Glorious Time of the Year

10.22.2011

08.17.2011

We went back to McCormick's Creek State Park last Saturday while there was still time to capture the leaves' slow transition from intense green to various shades of light green and yellow.  The trees in the park were already much denuded at this time, which, to our surprise, unveiled a vista that was hidden from view before.  

White River

While rambling along one of the trails we came upon the bank of a sizable body of water, which turns out to be the western branch of the White River which runs through central and southern Indiana. Though land bound, Indiana is not entirely cut off from water after all.  In addition to hiking and camping, they also offer guided horseback riding in the park.  I can't wait to give it a try next spring.

Hikers

We invited a visiting speaker, Margaret Gilbert, from UC Irvine to join us for the outing.  A couple of hours of vigorous walking passed pleasantly amidst a gentle flow of conversation and reminiscences.  The evening before I attended her talk, "Dark Duties: on the practical import of commands to do evil".  It was a lot of fun seeing philosophers in action during the discussion period after the talk.