Batchin' it

Juliana and Barec went on a trip to Puerto Rico to visit her family and left me in Bloomington to work. I sure miss my little family, but it has been nice to be able to do things that I don't get to do very often, like sleep through the night, go camping, go see a movie on a whim, leave my watercolors out on the coffee table and not worry about little hands getting into them. It's been a nice treat even though I miss them.

This weekend I celebrated Juliana's birthday by going camping with a friend. We went to Hemlock Cliffs in southern Indiana. It's a beautiful little trail through gorgeous sandstone box canyons. It's the type of thing that you just don't expect to see in Indiana. Here are some pictures.

Descending to Messmore Cliffs Falls

Otter Creek

My campsite

There were quite a few downed trees from the storms lately, but still a beautiful hike

Hemlock Cliffs trail is only 1.2 miles long and is located just west of highway 37 south of English, IN

There is even a nice campsite right on top of the ledge of these falls

Messmore Cliffs Falls

Sunshine in the morning through the trees

My trusty pack. We've covered a lot of miles together

I saw at least 5 varieties of butterflies on the hike

This is a where's Waldo type picture. See if you can find me.

A Carolina Wren singing his little heart out

On the way out, the sun was shining and there was a fallen tree with 5 big snakes sunning themselves on it. They were all northern water snakes