May 1, 2010

Yesterday, we drove to a campground about 15 miles west of Columbus in Central Indiana. We experienced another night of rainstorms. There was lots of wind, lightning and some heavy rain between 3:30 AM and 5:00 AM. It is rather difficult to sleep in a motor home during storms like this so we got up and had some coffee until it was over. As usual, I followed the storm track on the computer. We didn’t have any damage in our area. The forecast is for more of the same tonight.

Today we went to the Morel Mushroom Festival at Brown County State Park. With over 15,000 acres this should be a great place to find mushrooms.

One of the Rangers at the Nature Center told us that this hasn’t been a good year so far for mushrooms. They were selling wild morel mushrooms but they were from Michigan. The price was $20.00 for a half-pound and $40.00 for a full pound. There were about twenty people in line to purchase mushrooms. We decided not to buy any.

It was a nice climb from the car to the North Lookout.

This is the view from the lower level.

The building was only two stories tall so the height didn't bother me and I was able to go to the top.

This is one of the shelters in the Park.

The rain stopped for a few hours but it was very wet so we didn't walk any of the trails.  This is a beautiful State Park and we had a wonderful time.