Hocking Hills Visit to The Rock House and Ash Cave

Hocking Hills has a special place in my heart because I loved going there as a kid. Sure, it doesn't have the scale as some of my California parks, but boy, is it green! I love foliage!!!! Everywhere you look you see vast and varying shades of green in trees, shrubs, grass, and other growth. I just can't get over it, and I love visiting. It was really humid when we went in early July. Like when you set out of the car and are already perspiring before you even move. But we went anyways, and were sure to put on plenty of bug spray so that we didn't get eaten alive. The mosquitoes are pretty heavy around there.

Our first stop was The Rock House, which is basically a cave that has rock pillars across the front. You can see all the layers of rock and ferns grow everywhere. It's really neat to go up inside the cave. I can practically imaging the Native Americans  using it as a shelter- the place is just so cool. I don't know how people can believe in evolution, that things just happened by chance, when they see this!

Next, we skipped Old Man's Cave and went to Ash Cave. It's a shallow cave with a really wide rim. To be exact, about 700 feet across the rim and 90 feet tall, only about 100 feet deep. The best part is the trickle (more or less depending on the season) of a waterfall coming from the top. When we visited, it has just a tiny bit of water coming down. I've been there when it is much fuller. We walked along the handicapped-accessible path to the cave, which runs along a creek, and then climbed up and walked along the top of the cave for the trip back. It's a great length if you have kids with you because it's not too long. Again, put on bug spray! So glad we went!