Huber Winery and Twin Swamps Nature Preserve

Tomorrow, we are going to Huber Winery and Farm. We are going to pick out a pumpkin, buy some apples and tour the farmland. We might even pick out a seasonal wine to bring home.

They have a nice restaurant to eat at and the drive out 64 should be nice as it is supposed to stop raining and the sun is supposed to come out.

This will hopefully be a way for Mary, Dylan and I to kick off our Fall season together. We plan on attending North Huskies and Harrison High School football games. We will not have to rake leaves this year, as our maple tree bit the dust in a storm a few years back. Also, the mowing is more infrequent now, so the yardwork is winding down for the year.

We are concentrating on things to do closer to home, as we don't plan on taking any big vacations for at least a couple of years. One place, recommended to me by a friend, we want to visit is the Twin Swamp area in Posey County. It is home to 500 acres of protected land managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. In one swamp area, there are Bald Cypress trees, relatives of California Redwoods. The other swamp is home to the Overcup Oak, so named for the shape of the acorns it produces. We plan on doing this some time in the spring, as the land will surely by too flooded and muddy for our tastes this fall.

The image at top shows a field filled with Virginia Bluebells, just one of hundreds of wildflowers growing in the preserve.