Indiana, Batesville October 17-24

Indian Lake Campground is about 56 miles south east of Indianapolis.  It is a very large campground with about 400 sites.   Once again we had some downtime because of rain. We met a really nice family camping next to us from Batesville. We really enjoyed sharing  campfires with Keith and Pam on several occasions.  On Saturday between 3 and 5 pm the campground had it's Halloween party for the kids.  We had about 180 of them visit our camper looking for goodies. 

Batesville, Indiana

Kay and I took a drive to the little town of Oldenberg, IN which was just a few miles north of Batesville.  They call it the town of spires. 

This sign will tell you the story of the following pictures

The Convent

The church next to the convent

 The fire hydrant across the street from the convent.  I thought it was very cute.

 Some of the quiet roads out of Oldenburg

 Nice little stream, but not big enough to kayak.

 Typical farm of Indiana.

 A soybean field with the fall colors in the trees.  The camera doesn't pick up color as well as the eye but it is beautiful anyway.

 Back at the campground there was a Halloween party for the kids in the campground.  Since we didn't have any candy on hand we had to make a fast trip to town.  There must have been about 180 kids show up.  The following are some of the kids.

 Here is our friend Halie.  They had the campsite next to us.

 This little girl was in a big hurry.

 Here is one of the youngest ones.  He never did wake up.

 Some views of the campsite

We had a very pleasant stay at this campground.  We are adding this one to our list to come back to someday.  Our list is really getting big.  There have been so many good places to stop and explore in the states we have been to so far yet there are so many left to explore.



Indiana, Monticello October 9 - 17

Kay and I are now in at White Oak Resort, near Monticello, Indiana, one of our Western Horizon parks.  The country around here is kind of hilly with lots of corn and soy bean fields.  Makes you home sick for a moment. 

Monticello, Indiana

We had to stop and take some pictures of them harvesting corn.

Talked to Kay's Dad, and he was doing the same thing back in Nebraska.

Dam and power plant at the south end of Lake Shafer.

There is a story behind this picture.  Max & Zoe were hunting along the shore, when they cornered a muskrat in the tree roots.  They were totally in the tree roots after it.  It got away and ran to another spot in the roots, with both dogs hot on its tail it made a dash for the river,  Max was nipping at its tail when it turned around and tried to bite him in the nose and Max was trying to bite right back.  Meantime Zoe was tugging hard on the leash trying to get the muskrat too.  Finaly the muskrat made it into deep enough water to dive, with both dogs determined to dive right after it. Had they not been on leashes they would have kept following it on down the river.

The gift shop building at Adams Mill

This picture of Adams Mill was taken in a very beautiful park behind the mill building.

Some old rusty gears from the mill.

The original water wheel from the mill.

Kay's leaves.

Kay walking the dogs in the park behind the mill building.

Downtown Rockville, IN

Eating a bread bowl of chili we got at the Covered Bridge Festival in Rockville.

Kay was trying out the zoom lense on her new camera.  Was really good.

Some people who was touring the bridges, took this picture for us.

The road to one of the bridges.  The leaves on the ground sure made for a awesome drive.

There is still a lot on color on the  Indiana trees.

Had to take a picture of the goats.

Max & Zoe were barking at the goats, so they all stopped and looked at us.

A view from the back window of the camper at White Oaks RV Resort.

The weather was not the greatest while we were here.  It rained a lot, so we did not get a chance to use the kayaks at all.   But it was a very good stay anyway.  We did put a lot of miles on the truck just touring around the countryside in this part of Indiana.

Indiana, The Bridges of Park County

Kay and I drove to Rockville, Park County, Indiana, to find as many Covered Bridges as the day would let us.  Rockville is about 80 miles south west of Monticello, where our campsite is.  Anyway, here is what we found.  Enjoy

Rockville, Park county, Indiana

 Lancaster Bridge

 Lancaster Bridge Interior

 Adams Mill Bridge  Built in 1872 over Wild Cat Creek.  144 feet long, located on CR E 75 S  The bridge had a complete restoration in 1999 at a cost of $686,000.

 Adams Mill Bridge interior.

Crooks Bridge  Built in 1856 over Little Raccoon Creek. 132 feet long, located on Wimmer Road

 Crooks Bridge Interior

 Crooks Bridge Side

McAllister Bridge  Built in 1914 over Little Raccoon Creek.  126 feet long, located on CR 400 S.

   Neet Bridge  Built in 1904 over Little Raccoon Creek.  126 feet long, located on Bridgeton Road. Bypassed in 1996.

   Bridgeton Bridge  rebuilt in 2006 over Big Raccoon Creek.  245 feet long, located in Bridgeton.  Built to replace original bridge burned by arson in 2005.

 Bridgeton Bridge Side View

   Roseville Bridge  Built in 1910 over Big Raccoon Creek.  65 feet long, located on CR 325 W

Roseville Bridge  side view.

Roseville Bridge  Built in 1910 over Big Raccoon Creek.  65 feet long, located on CR 325 W

Roseville Bridge side view.

   Zacke Cox Bridge  Built in 1908 over Rock Run Creek.  54 feet long, located on Tick Ridge Road.

   Marshall Bridge  Built in 1861 over Sugar Creek.  207 feet long, located on Bloomingdale Road.

Kay taking a picture of me sitting in the truck.

   Thorpe Ford Bridge  Built in 1912 over Big Raccoon Creek.  163 feet long, located on Catlin Road.

Thorpe Ford Bridge  interior

Thorpe Ford Bridge construction

Thorpe Ford Bridge construction

   West Union Bridge built in 1876 over Sugar Creek. Tow Path Road. Bypassed in 1964.

West Union Bridge Side

Rush Creek Bridge Built in 1904 over Rush Creek. 77 feet long, located on CR 900 N

Harry Evens Bridge Built in 1908 over Rock Run Creek. 65 feet long, located on CR 325 W

The next four pictures show the typical consturction of a covered bridge.

I hope you have enjoyed our trip through the covered bridges as much as we did.