Spring Mill Park Sept. 2, 2016
http://www.stateparks.com/spring_mill_state_park_in_indiana.html
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| The night before our wedding, we took Giz, Grampy, my mom and step-father out to eat at the Spring Mill Inn. It was such a memorable evening for me, nothing fancy--but very calm and relaxing. |
http://www.stateparks.com/spring_mill_state_park_in_indiana.html
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| This is Donaldson Cave, they don't want people going in as much any more. I think that is because of the virus the bats were getting; the white nose disease.... |
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| You can barely see this mushroom, but if you look beneath: |
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| How cool, if you take the time to look down! |
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| One of the reasons I like this park so much, is because it is an Old Woods park---they don't cut down any trees, and the ones that fall are pushed to the side of the trails and left to decay in peace. Due to the un-touched nature, you walk through the wide space with a high canopy of trees above you. Most forests in Indiana have been cleared, especially in the 1800's, but this property has been preserved for hundreds of years due to one man's foresight many years ago. |
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| Some of the trees are just massive! |
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| Because the ground doesn't get very much sunlight, you can see through the woods particularly well. Many days I've seen whole herds of deer, but not this visit! Due to the enomous amounts of rainfall this year, I saw more tree's down than I have ever before. Many of the sink holes had really grown and deepened so much it was surprising. |
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That's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe went on a walk at Eagle Creek today -- still quite warm here but finally down into 70's today. Oh, I remembered -- I think our friendship figs should have a little trim in early spring -- maybe take off half their height (I need to do mine too) so they will bush out and grow a whole lot and produce figs next year. (By the way, i never remember to check back on comments so if you type something here I will forget to come see it. :(
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