Sugar Creek

Sunday
We spent most of today hiking in Turkey Run State Park. After a cloudy start, it was quite a decent day with quite a number of sunny spells, and still unseasonably warm for the time of year - mid to upper 70's! There are many legends about how Turkey Run got its name. One story says that wild turkeys, finding it warmer in the canyon bottoms, or "runs", would often huddle in these runs to avoid the cold. Pioneer hunters would herd the turkeys through these natural funnels into a central location for an easy harvest. Sugar Creek flows through the park and is crossed by two covered bridges, the Narrows covered bridge, and Cox Ford covered bridge. The creek is very popular with canoeists during the summer months, but the water level is so low at present after our dry summer, there weren't any to be seen today. Some of the trails weave through ravines and canyons, carved into the sandstone by the eroding action of glacial meltwaters during the Pleistocene era. In one of the canyons, large erratics are found - pieces of bedrock from Canada that were carried here by the glaciers. It was an ideal time to be hiking - a lot of leaves have already fallen from the trees, creating a beautiful golden brown carpet on the forest floor, whilst opening up some of the views a little more. But at the same time there were still enough leaves left on the trees to provide beautiful color. In the late afternoon, we visited a few more covered bridges before returning to our B&B.

One year ago: My two girls!