9 Aug 2018
Nashville,
IN is one of those towns that has essential turned itself in to a tourist
destination, particularly if you like to shop.
Our main reason for this, our third time here, was to visit the For Bare
Feet discount outlet. Our first time
here was made worthwhile by a tour of the Bare Feet factory which produced all
American made socks and their discount sales outlet. These were quality socks.
The town
remains a charming tourist destination, but unfortunately, we found that the
discount outlet had been reduced in size.
The more disappointing change was that not all their socks were made in
the USA anymore. If the stock in the
retail outlet was a representative sample, most socks are now made somewhere
else. So, we passed on the socks.
We still
enjoyed wandering around the town enjoying the designs of the store fronts.
When we
thought about where we would stay, we decided to try the KOA, which had high
ratings with prices to match. When we drove in, we took a quick look and
decided to turn around and go back to the place we stayed the first two
times. The Westward Ho is along a main
road and has all the facilities we needed with a friendly owner. In fact, when we came in, he recognized us from
previous visits and put us in one of his best and level sites.
8 comments:
Such a disappointment when things change so drastically. Sorry about the socks.
Once good products are perfected they are made somewhere cheaper, and the quality shows, such a shame.
I've found quite a few KOA's over my travels that have let their quality slip. Makes you wonder if the HQ company actually cares anymore.
When you find something good (the campground) just stick with it, I say.
When you find something good (such as a campground) best to stay with it.
I can't recall when I was in Nashville, Indiana, but it had to be 20 or 30 years ago, or maybe more. It was a nice little town with no tourist traps selling socks made outside the U.S. In fact, I think the town's attraction was the look and feel of an old country town. Few, if any, of those left.
Sorry about the socks, but it looks like you made the best of it. The other shops look interesting. How do you manage not to pack the rv with all kinds of stuff? You must have better willpower than I do.
Sox have gone the way so many items have gone ... and it ain't here in the US anymore! The town looks like a neat place.
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