Owen County: Wrapping Up the Fun

I promise to wrap up our trip to Owen County today - with just a few more pictures from McCormick's Creek State Park! Though the other park in the county (the one we didn't make it to on this trip) is the one with the big waterfall and the covered bridge, McCormick's Creek has a waterfall too, and we were able to get up close to it, since the creek wasn't too high!

 A really nice gentleman took this one for us.

And then we had to wind our way back out, via some more interesting paths and near-slips for me! This was also the part of the park where we had to hike down an actual creek bed. One guy near us was in hip waders, and I definitely saw the wisdom in that vs. my running shoes!

 Ryan thought this rock looked like a biscuit - and you know? He wasn't wrong. I'm guessing it was very well done.

 Isn't he sweet to ask for a picture of me? Good husband!

You remember the stairs, right? I told you there were multiple sets? This was the last one - after about eight miles of hiking.

 Multiply that times the eight sections you can't see, and this is what I looked like at the top:

We hiked two more moderate trails after that, but there wasn't any magnificent scenery, and I was starting to get hangry, so I didn't take pictures. Nor did I take pictures of our Red Robin gift card dinner, because I practically ripped the food out of the server's hands and stuffed it in my face all at once. :)

But it was a really fun day (even with the stairs included) and Owen County showed us some beautiful pieces of Indiana that we hadn't seen before!