We
were somewhat lost while hiking at Mammoth Cave but still were able to find our
way around the area. At Lincoln State Park I got lost from the trail but then ended
up seeing a young opossum cross the unplanned path. At our newest park (Spring
Mill State Park), I got lost again. I tried to find Donaldson Cave on two
different trails but couldn’t find it. I gave up and was hiking a third trail
when I got turned around. Suddenly the cave was in front of me. Getting lost
can be good! BTW, there were 212 steps on that 3rd trail. Quite a
good morning exercise.
Alexander
Wilson monument is pretty cool. He was considered the Father of American
Ornithology since he published 9 volumes of North American birds. The story is
that he wanted to be buried “where birds would sing above him”, but was buried
in Philadelphia instead. The original owner of this park (George Donaldson) was
born in the same Scottish town and decided to memorialize him here.
Snapping
turtle at the nature center.
There
was a pioneer village within the park. The best part was a grist mill.
This
sycamore tub was pretty amazing.
My
favorite park of the park was the Gus Grissom Memorial. He grew up in Mitchell
Indiana. Gus was the 2nd American astronaut to go to space in the
Mercury program. He was one of the two astronauts in the first capsule in the Gemini program.
He, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died during tests for the first Apollo launch
when a fire started and they couldn’t get out.
The
museum had items like this hat…
…and
this helmet.
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