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Wallace, IN & Pine Hills Nature Preserve
I started out thinking I was going to head to Shades state park. I was planning on walking the trails and doing some shooting. My main goal was to do most of the shots down in the creek valley, where most of the trails converge. Its very beautiful back in there, with very steep rock faces surrounding sugar creek. The areas mostly sandstone buried amongst deep vegetation.
But I took the long way out which takes you through Wallace, IN which is a town that hasnt changed in decades. The main attraction, the only attraction, is a cafe/dinner that people come to from miles around. The place is always packed, with people from sometimes hundreds of miles away!
Below is a panoramic I shot of downtown Wallace. The post office in the middle has been closed for a while now. Thats about all there is to the town though, LOL. Lots of people packed into this small town.
More cars! Thats the dinner to the right of the tree. Thats pretty much all there is to the town. Look at the name of the street there. There is a Lutheran church just down the road to my right. There is also a very old covered bridge just down from the church.
Just to the left of where I am in the above image is this old house. Interesting colors I thought as well as decorations, thats a chicken their on top of the table.
Heres a close up of the mural in the second image. It shows all the historic aspects surrounding Wallaces history and area!
Next I was on my way to Shades when I remembered that their was a nature preserve in the area. And I thought if I could find it, I might take a quick look. I have never explored the preserve before. This area is awesome to drive through and because it is such dense forest, its about 10 degrees cooler than in the surrounding area.
Its actually right off the road, right off state rd 234. There is only one entrance that I know of. Which makes it easy to miss if your not looking carefully.
Here is the landmark at the entrance.
Looking down at sugar creek from near turkeys backbone.
Heres a little panoramic I made of a very tall tree along the trail.
I enjoy getting out there and shooting these pictures even though I didnt take that many on this little trip. But I think you can probably count on there being more of this kinda thing on the website. I might have to add an extra section if I start getting to much of this stuff.