Hocking Hills State Park

This past weekend was nice weather and I was in the mood for a road trip so we drove to this park about an hour south east of Columbus, Ohio and did some hiking.

Old Man's Cave Upper Falls.

The Devil's Bathtub.

Old Man's Cave.

Old Man's Cave Lower Falls.

The had some really interesting hiking paths, including tunnels cut right through the face of cliffs.

Cedar Falls.

Ash Cave.

Vermont

We spent the weekend in Vermont for a wedding reception and I had a couple of hours to take the drive through Stowe and up over Smuggler's Notch.

It was overcast and rainy. Everytime we put the top down on the car it started to rain, everytime we put the top back up, it stopped raining.

The top of Smuggler's Notch is strewn with boulders, some as large as a house.

The view from the drive north through Jeffersonville.

The dam at Enosburg Falls.

Lightning

We had a wicked lightning storm last night. I tried to get some good photos but it was tough, standing in the front yard at midnight in the rain while getting eaten alive by mosquitos. I did the best I could. I think this is going to take some practice, and being prepared ahead of time instead of running around trying to find all the right stuff and getting it setup in the rain.

You can see I had a hard time keeping the raindrops off the lens.