Nicole wanted to go for a walk together the other night and while I was just coming off a delightful nap.  Unknown to me she didn’t just mean a stroll around the neighborhood, but rather she wanted to drive to someplace special as a surprise.  After groggily hopping in the car with her and stopping for gas, we ended up over at Indian Run Falls, a nice little 3 and 1/2 acre nature trail in the woods right off of Corbins Mill Drive in Dublin.

I’ll be the first to admit that I typically avoid the outdoors like the gazelle avoids the local lion pride, but there have been exceptions.  In fact, I couldn’t have had a better time.  The weather wasn’t blisteringly hot and the quiet offered by the canopy cover of the thick woods surrounding the trail certainly was relaxing.

Right at the beginning of the trail you can choose to climb a set of stairs to continue on the path or there’s another set of stairs that goes down into a fairly shallow creek bed that overflows with water when it rains, eventually ending in a waterfall. If you have a dog that likes to swim (or just splash around), we saw a few pooches while we were checking it out and it’s a great spot for it. We walked downstream to the largest drop off before making our way back to the main trail. Indian Run Falls is only about a mile or so, but there are plenty of observation decks with benches to just enjoy the scenery.  We actually caught one guy taking a nap on one, though it’s possible this was just your run-of-the-mill hobo.

After we played around in the creek bed and made our way throughout the rest of the trail, we ended up coming out next to John Sells Middle School and frankly, we couldn’t help but play on the swings a bit.

All in all it was a great time and if you’re looking for a quick way to spend some time with nature on your lunch break or are just looking for a place to sit down with a good book for a while, Indian Run Falls shouldn’t disappoint!

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