Oct 25 - Southern Indiana

Today we woke up to a grey, cool, and misty morning. It was nice to be at the Holiday Inn with warm cinnamon rolls and cheese omelets. We drove over to O'Bannon Woods State Park and it was a pretty nice place. Lots and lots of changing trees, it backed up to the Ohio River. The campground looked very good and we would of had a really nice campsite if I didn't have my foot problem, so I think we've found a place for future camping.

I found a huge leaf among the many out there!









We drove on to the Hoosier National Forest and stopped at Hemlock Cliffs a box canyon near English Indiana. There was a slight rain at the time so Bob ended up hiking it himself while Becky and I stayed at the 4Runner and made soup and sandwiches for lunch.




We drove over to Uniontown and visited the Winzerwald Winery. It was a small mom & pop place just getting started. It was their 5th year anniversary. The speciality was German style wines and our favorite was the Gluhwein, which was a mulled red wine with cloves and cinnamon. It would be good in the cold wet tent at night, but since we're staying at the Holiday Inn we got some for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Bob putting our wine in the 4Runner.

We had read about the Sisters of St. Benedict at the Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand, and decided to take a drive out to visit them. Their order has 190 sisters of whom about 120 live at the monastery. It is an striking place that stands on a hill overlooking the town of Ferdinand. We took a self-guided tour of the grounds that has a step rosary, outdoor stations of the cross, a grotto, domed church, cememtary, and gift shop.














We drove to Indian Lake in the Hoosier National Forrest to have supper. Salmon, broccoli, potatoe soup and wine was on the menu.