Lara's Birthday hike

[Murphnuge]

Well, this was Lara's (GF's oldest daughter) 10th birthday and our 2nd annual birthday hike. Her birthday was actually Wednesday the 20th, but she agreed, with my vacation days already being assigned this year, to allow for Saturday as a suitable day to hike. We went to one of our favorite hiking areas for day hikes, Yellowwood SRA. It's located not to far from my home in Southern Indiana. We have been all over the this area hiking, but for some reason never been on the "Lake Hike". The lake is a 133 acre area and the hike itself is roughly 4.5 miles. An easy afternoon stroll. However, due to this years storms and it being early in the hiking season, the trail was no very well kept. Luckily, I have an M-18!

I'll warn you now, Lara too 99% of the pix. So, not only will they be in focus, but also in lots of artsy angles.


We started at the spillway at the foot of the lake.

Of course we followed this rule! Not really, but it made me laugh.

We followed the wave looking blazes.

Our first obstruction.

We both agreed, the DNR would appreciate a fort here one day.

About an hour in , she decided lunch was overdue. Apparently she can't run on coffee and beer like some of us. She chose this spot.

Not really sure if these are stumps from older cleared trees or what, but Lara thought they looked like wee tombstones.

She sniped me.

So, I agreed to stop for a photoshoot.

Daylight's burning, let's roll!

She pretended to pose as a Tecumseh trail( 38 mi, I think.) hiker. Notice her exhausted expression.

Gotta make Tradewater proud.

End part 1.

 

[Murphnuge]

Part 2.

Looking back on our lunch spot.

Believe it or not, she actually had to remind me that we had for gotten to take glamour shots of the knives we brought along. I'm pretty proud of her!

Her mom's hornet she was allowed to carry.

No intro needed.

Add in my Hornet.

Then my BK14.

Didn't have time to clear it all.

Beaver damage.

Another on of these weird things.

Poor kid, she had to look at me sometimes. I try to keep her in front usually, but when she gets to snapping pix she lags behind.

Cool rock divot she found.

Walking the dam back to the parking lot.

GPS summary.

I think it only ended up getting down to 35 degrees that day. She and I both had plenty of fun.

 

[doc trinidad]

Looks like y'all had a great time. Good to see the younger generation enjoying nature.

 

[Wallaberry]

Looked like an awesome hike! What is the name of the large fix blade you were carrying? Looks fantastic.

 

[Murphnuge]

Looked like an awesome hike! What is the name of the large fix blade you were carrying? Looks fantastic.

It was, thank you! The large fixed blade is the M-18. One of Todd's workhorse's. Click on the link in my sig to check it out on the site or view the actual M-18 thread in the T.M. Hunt subforum.

 

[Murphnuge]

Looks like y'all had a great time. Good to see the younger generation enjoying nature.

Sorry Doc, accidentally edited your post.

We did indeed have a great time. She loves it, I'd have had Hell to pay if I'd have cancelled that hike.

 

[The Warrior]

Looks like a blast Murph. I really need to get out.

 

[tradewater]

Good looking pack bud. Come on down and do some swampin'.

 

[Mistwalker]

Cool post, looks like you guys had a blast for her birthday. The little stumps look like cypress knees to me, but I didn't know they were that far north.

 

[Murphnuge]

Cool post, looks like you guys had a blast for her birthday. The little stumps look like cypress knees to me, but I didn't know they were that far north.

Thank you, sir! I think you're right Mist, I even remember Todd saying something about that. Damn, I should listen to him more often.

 

[TMHunt]

Yeah Mist, those are cypress knees, and they are this far north. Actually Indiana plays host to a lot of things that poeple dont think are here, such as the western diamondback rattlesnake AND if you believe in this sort of thing, one of Indianas supossedly doucumented bigfoot sightings was at the very place where Murph was at in these pics. That same spot is one of my wifes and I favorite hiking spots as well and a great place to kayak/fish. Cool pics Murph, glad you guys had fun, I love seeing this kind of stuff on my sub forum, and Im sure Lara will cherish those memories for a long time. Did you end up taking Gary the next day?

 

[Murphnuge]

Yeah Mist, those are cypress knees, and they are this far north. Actually Indiana plays host to a lot of things that poeple dont think are here, such as the western diamondback rattlesnake AND if you believe in this sort of thing, one of Indianas supossedly doucumented bigfoot sightings was at the very place where Murph was at in these pics. That same spot is one of my wifes and favorite hiking spots as well and a great place to kayak/fish. Cool pics Murph, glad you guys had fun, I love seeing this kind of stuff on my sub forum, and Im sure Lara will cherish those memories for a long time. Did you end up taking Gary the next day?

Sadly, no. He had a youth group meeting later that afternoon. Between church and that, there wasn't enough time to get back out there. That's why I put it here, we need more of this stuff here!