Diane and I had planned to camp on Saturday and Sunday night at Clifty Falls State Park in Indiana. The weather Saturday wasn’t good, so we decided to limit it to Sunday.
This was a car-camping trip, not a bicycle trip. I’m hoping Diane will be willing and able to do overnight bike trips next year.
When we arrived Sunday afternoon most of the campsites were quite soggy with flooded fire rings. We found one that was reasonably dry (but still muddy) and set up the tent.
We then went for a hike on one of the trails.
Some of the trail was quite muddy and slippery. I’m glad we both wore old shoes. Diane slipped once and got a bit muddy, but didn’t hurt herself.
We cooked sausage over the campfire. I warmed baked beans on my Esbit camp stove. We had a small amount of beer and wine.
We stayed up late, but weren’t able to see any stars due to the overcast skies. My new tent is a tad small for both of us, but it worked. The single narrow air mattress was a problem, and we swapped places, one on the ground, one on the mattress, throughout the night. We’ll buy another sleeping bag with air mattress in the future. Then we can both be comfortable. We’ll probably buy a bigger tent also.
I slept as I normally do while camping, poorly. Overnight rain made some noise on the rain fly, but we stayed dry. I was comfortable, but Diane said she was cold.
In the morning we re-started the fire for warmth and started coffee and oatmeal on the Esbit stoves.
The campground has showers and nice toilets. We were able to shower and prepare for a day back in civilization. We packed up and headed back to town.
Even without the bike this was a lot of fun. We talked about bringing bikes to ride around the park, but this time we were hiking, and that would have been problematic with the bikes.
Looks like fun! A bigger tent and mattress are definitely in order. I haven’t been camping in years. You look like you’re enjoying yourself.