farm. I say historic for two reasons: one, it is Indiana’s oldest herb farm and two, General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders (Morgan’s Raiders) stopped by Stream Cliff during the Civil War. (although it wasn’t an Herb Farm at that time). We also had a wonderful lunch at the Sprigs and Twigs Tea Room. I had never been at a tea room before, so that was a treat. It was also interesting sitting next to a table of 12 Red Hat Ladies.
Tomorrow, I will share three photos about our experience driving home. We had a good trip home. it was fun!
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