Big Bone Lick State Park

After a restful night's sleep and a relaxed breakfast, we headed to Big Bone Lick State Park. This beautiful area is known for a few things:
1. It's the place where animals would come to lick the minerals (salt and sulfur) that dried on the banks. This made them easy to hunt. Thus, there are lots of big bones here.
2. Lewis and Clark came here and gathered bones for Thomas Jefferson. When those bones were analyzed, the animal "mastadon" was named for the first time.
3. One of the few remaining herd of bison live here.
We hiked 3 miles through some beautiful trails, and we even found a swinging bridge. It's really hot here, and I must admit, we enjoyed some post-hike air conditioning in the visitors center.Read more