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Every once in a while a breeze finds its way to our shady lane. It gives a chill down the back of my neck as my biology makes the most of evaporative cooling. But the shade will not be with us much longer. Up ahead we can start to see the greening of the roadway accompanied by the clear blue sky above...

... So it's down the old fire road once again. After a short trek we come to our first fork in the road and in accordance with our plan we take the eastward path. This too is an old grass covered fire road. Only the faintest of hints suggest hikers have recently ventured before us. The two trampled...

I always claimed that I new Hoosier National Forest like I knew the back of my hand. What I should have said was that I new Terril Ridge (in Hoosier National Forest) like I knew the back of my hand. However the truth would have sounded more like, "okay who's got the map!" Me and Richey...