Two Days in Ohio
What we did: With our See America Tent, we camped in a private, and sorry to say, overcrowded campsite. It was an experience we won't repeat any time soon. But we met our German neighbors on the left and Erie, PA neighbors on the right and Roux was a perfect gentleman. We started our sightseeing early by hiking the 5 out and back miles into Ash Cave where we met up with a throng of other tourists who had parked in the nearby lot and walked the 1/4th mile in. Then David took off with Roux to see Old Man's Cave and I ran the 12 miles back to the Visitors Center, seeing the Swinging Bridge and Cedar Falls on the way, but choosing to by-pass the conga lines at Old Man's Cave. Later that day we left the state park and found twisty-turny West Virginia type roads. We came upon a true split rail fence encompassing a vast field and small farms that once flourished but now were still and silent, some vacant. . We stopped at a tiny settlement where a few houses stood and an old
