Carroll County, Indiana

We had some rain while we were camping at Delphi, Indiana, but we still managed to explore our new home town. We're living in the county seat of Carroll County, and this handsome court house is in the center of the town square.

We're impressed with Indiana courthouses, especially when you can look up to see a beautiful stained glass dome,

and look down to see a hand-tiled mosaic floor and curving marble staircases. What a grand old building!

We also picked up a Carroll county brochure named "Historic Bridge Tour." We learned there are two covered bridges in our county, and we found them both. This is the Lancaster Bridge, built in 1872. That's almost 150 years ago!

We also learned that it features a "Howe-truss design, and has a unique cast-iron abutment patented in 1870." In simpler terms, it's really pretty and looks good for its age. Wouldn't we all like that to be said about us after almost 150 years?

We could impress you with a lot more dates and engineering descriptions of the metal bridges we found on our bridge tour, but Denisa prefers the description of "this is a handsome blue bridge" instead. For two people that love wandering on random country roads, this was fun to actually have bridge destinations to wander to.

Our second covered bridge was the Adams Mill Bridge--built in 1872.

It stretches over Wildcat Creek, and we love it that the trees behind are showing some fall color.

These fall leaves carpeted the floor of the one-mile trail that we walked that connects the Adams Mill Bridge . . .

to Adams Mill.

Originally built in 1831, it was lovingly restored in 1940. It was another grand and historical find as we wandered through Carroll County.

Today was good practice at locating historic bridges, because we are heading down the road towards more bridges. We are really enjoying Indiana!