Pickles.
I love pickles. Dill pickles, not sweet pickles.
On the
day I drove from Chicagoland to Bloomington, I decided to make a
drive a bit longer, and take a tour of a pickle factory.
Sechlers
Fine Pickles is located on IN-1, technically in St Joe, Indiana. That
being said, it's out in the middle of nowhere, in rural Indiana.
Anyone
can visit the pickle factory and join a free tour that takes place
several times a day. To join the tour you have to wear closed toe
shoes, and put on a hairnet.
I
ended up in a group with a couple families, our guide led us around
the factory while pointing out the different steps in producing
pickles. I liked the machine that split the pickles into spears, then
shot them out into buckets.
After
the tour I realized there is a slight smell of vinegar over the whole
area. I wonder how often employees actually eat anything that is
pickled.
When
the tour ends you're back in the front office/gift shop. The factory
produces more than pickled cucumbers, there are also salsa and other
items. I was happy to buy raspberry and mango salsas.
My
drive home started by driving further down IN-1, through more of
rural Indiana. Beautiful in its own way. At one point I saw a sign
saying a covered bridge was nearby, of course I made the turn onto a
smaller road.
Spencerville
covered bridge was built in 1873, and was placed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1981 after an extensive restoration.
The information sign says it is still in use, but when I was there it
was blocked off, as was the road to get close.
You
never know what you'll find when you drive through the smaller roads
of Indiana.
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