Today’s hiking adventure began at Vermillion Falls Park.
Vermillion Falls used to power the mill that is across the river in the mid 1800’s.
We set out to hike the Hastings 10 mile loop.
After leaving the Falls, the 10 mile loop followed along the Vermillion River Trail for a bit.
Wasps were taking over a bench. Hopefully, they were just resting and not creating a new home.
The trail followed alongside the Vermillion river.
A large corn field appeared to glow from the golden sun shining down on the end of season stocks.
The trail continued for several miles throughout several neighborhoods, schools, and businesses. After hiking through town, the trail led us closer to the Mississippi River.
One of my favorite trails in Hastings is along the River Dike Trail/Mississippi River Regional Trail. The Mississippi River is on one side of the trail and Lake Rebecca on the other side.
Lock and Dam #2 was our next stop.
We continued on the trail alongside the Mighty Mississippi River.
A Turkey Vulture was seen resting and another was in flight.
We crossed under the Hastings Bridge and made our way towards Levee Park.
The trail led us through the Historic Downtown Hastings and across several train tracks as we made our way towards C.P. Adams Park.
The Vermillion River Bridge has love locks all along the fence. Couples add their locks to the bridge as an expression of love.
For a change of scenery, we hiked a few non-paved trails towards the Old Mill Ruins.
The Old Ramsey Mill was built in the mid 1800’s. The mill caught fire on December 22, 1894. Today, we got to explore the old mill.
Today’s hiking adventure was 11.6 miles.
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