Bloomington Indiana

[TrickyNicky]

So this Monday I will be driving from Nashville up to Bloomington for manager orientation for my new job. Anyone know of anything fun to see on the way up? Maybe a good restaurant while I'm there? I think a few people here are from Indiana and I'm sure others have visited...

I'm being reimbursed for my travel expenses so I don't want to really go to far out of the way, any ideas?

[xjsnake]

If you go up through US-231 (shortest distance anyway) then you will go right by Whittaker guns which is the largest gun shop in Ky. 

[TMF]

I had an awesome time in that area last year in Brown county. Check out Nashville, IN. It's just to the east of Bloomington... folks call it the "crinkled" county, on account of being one of the few areas of Indiana with terrain, and locals refer to Nashville as "Little Gatlinburg". We stayed at a cabin in that area and enjoyed the Brown County forest. Lotta hiking trails and bike trails, along with an incredible welcome center/hotel in the middle of the park which houses an indoor water park-ish attraction (if you have kids).

We're going up there again this summer for a combo business/pleasure vacation. Take your pick of any of the local restaurants in downtown Nashville. Some very good dining there with many of the structures being historical in nature. Very good people and overall a gun friendly environment.