Despite what local promoters (the city mayors, the convention center people) say, Indianapolis just does not pop up among the first places people, even people in the Midwest, think of driving to visit on a gorgeous summer day. For locals though the city has delights galore. One of these is the Indy Greenway the jewel of which, in my biased estimation, is the Monon Trail.
The trail follows the abandoned rail bed of the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad Company organized in 1869. The railroad line became known as the Monon because its two main lines, Michigan City to Louisville and Chicago to Indianapolis, intersected in Monon, Indiana. The first section of the trail, from Nora to Broad Ripple, opened in 1996. I was one of the first to enjoy it. The trail was later extended all the way south to 10th Street in downtown Indianapolis and up north to 146th Street in Carmel, a total of 15 miles of pure joy for bikers, runners and the slowpoke walkers like me. Throughout its course, the trail passes over the White River and a dozen other smaller waterways, past backyards and woodlands, through the busy Broadripple and Nora neighborhoods, under the Monon Center in Carmel, veritable slices of the cities' landscapes. The photo was taken just north of 96th Street in the Carmel section of the trail where it dives under the trees for a woodland look. The late afternoon sunshine lanced through the trees to create intriguing little images. You can see a few more images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/karuna71/. I have dozens of photos I took since early spring this year that I plan to post to the site as well.
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