Most of Indiana is boring. This isn’t a particular knock on the Hoosier state; most of the midwest is rather dull, with long monotonies of flat farmlands blurring endlessly outside the car window. Which makes Turkey Run state park such a pleasant surprise. The road on the way there abruptly changes from straight highway to winding forest road, and suddenly you get the sensation of what this part of the world might have looked like before settlers came and plowed everything under.
The park itself is mainly a complex of gorges carved out of the native sandstone by a meandering stream. It’s mind boggling how a modest trickle of water can, given enough time, rend the earth so impressively. The weather on our visit was cool and sunny, ideal for a little hike, and we got there early enough that the other visitors were still sparse. Here’s a couple shots of what we saw.
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Bonus: the deer that was outside our cabin early in the morning.
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