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Sundays are for football... and Funnies!

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CCC projects at McCormick's Creek

McCormick's Creek is Indiana's first state park, opened in 1916. the Creekside shelter is one of the original CCC projects.

 Among other projects were trail building, a stone bridge and a gate house.

 View from the very tall fire tower.

The bridge over McCormick's Creek was built in the mid 30's.

Fall at McCormick's Creek

  It was perfect weather for a fall hike, and the colors were gorgeous under blue skies.

 These kids were having fun at the falls.

 I tried scaling the cliff face to access a small cave, but gave up halfway.

 

 A massive Beech tree had fallen onto the steps, which had recently been rebuilt. Builders left the tree as it lay on both sides. There were over 100 steps from the creek to the summit, with convenient landings every 30 steps or so.

This is a honkin' great big tree. Maybe a Cypress?



CCC built fire tower.

The Wolf Cave entrance.



The other end. Entering was off limits.

a walk on Twisted Trails

the entrance is a mix of concrete and framed stepping stones - but the silver maple has disguised that!

from there we stroll along the side walkway, to the back of the garden.

here you can either go left...



...or right. This path crosses between two garden beds.

the old repainted bench sits in the back corner of the garden -
this is the most dated part of the landscape.

this brick path crosses in front of the William Shakespeare
mulberry. The brick stand to the right sometimes
doubles as a birdbath holder.

step over the twisted filbert branch
and under the arbor.

take a right to the front of the barn deck,

or go left on this stone path to the back of the deck.

out of sight and a bit utilitarian is the pass through
behind the barn.



a new edition. The cobblestone path between the fence and
the barn. Next year it hopes to be rife with seed strewn life.

Toby enjoys walking the paths
and chasing rabbits.

a bit of the garden bed. Here rule the smoke bush
and the chokecherry tree.

not really a path, but a small brick connector
between garden beds.

amazingly, the annuals are still blooming
more than a week into November!