Ash Cave of the Hocking Hills
by Karen Adams
Title
Ash Cave of the Hocking Hills
Artist
Karen Adams
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Prints - Photography
Description
Our family has a deep history with the beautiful southern Ohio area known as the Hocking Hills. Every year we piled in cars and drove from Columbus to "The Hills" to drive the narrow winding roads past farms and many old homesteads. We would caravan with several groups of our family spread between three or four carloads. We would stop at cemeteries along our drive and clear off old markers of great grand parents and great greats. We would always stop at the same old restaurant for lunch ....and always end up with delicious cream pies! We would slow down as we drove by the old log cabin home where my husband's grandfather was born and grew up. His mother would always get a little misty as we drove on.
Soon we would all pile out of the vans and cars to stretch our legs and exercise the sins of those pies in several of the main attraction spots of the Hocking Hills. There is Old Man's Cave, Cantwell Cliffs, Cedar Falls, Ash Cave and our family favorite Conkle's Hollow.
Ash Cave is a spot though that we would always visit. Ash Cave is through a narrow gorge lined with stately hemlocks, massive beech trees and various other hardwoods. The valley floor offers brilliant displays of wildflowers in the all seasons including large flowered trillium, Dutchman's breeches, trout lily, Jack-in-the Pulpit and jewelweed. The narrow gorge is approximately one-fourth mile in length and with astonishing suddenness gives way to the tremendous overhanging ledge and cave shelter. It is not a difficult walk and there is sand and water and beautiful rock formations for the kids to play around and for us all to imagine folks from long ago playing in these same places. I have wonderful pictures of my mom and dad 64 years ago having a great day in the Hocking Hills as they dated and fell in love.
It is a magical place...full of wonder and history and a great sense that there is something greater around us.
Thank you so much for looking at my images. I appreciate that very much.
I am very concerned with our environment and have decided to donate any money I make from any sales of this image to the ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND.....because the Earth needs a good lawyer! We all need to speak up and support efforts to protect our environment. We will not get a second chance!
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June 25th, 2014
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Karen Adams
Thank you so much to the art lover in Roaming Shores, Ohio who added this image as a really cool shower curtain to their home! I hope they feel like they are under a waterfall!!
Debbie Portwood
What a fantastic place and gorgeous scene!! What a wonderful shot Karen! Beautiful light and comp!! f/love!! :D
Weston Westmoreland
Impressive. The two persons are non-intrusive and essential to appreciate the sheer magnitude of the rock formation.