Over the weekend I took my lads, one lad's GF and my dogs to Lake Hope SP in southeast Ohio. We got a cabin for the weekend (a little cold to camp) and did some hiking and rock climbing:
This is a pond that was created when the railroad first went through in the 1800s:
The same pond, after we had circled around and got on the abandoned RR bed:
Raccoon Creek loops around, so if you follow the RR bed, you have to cross it twice to get to the tunnel from where we were. Both crossings had high water, and in the cold weather we didn't want to risk it, so we went along the creek from one crossing to another. It actually was pretty tough at times:
The RR bed leads to the Moonville Tunnel (in the database):
My son rappelling off the tunnel opening:
My first tilt-shift:
Ash Cave at Hocking Hills:
More HH:
The rock climbing area at HH: