ROCK HOUSE at Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio

Colors of the rocks at the Rock House at Hocking Hills State Park

I'm playing catch-up now --for awhile... We've been on so many trips and I just haven't had time to post all of my photos from these Fall trips... SO--today,  I'm sharing another post from our Ohio Trip which we took on 10/15-18/2012 with our friends Patti and NEAL Treadway. 

Today's pictures are from our hike to the ROCK HOUSE in the Hocking Hills State Park, near Logan, Ohio.  This is a fabulous CAVE --where we walked both inside and outside.

The thing which I loved was the color of the rocks in the area.  Above is a picture showing some of this fabulous color. Aren't they just gorgeous?  Please enlarge these photos... You'll love seeing them bigger!!!

Here is a collage showing pictures of Neal and Patti and George at the Rock House.  I love the picture of Tiny Patti (she really is tiny) in the top right photo --climbing around the cave!!!

This is one of several openings --looking inside the cave.    I couldn't get over the marvelous colors.

Here are some more pictures of the cave ---from the outside looking in.  The middle photo is the narrow entrance we used in order to go inside.

I love this picture of George looking around after we got inside the cave... It was such a fabulous experience ---and it's just one of those where  you just needed to BE THERE.

Here are more pictures from inside the cave.  The center picture is George --at one end.  The one at the bottom right is Neal, Patti and me.

Here is another picture taken from inside the cave looking out of one of the holes in the rocks...

Here is one more collage of us looking around inside that cave.  We were just mesmerized by what we saw in there.  The photo on the right shows me at the narrow entrance where we entered the cave.

Finally,  here is one more photo of the gorgeous colors of the rocks around the Rock House... Wouldn't you love to see this place?  We highly recommend it.

Hope you had a fabulous weekend... The SUN came out here --and even though it's quite cold,  it feels good to dry out and see those blue skies.  Praise God!

Have a fabulous day.

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STRANGE WEEK here on the Cumberland Plateau

Most of you know that I am fascinated by the WEATHER.... (I seem to talk about it alot!!! ha)....  Anyhow we have just had a week of almost every kind of weather possible... Beginning last weekend,  it was like SPRING... Our temperatures got up to almost 70 degrees.  George and I were working in the yard ---and got almost too warm!!! Can you believe it ---in JANUARY????

Above and below are two pictures showing how our SPRING FLOWERS think it's March --and are trying to grow/bud/bloom... GADS--it's too early!!!!   The Jonquils (Daffodils) above are growing TOO fast.  You can even see a couple of buds on some of them...

Be sure to click on the photos to see enlargements.

AND--even though our Crocuses haven't popped up yet,  the HYACINTHS are BLOOMING.  Unbelievable!!!!

After the Spring temps/weather,  we next experienced FOG..... Here are a couple of photos I took from the deck looking out onto the golf course fairway.  Fog makes for some great pictures..

AND---as the day continued,  the fog just got worse and worse....   I don't think the fog lifted that entire day.

Next came more RAIN..... AND --it kept on for hours and hours and days and days... There was flooding all over East Tennessee.   We had nothing severe here on the mountain --but we did get alot of rain.   It seemed to go on FOREVER....

Above shows the water between our backyard and the golf course fairway...

Here is what I call the Betsy and George WATERFALL in our back yard.  This area is usually just a rocky area (no water)--but when it rains hard like it did,  we have our own waterfall here.  How 'bout that?????

Finally,  here is a picture of the water out front ---going down the hill next to the front flowerbed George built a few years ago... Some of you may remember how this wall fell when he was first building it---due to high water.  He has built a really nice ditch for the water now,  and it seems to flow well...

If  Spring temps,  fog, and flooding weren't enough ----guess what we had NEXT???  We had FREEZING RAIN...  Again,  it can be dangerous --but we didn't have enough to break any limbs or cause any damage.  Freezing rain is like fog since it makes for some really nice pictures...  Here are two which I liked. (Please enlarge them.)

I called them,  GLISTENING TREES.....  Neat picture,  isn't it????  George took this one.

After the Spring weather (with temps in the upper 60's--almost 70) ---the temperature dropped rapidly and stayed in the lower 30's most of the rest of the week... It was miserable being outside (putting out bird seed for my backyard birdies).....

One evening ---just before dark,  while I was on the deck putting away the bird feeders,  this is what I saw on the golf course fairway... I'm surprised that this picture came out as well as it did since it was almost dark...  I had to use a flash and my long lens.  There were EIGHT deer paying no attention to me --but busy eating...

The weather forecasters (who never seem to get our weather correct) predicted that we would get 3-5 inches of snow yesterday... Everyone believed them --and even the schools here were cancelled for the entire day...  Guess what????  We got NO SNOW---not a drop!!!!!   I was so disappointed --but truly not surprised...

Instead we just got more Freezing Rain --and some SLEET (pictured above).... Fun Fun!!!!

FINALLY ---to close out an interesting week,  here is what the sky looked like after the system finally left us yesterday afternoon.... 

Here's one more picture of that PINK SKY....  Isn't it pretty????   Guess what that means??? It means SUNSHINE for us TODAY ---and hopefully,  for several more days!!!!   Most of us in this area are ready now for some SUNSHINE....

Can you believe our week?  Here's what we had:  Spring temperatures in January--which turned cold quickly;  Fog;  Rain-Rain-Rain--which led to flooding;  Freezing Rain;  and finally, Sleet.....  Very interesting!!!!

BUT--the one thing I wanted (SNOW) never happened...  I told someone on Facebook that I need to just get over it --and start wishing for SPRING... ha ha

Have you ever had a week like this????  Unbelievable...

Have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday!!!

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