More from Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio

NOTE: Be sure to read the 3 items at the bottom of this blog post.  Thanks!

If you have missed seeing my posts from our trip to Hocking Hills State Park, near Logan, Ohio,  in October, 2012,  with friends, NEAL and Patti Treadway,  click HERE.   We had such a great trip --and I'm still trying to get through my photos.  Today,  I'll share with you our crazy hike through the Cedar Falls area,  and also to Ash Cave.  Hope you enjoy the pictures and collages.. Be sure to click on them for enlargements.  AND I apologize for such a long post today.. I am trying to finish up that trip!!!!

The picture above shows more of the gorgeous Autumn Colors we experienced while in Ohio.  We were there at a PERFECT time... Hooray!!!!

We were hiking now (following our time at Old Man's Cave) on the trail to Cedar Falls.  We knew there wouldn't be much water at the falls --but the  whole area was pretty.  Top Left: Patti, Neal, George;  Middle--ME--trying to hold up a rock!!! ha;  Top Right:  George and Neal;  and Bottom: Patti and Neal.

Here is CEDAR FALLS---even though there wasn't much water coming over the falls... If you want more information about Cedar Falls and this area,  click HERE.

This is a great picture of the rock formations in the Cedar Falls area...

AND THEN--- Miss Betsy led the group down the 'wrong' trail ---obviously --IF you look at the pictures!!!!!  I thought we were taking a short-cut... HA HA ----not the case though...

Here's one more collage showing the rugged trail we took (actually--not a trail I don't think).....  We were beginning to look for either a horse or a helicopter in order to get outta there!!!!!! ha ha ha  (OH--the memories we will have after this hike!!!!!!)

NEXT,  after getting back to our car SOMEHOW,  we then drove to ASH CAVE for some more hiking.  Ash Cave is not really a cave ---but a HUGE rock overhang.  For more information on Ash Cave,  click HERE.    You can see a photo of what the waterfall should look like with some WATER...   The picture above is looking back into the rock formations under the overhang.

This is a collage of us ---as we wandered around checking out the area.  Top left: Patti and Neal; Middle:  Me;  Top Right: Neal, Patti, George

Here is a picture of the almost waterless waterfall.  I would love to be there when there is alot of water coming over the falls.

You can see how vast the cave is in these picture.  George is in the one on the left and I am in the one in the middle.  Neal is checking out the water droplets from the waterfall.

This picture was taken from under the overhang... You can get some idea of the vastness of this 'cave'... The horseshoe cave is 100 feet deep,  90 feet high and measures 700 feet from one end to the other.  It's HUGE.

This ends our time at Hocking Hills State Park.  Hope you enjoyed seeing all of the beauty in that park... I will have one more post from that trip ---showing you the lake we visited late that afternoon,  and some photos from our trip home the next day.

George and I have such a great time with Neal and Patti.  The four of us have the same interests --and we just enjoy being together.   I hope we get to do several more trips together in the future!!!!

SOME EXTRAS:
1. Be sure to check out Theresa's blog  (TexasWisGirl) on BLOGGING.  Click HERE.   That gal really gets the comments ---so if you want to do it her way,  check it out.  She's the expert.

2. I am featured today on Ann's Snap Edit Scrap BLOG....  She asked me some questions which I answered for her.  Check it out --and leave her a comment.  Click HERE.  Thanks,  and thanks to Ann for inviting me to participate.

3. Because so many people these days enjoy SHORT blogs,  I am starting a new one which will contain only one picture plus explanation.  I hope that you will enjoy the new blog --and follow me on it beginning on WEDNESDAY this week.  I will alternate blogs --so you  will have some choices.  Tune in to THIS blog on Wed. and I will provide the URL for the new one.  Let me know what you think...

Have a wonderful day.

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Yellowstone --Day 1 Continued

Can you believe that it is March 1st today?  I asked where January went ---so I'll ask now where February went!!!!  Goodness--time flies when we're having fun,  doesn't it?  One thing about March:  It's closer to SPRING...  Yeah!!!

Today I am going to continue my Yellowstone journey with you..  If you missed Part I,  please click HERE.   There is some great information about Yellowstone --including links to learn even more.  (Several of you enjoyed seeing the links showing more about the elk.)

I begin today by sharing a photo of two more waterfalls we saw on Sept. 19, 2012, when we were there.  We are now on the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower Falls.  Undine Falls can be seen from the overlook near the road.  Wraith Falls is a short hike.  We enjoyed seeing both of these waterfalls.  Have I mentioned that the waterfalls in Yellowstone are FABULOUS???  ha

Here's a picture of George sitting at the overlook at Undine Falls.

We had a traffic jam on the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower Falls --waiting on a herd of buffalo to cross the road... Hope you enjoy seeing a couple more pictures of them.

This is a photo of our hike to Wraith Falls.  The trail was in good shape --and we enjoyed the countryside around the falls.

 

This is one of the prettiest waterfalls in the park,  Tower Fall. I tried to get its picture from three different angles.  The one on the right is my favorite since you can see all of the rock designs behind it.  They reminded me a little of Bryce Canyon.  Beautiful waterfall,  don't you think? It is 132 feet tall.  To read more about Tower Fall, click HERE.

After leaving Tower Fall (and heading back toward Mammoth Hot Springs),  we stopped to see this Petrified Tree.  Amazing,  isn't it?  Reminded me of our time in the Petrified Forest... Such great memories..  (To read more about this Petrified Tree,  click HERE.)

Next, we drove back through Mammoth Hot Springs and went north to the north (northeast) entrance to the park.  We drove to Gardiner.    The collage above shows the beautiful Gardiner River in the top and bottom photos (what a fabulous drive),  and we enjoyed seeing the BIGHORN SHEEP (middle photo) on the top of the ridge while driving to Gardiner.   (To read more about fly-fishing in the Gardiner River,  click HERE.)

The reason we drove to Gardiner was to see this gorgeous arch,  the ROOSEVELT ARCH.   Isn't it beautiful?  If you get to Yellowstone,  don't miss the drive between Mammoth Hot Springs and Gardiner... FABULOUS!  (To read more about the Roosevelt Arch,  click HERE.)

Throughout Yellowstone,  we saw ELK... Almost every morning we were there,  we would stop along the way to see the elk.  Beautiful animals!

On the way back to our motel in West Yellowstone that night (9/19/12),  we saw (as we did most evenings) a beautiful sky and sunset. 

 

I'll close Day 1 (of 5 in Yellowstone) with a collage of George and I.  We took our picture together at many of the places we visited each day.  Such GREAT memories!!!!

Hope you enjoyed one of our days at Yellowstone.  Obviously, there is much more to come!!!!

Thanks to those of you who added an email gadget to your sidebar.  I now have about 56 followers who were nice enough to add it, and I am getting your blog posts via email... I wish ALL of you would put that option on your sidebar... Sigh!   Thanks again to those who do!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you on Monday.

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