I love hiking and so do my girlfriends, so on our recent girls’ weekend, we went hiking on the Rock Shelter Loop Trail in Morgan Monroe State Forest, Indiana. I had researched hiking trails in the area, and this trail seemed to be a good choice. The trail was only supposed to be 20 minutes away from our Vacation Rental by Owner (VRBO), but getting lost on those back country roads made it seem much farther. We couldn’t find the trail head once we were in the State Forest, but luckily I had the phone number for Morgan Monroe State Forest with me, so we called its location. We weren’t going crazy…there was no sign for it. The large sign said Low Gap Trail and then once you park and start that trail, there is a small sign (see below) indicating that the Rock Shelter Loop Trail is part of that trail.
Anyway, it was supposed to be a three-mile hike, but ended up being four miles. I took a photograph of this leaf that was on a slick rocky portion of the trail. The sunlight was illuminating it…
It was so slippery on this portion that three of us fell. Cindy fell and unfortunately her camera lenses cover popped off (which we couldn’t find) and scratched her camera.
This looks like two trees coming together, but the limb on the right is one of those Tarzan vines.
Here’s the Rock Shelter…
There were a few other hikers there, so they were kind enough to take our photo…
We had a good time even with the mishaps. We drove back to the VRBO after the hike, took showers, had lunch and drove 20 minutes to the Oliver Winery. It’s Indiana’s largest and oldest winery. Join me tomorrow for some beautiful scenery!
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Sherry Lachelle Travels 
Lovely pics of some Fall colors, thanks 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by Vic!
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Thanks for the pingback Sherry. The Rock Shelter Trail looks great. I look forward to reading about more of your hikes!
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Thanks! Just followed your blog…love hiking! I haven’t been to Australia yet, but it’s on the list.
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Great photos as always! Hope Cindy’s camera isn’t damaged beyond repair.
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Thanks! I haven’t asked her…I hope so too.
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The leaf looks perfect against the dark background.
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Thanks Anneli…sorry for the late response…missed your comment initially.
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Fabulous pics, Shelley. Those trees are soooo tall! Beautiful girls……hiking is obviously so good for the figure. 🙂
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Thanks very much. Yes exercise and eating right do the body good!
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You and the girls on another adventure … loads of fresh air and wine … what a brilliant combination. *smile
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Yes mam!
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Nice! Amazing what Glaciation has done isn’t it?
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Thanks! Yes it is!
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Reblogged this on The Hot Topic.
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I can relate with the camera accident episode…same thing happened to me. The reason why I have went to attaching a big hood to my lens…if the camera falls…the lens can’t get scratched. The images are beautiful.
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That’s a great idea. I’ll start doing that! Thanks!
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looks a good outing. MM 🍀
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It was…thanks! I like your clover!
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