Monday, July 03, 2006

I have often seen a location marker for Clinton Falls on the Indiana map. So on this day we decided that we would explore the area to see where it was


Lots of Tiger lilies this time of year.

As we rode down the gravel road I looked across the field and noticed some Indians camped out in the woods.

It is always interesting to stop and visit a cemetery. It is a quiet visit and you can leave when you want.

Beech Grove Church built in 1877.

This one lone deer watched as we passed then took off.

Here is an old iron bridge.

We came across an example of the fine work of the telephone company. This circuitry may be classified but I took a picture anyway.

As we rounded a turn these looming ICBM silos were quite a surprise. I thought all of these were supposed to be dismantled.


Part of our ride was on gravel roads. A truck passed us going as fast as he could go. When the dust settled around us, I was able to take this picture where the truck had gone ahead.

We arrived at the Clinton Falls Cemetery but didn't know where the falls was. Indeed we didn't know that there was a falls.

We rode on past the cemetery for about a mile and found nothing. So we came back and took another road. There we found this little falls. Was this it?

We traveled on up the rode and this time the falls was unmistaken. A very pictureque location and quite surprising to us in its beauty.

The stream runs at the edge of the road.











There are homes built close to the water. You can see in this picture, there is a deck on this in the hillside structure. It certainly would be a very serene setting here.

We crossed a functioning covered bridge. There were supposed to be 3 covered bridges at Clinton Falls but this is the only one we found.


On the way back we came across the Rocky Fork Bison Ranch. We saw no activity in the area leading me to believe that Homeland Security has been successful in preventing an attack of the bison.

At this point we were getting tired. I had stopped in the shade. The temperature was in the mid 90s. I was thankful I had my camel pack full of water.

I later found that we were in more danger than I had suspected. We heard some banjos playing in the woods but never dreamed of this.

I also think we were too distracted by the falls to notice what was really going on.