On the way from Brown County State Park we stopped at Cataract Falls State Recreation Area. They have three falls here on the Cateract Creek. They also have a covered bridge which just happened to be rented out for a wedding. Lora and I hiked the mile up and back to the lower falls. We ate lunch there.
We did our Walmart shopping and then headed into Turkey Run State Park. Steve and Kathy had arrived the day before. Dan and Deanna arrived just before we did. We had a good visit and then a Mexican meal by Steve and Kathy. An evening hike around the campground.
The next morning we hiked trail's #6 and #7. Really cool trails. We checked out the Lodge too. We came back to eat lunch and then Deanna, Lora and I went to the river and swam. Dinner tonight was prepared by us with Dan's help on the Man stove. An evening hike around the campground.
Monday morning we hiked trail's #1 and #2. Then we had a visit to the icecream store. Another trip to the river with Dee before the storm came in.
Tuesday we hiked trail #3 which is a beautiful trail along a stream gorge. Kathy's friends joined in for the fun. After lunch we did a driving tour to see covered bridges in the area. I think there is around 32 bridges, but we only took in 6 on the yellow route. We also saw a guys collection of old farm gear and antiques. We also found a historic race track while we were driving called Jungle Park. That evening we tried the peach cobbler.
Wednesday was canoe trip day. We did a 12 mile trip from Shades State Park to Turkey Run State Park. This was a less popular section and a beautiful section to do. We really enjoyed it. We saw heron's, turtles, an eagle, and many other birds. We even had beautiful weather.
Thursday was a rainy morning. We went ahead and hiked Shades State park. We hiked the trails that led up and down from the river and #7. It was interesting as they had ladders that were set right at the top of the waterfalls which would be interesting if the water was coming over fast. The rest of the day was a rest up day. Lora and I went to town and did some shopping.
Friday we hiked trail #10 with a minor map reading issue on trail #3. We were going to meet Dan, Dee, and Adam at the junction of 3 and 10. We were both at different junctions. When we got to the Camel's Back, we found that it was overgrown and you could no longer see the double humps of the hills. We did meet a local there and he told us about the Devil's Backbone in the Pine Hills Nature Preserve in Shades State Park. More hiking to do.
Well we contined on to trail #4 where we saw the historic house and a coal mine. After lunch we headed over to Shades State Park and hiked to the Pine Hills Nature Preserve. We went over Turkey's Backbone first and then down a long set of steps. Trails went all over with little or no marking. We found a few different signs for different things. We did hike over the Devil's Backbone with the picture carved in the top. It was 100 feet up and six foot across.
After our hike we had to go back to "Up the Creek" to have icecream and ordered some pizza. I highly recommend this resturant.
Saturday we woke up to rain. Everyone packed up and headed out.
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