Meg saw pictures of Morgan's Cave online and found that it was fairly close to us - so we had to check it out...
It is located in Jeffrie's Cliffs Park in Hancock County. This is a map that they have near the parking area.
It was my 64th birthday. Started it with a song by Paul McCartney and went from there.
In a short distance down well-maintained trails there are towering sandstone cliffs.
This is the entrance to the overhang that they call Morgan's Cave. For scale, I'm climbing the rubble in the center of the picture.
For scale, I'm sitting at the top of the rubble pile near the back wall ...
The place is HUGE!
We finished the loop trail with Morgan's Cave and went for the loop trail to Tobacco Cave. We encountered a series of steps and ladders that went up a sandstone cliff that had just been installed by a local Boy Scout troop.
This plaque was on the upper portion of the loop.
The way down was much easier.
Yes, I fit in sideways....
After a Chicago Pizza in Tell City, we went to Rockport to find the cliff that we'd seen on Adventures with Roger, a YouTube channel that I'm subscribed to...
Naturally, my eye goes to the hand-carved steps into the sandstone cliff.
We hung out long enough to watch a couple towboats go by. From here, you can see the new cable stay bridge that is just upriver. We checked out Lincoln Village (which was closed) and did a little fossil hunting at Cannelton before the daylight gave out. All-in-all it was one of my most memorable birthdays!
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