Sunday 3 November 2019

Harmonie State Park with Mom...

We took Mom to visit Harmonie State Park, on the banks of the Wabash River, on Friday, 20th September. Upon arriving at Indiana's furthest south-west state park, we went to a nice playground where the kiddos played and we had a picnic lunch.

We then drove to the campground entrance from where we walked to the lovely little Nature Centre. Here we enjoyed seeing the various displays, and we then took a relatively brief walk through the forest. We went to the Wabash River and looked across the river into Illinois, before driving home via Evansville. It was a great way to spend Mom's final Friday in Indiana for this trip!

 The round barn in southern Daviess County.
 Motorbikes - all with trailers - on I-64 heading west.
 Raised trailer home down by the Wabash River.
 Maple Hill Cemetery, near New Harmony.
 Blowing bubbles in the playground.
 Riaan and Granny enjoying the swings.
 Picnic time!
 Interesting tree in the campground.
 Preserved part of a tree trunk, showing the rings. It also has some toy cars inside!
 The Nature Centre at Harmonie.
 Little Free Library.
 The small one-roomed Nature Centre.
 Dove resting outside the bird watching window.
 Hummingbird in a tree.
 Tiger salamander.
 Eastern garter snake.
 Candace and Riaan playing a matching game.
 Hiking through the forest.
 Pretty flowers.
  A turtle suns itself on a log in one of the ponds.
 Driving through the lush vegetation.
 Family selfie on the banks of the Wabash River.
 Riaan peers through the binoculars and spies something on the far shore...
 A wreck of a small boat!
 A tree stump perched precariously on the edge. The rest of it has already fallen into the river.
 A school of tiny minnows swimming in the water.
 Large muscular black rat snake sunning itself on the road.
 Head of the black rat snake.
 Cool sundial near the park entrance.
 A double cab pickup with Crawford on the side!
 Tall grain silo on the drive towards Evansville.
City of Evansville emblazoned on the bridge.

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