The Hoosier transformation

Howdy, Campers!

Well, we've been in the Hoosier state two days now. Currently holed up at the oldest park in the Indiana state park system -- McCormick's Creek State Park near Bloomington. This park was opened 99 years ago on the occasion of the Indiana centennial. They choose a beautiful piece of land which is about 2,000 acres based around ... you guessed it... McCormick's Creek. Here's a pic of the waterfall that is a short distance from the campsite where I am writing tonight:

I'd like to tell you I climbed down there and took that photo today, but actually I got that from Google. Why? Because it was raining like a Hoosier here today and there was no way I was climbing down there even for a pic. Maybe tomorrow morning...

So, what did we do to further our Hoosier initiation today? Well, we saw a bit more of the state. We drove the hour from Terre Haute where we stayed last night to McCormick's Creek State Park. This was by far the shortstop driving day of the trip. We even drove more on our days off the road in Yellowstone. After getting the trailer unhitched and the dogs settled, we headed to the Hoosier Mecca... Bloomington... home of Indiana University. It's a nice, Midwestern college town. Funky shops and restaurants. Upscale stores where visiting alumni can return money to the local economy. You know... A college town.

The terrain is starting to change a bit. The entire drive yesterday from Illinois into Indiana had about 100' variance in elevation. Now we are getting into more forests and hills. Tomorrow it's on to Kentucky where we expect to escape the flatness of the Midwest that has plagued us since dropping out of the hills of South Dakota and start seeing the highlands of Appalachia.

Later!

SC