Fall is in full swing here in Kentucky. We've had a beautiful weekend here on the last real weekend before Halloween and the weather has been great. It's been cool at night and a pleasant high in the low to mid 60s with bright sunshine.
Mom came down to visit yesterday and I took her to the excellent Japanese restaurant, Yuki's here in town, which she loves. We had sushi, and Mom actually even tried some raw fish sushi which was superb.
After that wonderful lunch, we headed up to Mammoth Cave National Park and hiked Cedar Sink trail and the Heritage boardwalk trail. The sun was shining and the air was just cool enough to be warm and comfortable in a hooded sweatshirt. The leaves aren't as vibrant this year because of lack of rain, but we did see some pretty golds and a few bright red trees in the mix of brown and green and already bare branches.
Cedar Sink is a beautiful trail that ends in a giant caved in sink hole full of blue holes (spring pools) and impressive sandstone rock overhangs and cliffs. We took our time exploring and taking in the scenery, stopping from time to time to listen for any critters we might come across.
Later, we checked out the Heritage trail which tends to always host sightings of birds and other wildlife. We didn't see much, but squirrels and a few birds, so we decided to drive a scenic gravel road along Joppa Ridge within the park where we caught sight of deer and a flock of turkey scurrying across the road in front of us.
It was great to spend some one on one time with Mom, especially doing something we both love out in nature. It was a treat to have her come visit for the day.
After she left, I met up with a few friends of mine from work and we went out to Skeleton's Lair, a spooky haunted forest attraction way out in the boondocks in Allen County. We took a spooky hayride in the dark through a creepy corn field where a chainsaw wielding maniac came rushing out behind us, with our backs facing the field. I was on the end of the trailer, so it was especially spooky.
The hayride circled around through a ghost town set, complete with zombies and undead spooks leaping out terrifying you around every dark corner. After the hayride we were let out and corralled through the walking part of the adventure. We meandered in out of a dark woods, through old shacks and spooky scenes, with gruesome monsters, zombies, witches and other evil creeps leaping out at us and chasing us through the the maze of frights.
Here is a video from last year's event that I didn't experience, but there are similar scenes especially in the hayride portion from what we saw last night.
We all had a good time and were happy to have spent a fun Saturday night out doing something besides sitting on the couch and watching TV.
1 comments:
I love fall. It was great spending time with you yesterday!
Thanks for sharing your pics.
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