Audubon State Park

Museum & Nature Center 

Today was a beautiful day in SW Indiana.  The temp was in the mid 60's, the sun was shining, and there was no wind.  I was a nice day to get out and stretch my cabin fever legs.

In the morning I made some logbooks for future plants and potato soup for a Indy 500 party tomorrow.

After lunch I went over to John James Audubon State Park in Henderson, Ky.  It is just across the Ohio River from where I live.  I was planning to have an event there in the fall but other boxers told me that you are not allowed to plant boxes there.

I was very disappointed because I already had envisioned a trail of bird stamps donated from letterboxers all over the country.  Audubon was a ornithologist, naturalist, and painter.  We was famous for his detailed paintings of birds in their natural habitats.  So I contacted the park and they said that they do allow letterboxing but not in the nature preserve.  They also sent me a park map and the nature preserve covers all the trails but one.  There are a few boxes there and they are all outside the preserve.

But I thought there was another trail (not on the map) that went around the main lake.  I went out today to check on it.  I was excited to see that there is a trail.  It is not maintained very well but there is one.  I think I will continue with my plans on having a fall event there.  I will wait a few months to reserve the shelter house, post the event, and list a tracker to collect my bird stamps.

(I forgot my camera today so I stole a pic from the web.)