After a tasty and filling breakfast at Bob Evans, we packed up our cars and drove to Hocking Hills Monday morning. We started off with a nice hike at Ash Cave, then drove over to Old Man's Cave for ice cream and more hiking. Given the amount of rain the area had been having, the waterfalls and Devil's Bathtub were looking much more impressive than last fall. Next, we checked into our home for the next few nights, a very nice lodge by Cabins by the Caves. Dinner was northern Ohio-style, with Root's shredded chicken sandwiches, Ballreich's chips and Smith's chip dip. Mmmm.
On Tuesday, some of us went ziplining and all of us enjoyed Jd's lasagna for dinner. We all hiked Cedar Falls in the morning and found ourselves with a bonus creek crossing. After we fashioned some semblance of a bridge, we all made it across. Jk, Jd and I went to Rock House next, while the kids went gem mining. We all got in a round of (not particularly well-played) putt-putt in the afternoon and fed some goats before a storm blew in. We got back to the cabin to discover we, along with most everyone else in the area, didn't have power. Fortunately, we had a grill and my camp stove so we could make dinner - chicken and steak fajitas. We didn't get power back before we left the next morning, but it didn't really but a damper in the fun. A good time was had by all and we're looking forward to next summer's vacation.
