cataract falls

Our first stop this morning was Cataract Falls, Indiana's largest (and DIRTIEST) waterfall by volume. It's technically part of a state recreation area, so it doesn't count for our state parks project, but we wanted to see it anyway. The falls themselves are beautiful, with an upper and lower section, and there's plenty of room to explore and opportunities to get really close to the water. But the trash! We counted at least a dozen cans, cups, shoes (!!), socks, cases of beer (Budweiser, naturally), and other assorted debris that had been thrown in and around the falls. None of it was anywhere that we could reach it, otherwise we would have taken it out with us. It's really sad when people treat places like that. Sigh. Anyway, we were the only ones in the park, so the boys were free to roam, and they loved it. Not sure about a return visit to this place though. And definitely not until I make sure we are all up to date on our shots. And armed with vats of hand sanitizer.