Thursday, December 20, 2007

Old Man's Cave Flora


Old Man's Cave Flora
Originally uploaded by Elessar
It's mid December and we've had cold weather for a while now. I was amazed that there were still ferns above ground in the Old Man's Cave gorge in Hocking Hills. I guess that ferns have been around for millions of years and a little thing like cold weather or snowfall isn't going to give them much problem.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Old Man's Cave Waterfall


Old Man's Cave Waterfall
Originally uploaded by Elessar
I love going down to Old Man's Cave in the Hocking Hills. I was there on Sunday and I was all alone. No one else was there. Once you got below the rim, there was no wind and all you could hear was the sound of the waterfalls and the trickling of water falling from the rim. We've had a lot of rain lately, so there was a lot of water flowing through the gorge. I was really amazed at the ferns still growing along the ledges. I'm posting another image showing the plant life.