Patton's Cave vs Cabin Fever
On Friday the 21 st I set out on an adventure with Doug Miller, Matt Miller and JR Wilson to make the hike from the Charles C. Deam Wilderness area near Lake Monroe for Patton’s Cave. We set this trip up a week in advance having no idea that this would be the coldest day of the year at -4 degrees when we left Terre Haute. We made a stop for big breakfast in Spencer that was satisfying, and then drove on to Bloomington. After parking in the Hoosier Forest we headed down the snow covered trail making fresh tracks in the snow down the trail. It looked on the map to be roughly 4 miles, but the cave itself if off the regular trail so no idea exactly how far it was. Just following the trail was a bit of a trick with roughly 5 inches of fresh snow. Yeah, it was cold, but after about a mile I was fairly comfortable. Going was slow but we were all suffering with cabin fever so it was good just to get out and take winter head on. Made...