We were at the Turkey Run Visitor's Center by 9:00 a.m. Most of the trails begin on the other side of Sugar Creek. Sugar Creek is reached by taking a path down a hill to 70 steps which lead to a suspension bridge which crosses Sugar Creek. The last time we camped here, we did not hike because Carol's knee would not cooperate; but, now he has an artificial knee and we have been walking two miles a day to prepare for our fall trip, so we decided to give it a try. We made it... not only the 70 steps but 3.7 miles of trail. Yes, it was hot and we got tired but we made it!
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| Sugar Creek |
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| The walkway to Trail #10. |
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| Three of the four hikers looking forward to the hike. |
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| The humidity caused the canyons to be misty. |
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| The guys opted to hike to the Punch Bowl but I stayed on top. |
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| The Punch Bowl |
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| I was still able to see the Punch Bowl from the rim of the canyon. |
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| An unusual stairway out of a canyon. |
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| After the hike, we needed to refresh ourselves with a late lunch so we went to Crawfordsville for lunch. |
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| The nightly game of chess (sometimes more). |
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| This little guy was completely worn out after a morning of hiking. |
It was a hot day but we managed to hike nearly four miles, have s'mores from a campfire, play our usual card games, eat popcorn, and have the nightly chess game. Day was successful.
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