Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Alphabet Soup
Do you see it hiding there in the trees, behind the sheep?
Here's another one in plainer sight, but still lodged well within the beautiful fall foilage -- It's a covered bridge. Did you know the greatest concentration of covered brides in the country is in Parke County, Indiana - Which is our "P" destination.Parke County is about 45 minutes due east of Indianapolis.
Every fall they have a week long covered bridge festival which covers several towns and brings in a whole lot of people. It can be fun, but I ususally try to avoid it, the crowds are immense. They try and do it at the height of fall color which is when the bridges are at their most picturesque, but if you go just a day or two later, which we did when we took these photos, it's still lovely and a lot less hassle.
They've divided the county into four driving routes of about 2 hours each (not at festival time -- at festival time there are traffic jams) that take you past 10-20 bridges. Most of them you cannot drive over, but there are a few.Most of the bridges are not even on roads anymore and you have to park and walk over to them to inspect them, but they are really pretty and really fun to see. If you are looking for a romantic Saturday, you can do a lot worse that Parke County.
I'll leave you with a picture of the biggest, and prettiest. Not in frame, but equally interesting, a water wheel flour mill is still here in Bridgeton, Indiana - a town named after the wonderful sight.
