Sometimes when working to find interesting and off the beaten path travel stories, the suggestions presented to us for research causes one to stop and scratch our heads. My friends Jackie, Lisa and I encountered one of those head-scratching moments last spring when traveling through southern Indiana. The itinerary included a stop at The Sock Factory.
If you’re one of those geeky types who like to see how things work, y
ou’ll be in heaven at the For Bare Feet Factory in Helmsburg, Indiana. Hundreds of different kinds of machines doing hundreds of different things all at the same time.
If you’re one of those sports fanatics who has everything you own, including under garments, etched with colors and imagery of your sports team, you’ll also be in heaven here.
Or if you’re one of those people who loves a good heart-wrenching story about the love of a parent for her son, the strength of a family and the success of David over Goliath, you’ll never question the presence of heaven again.
Hopefully, that’s what the editor at American Profile was thinking when he assigned me the story “Knitting Novelty Socks” that appears in the April 28-May 3 issue of the newspaper insert.
And that’s the story behind this story.
