On Saturday morning we decided that we wanted to get away for the weekend, so we packed a suitcase and hit the road for points east. I had seen a farm online that I thought would be a lot of fun to visit over near Louisville. What we didn't know was that there is a Huber's Farm and a Joe Huber's farm within a half mile of each other.... one has decidedly more to offer. ;-) We came across Joe Huber's first and it really was a nice place. Very neat and clean with a cute country shop, ice cream counter, restaurant, and child's play area. Really you couldn't complain, but it just didn't look like the pics online
and it was a scorching afternoon. By the time Rebecca had discovered all the playground equipment and gone down the slide countless times, we were all hot and beat. Then, half mile down the road we run across Huber's.... bigger store, bigger ice cream shop, much bigger play area! We made a quick turn through their store and winery and it was back to the good old air conditioned vehicle. Maybe we'll make it back in the fall for apple season. We thought about heading back to Corydon to secure a room for the evening, but I wasn't quite ready to call it a day so I twisted Aaron's arm into taking me to Oxmoor Mall in Louisville. Its a really great mall.... the kind built for browsing, not buying! We all got to play with the new ipad at the apple store and I got inspired to catch up my scrapbooking at Archiver's. By now it was well past our usual dinner time and everyone was worn out from our busy day. Aaron took us out to Joe's Crab Shack for a fun dinner. Upon ariving we discovered their AC was not working.... we waited for a table on the deck. Once the sun set it was a beautiful evening with a great breeze off the Ohio River. Finally, it was time to head to Corydon for that hotel room. Here is where we ran into glitch
number two. Holiday Inn had just one room left, and guess what wan't working....the AC! Needless to say, we didn't stay long and decided that just an hour and a half drive home wasn't so bad when we had a cool bedroom waiting. We rolled back into town around midnight and crashed. We still had one item on our agenda for the weekend though, so the next morning we were up and out by 9:00, headed towards French Lick. We had heard there was a train that ran about a two hour trip through the Hoosier National Forest. French Lick is home to two amazing resorts restored to their previous turn of the centruy glory. I have been anxiosu to visit what I assumed was an amazing town full of shopping and ride a train like those you see in the old movies. It was a 1929 train allright, and very authentic..... without air conditioning! (I don't know how many of you know how much I hate to sweat outside the gym! lol) The scenery on our train ride was very nice and we got to go through a half mile tunnel 100 feet underground. It was also their robbery weekend so we enjoyed a cowboy show comeplete with stagesoach, cap guns and men falling down. Rebecca thought it was all very funny. Also on the train we had popcorn and icecream at the midway stop. All in all it was a fun experience, but not one to repeat anytime soon. It was two hours and very HOT! After another big day we began driving home and looking for dinner once more. Would you believe that the restuarant we stopped at was also having AC problems? Are you laughing at this point? We weren't laughing then, but we are now. I guess it was a good lesson in being content at home. The weekend had some really great times and we'll be sure to remember it, but next Saturday I'm looing foward to just enjoying our pool and AC right here in good old Evansville!
On Saturday morning we decided that we wanted to get away for the weekend, so we packed a suitcase and hit the road for points east. I had seen a farm online that I thought would be a lot of fun to visit over near Louisville. What we didn't know was that there is a Huber's Farm and a Joe Huber's farm within a half mile of each other.... one has decidedly more to offer. ;-) We came across Joe Huber's first and it really was a nice place. Very neat and clean with a cute country shop, ice cream counter, restaurant, and child's play area. Really you couldn't complain, but it just didn't look like the pics online 
and it was a scorching afternoon. By the time Rebecca had discovered all the playground equipment and gone down the slide countless times, we were all hot and beat. Then, half mile down the road we run across Huber's.... bigger store, bigger ice cream shop, much bigger play area! We made a quick turn through their store and winery and it was back to the good old air conditioned vehicle. Maybe we'll make it back in the fall for apple season. We thought about heading back to Corydon to secure a room for the evening, but I wasn't quite ready to call it a day so I twisted Aaron's arm into taking me to Oxmoor Mall in Louisville. Its a really great mall.... the kind built for browsing, not buying! We all got to play with the new ipad at the apple store and I got inspired to catch up my scrapbooking at Archiver's. By now it was well past our usual dinner time and everyone was worn out from our busy day. Aaron took us out to Joe's Crab Shack for a fun dinner. Upon ariving we discovered their AC was not working.... we waited for a table on the deck. Once the sun set it was a beautiful evening with a great breeze off the Ohio River. Finally, it was time to head to Corydon for that hotel room. Here is where we ran into glitch
number two. Holiday Inn had just one room left, and guess what wan't working....the AC! Needless to say, we didn't stay long and decided that just an hour and a half drive home wasn't so bad when we had a cool bedroom waiting. We rolled back into town around midnight and crashed. We still had one item on our agenda for the weekend though, so the next morning we were up and out by 9:00, headed towards French Lick. We had heard there was a train that ran about a two hour trip through the Hoosier National Forest. French Lick is home to two amazing resorts restored to their previous turn of the centruy glory. I have been anxiosu to visit what I assumed was an amazing town full of shopping and ride a train like those you see in the old movies. It was a 1929 train allright, and very authentic..... without air conditioning! (I don't know how many of you know how much I hate to sweat outside the gym! lol) The scenery on our train ride was very nice and we got to go through a half mile tunnel 100 feet underground. It was also their robbery weekend so we enjoyed a cowboy show comeplete with stagesoach, cap guns and men falling down. Rebecca thought it was all very funny. Also on the train we had popcorn and icecream at the midway stop. All in all it was a fun experience, but not one to repeat anytime soon. It was two hours and very HOT! After another big day we began driving home and looking for dinner once more. Would you believe that the restuarant we stopped at was also having AC problems? Are you laughing at this point? We weren't laughing then, but we are now. I guess it was a good lesson in being content at home. The weekend had some really great times and we'll be sure to remember it, but next Saturday I'm looing foward to just enjoying our pool and AC right here in good old Evansville!
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