Day 4- Cataract, Indiana

We went to visit the beautiful Cataract Falls.

Here we are at the upper falls.

I love covered bridges, especially red ones!

The view of the water through one of the windows in the bridge.

Gotta love these natural stepping stones in the river!

The lower falls.

I loved meeting this couple painting together.

(Retirement goals!)

These two were quite smitten with each other!

We also had to visit the General Store, the oldest running store in Indiana.  It's been around since 1860, or in other words, since Abraham Lincoln was president!  It no longer sells gas, but it has all kinds of goodies inside.  The outhouse beside it has been converted into a little free library, so cute!

We got some yummy old-fashioned soda pop and pop rocks candy!

I loved seeing this new tractor,...

and this old corn crib!

We also visited the old one-room Cataract Schoolhouse.  My Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Karl attended school here in their youth!

I love these old desks.

I love the teachers that taught here.

I love the students that went here.

I love the girls' bobbed hair and dresses, and the boys' overalls and mischievous grins.  The poor boys were outnumbered 3 to 1.

There were loads of old books and games.  They were fun to look at.

I love visiting nostalgic places.  I know I romanticize the past.  I know the lives of our ancestors were very hard ones.  I also like to think they were simpler, friendlier, and communed with nature more.  I long to live in the country (but not too far from the city, ha ha!).