place of nathan.

On Tuesday of our vacation, we planned on taking a hike. I don’t think we either one knew exactly what to expect, and i think we both were fairly surprised.
In all, we hiked 11 miles in five hours. I carried a backpack, which was a very good thing. in the backpack we took water, lunch and a couple snacks. It was nice to be continually lightening the load by drinking the water…
As we started from the Clifty Inn, we went downhill…like a steep grade. Emily described the grade as ‘that reminds me of my sister’s driveway,’ which is located on top of a hill in Brown County.
Once we got to the bottom of the hill, we set foot in Clifty Creek. Trail 2 at Clifty Falls State Park follows the Clifty Creek Creekbed up to the main Clifty Falls. The creekbed was all rock. Very little of it was flat. Because it was so rocky, the hike was pretty slow.
In the summer and fall, the creek is pretty low, and the falls meager, but the week prior to our visit, the rain had be hardy, and the creek was flowing at a pretty decent pace. If you’re familiar with Cedar Creek in the DeKalb County area, Clifty Creek contained about 1/4 as much water.
As we took off up Clifty Creek, we thought we would be able to walk the four miles up the creek (without a paddle) without getting our feet wet. We slowly stepped from stone to stone, from side to side. It was very slow-going. Finally we determined it was useless and started wadding. That made it go much quicker.
When we arrived at the main Clifty Falls, we had to climb up a ladder and walk down a walkway, and then there it was–the most beautiful falls i have ever seen. We had an amazing view of Clifty Falls. (i forgot to get a couple photos of this–i will add tonight if i can remember).
In all, over the course of 11 miles and five hours, we saw a grand total of ONE couple. That was it. It was pretty nice to be secluded and alone, things quiet. At the end of the hike, we had to walk up the steep incline which we initially walked down. That was pretty rough. I think we spent the night at our Inn playing dominoes in the hotel’s lobby/gameroom.

Tomorrow in part 3, i will talk about the cool city of Madison, Indiana and also a tea room we visited.

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