First a note to those I don’t know who have signed up to follow this sporadic, somewhat pointless blog…..you’re welcome to if you want but it’s mostly for me to remember where we went and what we did. It’s also for friends and family to see the same, should they be interested. I keep it public to make things simple.
Spring Mill is a beautiful park, maybe Indiana’s best. We arrived late in the afternoon of the 7th. Will made pork chops Thursday evening, delicious. The crowd of campers grew Friday and Saturday commensurate with the Halloween decorations. Halloween is big with the camping crowd. Friday we hiked to Donaldson Cave, Noel, AK, Will and I climbed up the short cliff wall to enter and explore. Eagle eyed Anne Kash found a cave salamander. Here’s a picture of us emerging from a window into the cave above the stream that flows out of it:
We walked the trail along the stream to the road, near the nature center. Colleen and AK drove. We ate at the lodge then went back to camp. Saturday the campground was nearly full, halloween decorations everywhere. Nature center in the AM, pioneer village in the afternoon. Built in 1817 and operated until the early 20th century, it was purchased by Portland-Lehigh cement for the water coming from the cave. The cement company donated it to the state in the 1920’s but kept the water rights. The state renovated the buildings with help from the CCC and WPA in the ’30’s. It’s been a jewel of the Indiana state park system ever since.
One more pic, can’t resist putting it up:
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