Biking the Hoosier Uplands, Summer 2008

Allen’s Creek Ride Pictures

The paper said the water level was still up, so we decided to head down 446 to the causeway to see the lake, and yep, the water was still high. I took some pictures, one of which is almost the same as the one that appeared in the HT. There might have been a boat out in the lake somewhere, but we did not see one.

The causeway is just about 10 miles from town, and we wanted more miles, so we climbed out of the Salt Creek valley and headed south on 446 to Allen’s Creek Rd., so that we could get a view of the high water there. After turning left on the Allen’s Creek, we rode the ridge a little, and then headed downhill, the sign warns that it is a 12% grade, I guess they are worried about boat trailers and such picking up too much speed, it is a fun hill, here is a video of my ride into the valley.

We hung out for a bit and ate lunch, and then climbed the ridge to hike for a while through the woods. We decided to go back to Roberts’ Rd., which runs south from Allen’s Creek to Chapel Hill Rd. The side valley was very green and quiet, the road is gravel, except for the hill, which they paved sometime in the last few years. It is a tough climb, especially with the sand all over it, but we saw no cars during this leg of the trip.

We took Chapel Hill Rd. back east to 446, and rode back north towards the causeway. We stopped before heading down to the water, and some reason I ran uphill to the see the view from the top. I don’t run much, it hurt my knees, but at this point I was juiced, and it felt great. But it had an effect , as Jojo led me the whole way back, climbing the hill I almost lost sight of him. We rode old Knight’s Ridge Rd (parallel to 446, and just a little longer, but much quieter), and then headed home.

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