Trip picspam AHOY!
I've broken these up by locations we visited to make it easier. Over all the area we stayed in was Hocking Hills, Ohio. It is one of my favorite trips because there is a lot of nostalgia since my dad and I visited there when I was a kid. The place is a treasure trove of geological formations, waterfalls and is great for birding or general animal watching.
I haven't done most of the plant and animal identification on these pics so you will have to enjoy them with a little less of my usual geekery.
So without further ado...
The horseshoe-shaped cave is massive; measuring 700 feet from end to end, 100 feet deep from the rear cave wall to its front edge with the rim rising 90 feet high. A small tributary of the East Fork of Queer Creek cascades over the rim into a small plunge pool below. The cave was formed like the others in this region; the middle layer of the Blackhand has been weathered or eroded while the more resistant upper and lower zones have remained intact.
Carved moonshine jug. One thing the caves in the area have been used for was to hide moonshine and stills during prohibition.
Bullitt looking very paleolithic
The first view of the cave you get while descending the stairs to the cave floor.
I haven't done most of the plant and animal identification on these pics so you will have to enjoy them with a little less of my usual geekery.
So without further ado...
The horseshoe-shaped cave is massive; measuring 700 feet from end to end, 100 feet deep from the rear cave wall to its front edge with the rim rising 90 feet high. A small tributary of the East Fork of Queer Creek cascades over the rim into a small plunge pool below. The cave was formed like the others in this region; the middle layer of the Blackhand has been weathered or eroded while the more resistant upper and lower zones have remained intact.
Carved moonshine jug. One thing the caves in the area have been used for was to hide moonshine and stills during prohibition.
Bullitt looking very paleolithic
The first view of the cave you get while descending the stairs to the cave floor.