Saturday Morning Hike

This Saturday I started my hike earlier than normal. I was planning on going outside and finding a good spot to photograph the sunrise. My backyard is OK but there are a few obstacles have have problems shooting around.

Well, not being a morning person I did not get out in time to find a new spot. I walked around the neighborhood to find better vantage point but the sun came up before I found one. Next time I will hop on one of the kids bikes and ride around to see what I can find.

Here are some photo's from the trail.

While I was crossing the bridge to walk on the south leg of the Wabash Heritage Trail I heard some shouting. I could not understand what was being said or where it was coming from. Then I happened to look over the side of the bridge and saw this.

Purdue Crew Team

The southern portion of the trail near the bridge is very sandy. In some area's the sand is very deep and hilly. It can very tiring to walk through on the return trip.

Sand and Shadows

What is making these tracks? I have seem them in the sand many times.

A few minutes later I was taking this first picture of the early morning sun reflecting on the river. Another couple Purdue Crew team passed by. None of my photo's of them from this vantage point came out very good. But the waves they made adde more interest to the second photo.

My destination today was the "beach" I have talked about before. It was nice to hang out there a while. The sun was not too hot yet. I took a few photo's and just sat in the sand for while. Here is flower that was growing in sand.

On the way back home I came across this pumpkin growing in the sand at the side of the trail. Not sure how I missed it on the way in I was growing very near where I had take my other sand pictures.

After I got home from my hike, I decided to begin getting my house ready for Halloween. I normally take two or three weeks vacation time to start build and repairing props for Halloween. But since someone in my department was let go last week I am not sure how much time I will be able to take off from work. So I decided to get started early.

While in the basement gathering all the needed tools I dropped a battery pack from a cordless drill on my toe (see below). I of course was wearing sandals at the time so I messed up my toe pretty good. I can walk around on it but going up and down hills is very unpleasant. I has to cut my hike short on Sunday. The only pictures I took were the sunrise from Happy Hallow Park. Again I did not find a very good vantage point, so the photo's were not worth sharing.