The falls at Ash Cave.
A good friend of mine, Dana Gould began
The falls with a slower shutter speed.
plans last March to visit a place he had been to in the past. He knew I would have had loved it, so he asked another mutual friend Steve and I to travel and visit Hocking Hills State Park near Logan, Ohio.
We tried to schedule this get together for different times and weather or threat of weather caused cancellations. Another time we thought the plans were set and a change in a contractor’s work schedule made for another cancellation.
However, Laurie and I while visiting their web site decided to go and see these sites this year. Mid May proved to be that time! (You may check it out for yourself at: http://www.ExploreHockingHills.com )
Top of cave where tributary flows.
We visited and hiked a number of areas within the park system and the sites were breath-taking to say the least. I will be dividing up my entries here with various areas we explored and hiked. I will include photos with each entry, however be warned the photos can not do the vastness of these sites justice. For instance the Ash cave is 700 feet in length. Capturing that magnitude of size with camera can not allow the feelings of awe we witnessed. 
ASH CAVE
Dainty wild iris.
This cave is spectacular in both size and beauty. The gorge walking to the cave features massive beech, hemlocks and other trees. One can compare the trees to the towering trees of Pennsylvania’s Cook Forest. The gorge is about one quarter of a mile in length. 
One will find a horseshoe shaped cave at the end of the gorge. As stated above, the length of the cave is 700 feet. The depth at one point is 100 feet. The front rim of the cave rises 90 feet high. Quite an impressive hole indeed! 
A small tributary to Queer Creek tumbles over the rim of the upper cave. The water falls and forms a beautiful pool before ambling towards the creek. I took many, many photos of both this waterfall and cave. Look closely at some of the photos and you we see people to allow a size comparison of the falls and cave. 
The cave was named after early settlers found much ash under the shelter area of the cave. The ashes were said to be about 100 feet in length and thirty feet wide. The depth was, as much as, three feet! It is believed to have been from Indian activities over a long period of time. 
The cave was used as a Christian service site and later township meetings. This lasted until a church was built for the congregation.
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