Use time off to experience the outdoors
12/28/20 11:56 PM
If 2020 gave us anything, it was extra time. Many used this time to reconnect with the outdoors.
As we round out the year, and many people are burning through vacation days, consider taking a trip to explore an unknown outdoor destination. Here are five of my favorite places to visit:
Brown County State Park, Nashville
Nicknamed the “Little Smokies” because of the region’s resemblance to the Smoky Mountain National Park, Brown County offers visitors a chance to spread out amongst the hills, hollers and ridgetops many wouldn’t expect to find in southern Indiana. Encompassing nearly 16,000 acres, you can find true solitude in the park’s wilderness. Taking a winter hike along one of the many trails is a great way to experience wildlife and natural scenes without the crowds of summer.
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Two green sea turtles injured in the ocean are now landlocked, but are thriving at Wonders of Wildlife, their caretakers say.
Izzy and Ms. Pam are ambassadors at Bass Pro’s Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium in Springfield. Izzy was found floating awkwardly along the surface of the water off the coast of North Carolina. Ms. Pam was found during a red tide event a term used when harmful algae bloom in a harbor near Sarasota, Florida.
Mike Daniel, general curator for the aquarium, said both turtles had injuries that made them unreleasable.
Izzy had a fracture at the base of her skull and multiple irregular air pockets in her carapace, or shell.