Our Birthday Walk Through Clifty Falls State Park

Shirt cute lady smiles on a wood bridge in a park forest.

My lovely amazing wife, now 56 and looking half my age even though I’m younger than her.

Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:

In addition to our annual road trips, my wife Anne and I have a twice-yearly tradition of spending our birthdays together, often traveling beyond Indianapolis to some new place or attraction as a short-term road trip -— partly as an excuse to spend time together on those most wondrous days, partly to explore areas we’ve never seen before. That’s every May for me and every October for her. We’re the Goldens. It’s who we are and what we do.

Last weekend it was Anne’s turn. This year she wanted to see one of Indiana’s state parks that we hadn’t previously visited…

…and the winner was Clifty Falls State Park, two hours south of Indy. It’s among Indiana’s smaller parks, but Anne rather liked the idea of viewing pretty waterfalls on her special day. Unfortunately Mother Nature denied her birthday wish, but at least we got some steps in and enjoyed some cool autumn air.

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