ONE FISH, TWO FISH, BLIND FISH!

Yes, blind fish!

http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/inns/springmill/

Where else can you go spelunking  and see blind fish in an Indiana?

For those who love exploring caves, this is your park. 

        SPRING MILL STATE PARK

Located in Mitchell, Indiana. In the southern part of the state, south of Bloomington on highway 60.

                                           http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/inns/springmill

 

What is there to do? 

• A must visit to the Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom Memorial, honoring America's second man in space

• Spend time at the restored Pioneer Village, dating back to the early 1800's and visit an operating gristmill.

• A list of naturalist activities

• Cave tours- of course! Don't forget to bring a flashlight.

• Hiking to your hearts content. 

• Swimming

Don’t go home too fast, there is a

historic 74 room Inn that you can stay at too.

                                    http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/inns/springmill/about.html#dd

 

 

And because they don’t want you to go hungry, they offer a

full service dining room which is open year 'round.

http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/inns 

The food is always hot and delicious –

you can take my word on that!

                                                                                                        

 

                                                                                                                   

A SMALL DETOUR

We are headed south on US 231

to another Indiana State park.

If you don't mind, we are going to make a small detour to a little unknown destination. 

 

We are going to stop at the author’s home town of Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Have you ever heard of Ben Hur?

Ben Hur was written by  Lew Wallace, actually General Lew Wallace.  This is one of many novels that this author is famous for.

Most people remember the movie. 

Ben Hur is an epic movie from 1959 which was casted with actor Charleston Heston.  

General Lew Wallace Study and Museum is a worthwhile stop. 

I was very impressed with the quality and details that the museum holds.  The grounds are also beautiful with some of the largest holly bushes I have ever seen.

 

 

Stop and enjoy one of Indiana Historial sites. 

 

Meet you in the car because we still have a drive ahead of us!