Kyla's Hocking Hills Vacation 5

Day 5: Old Man's Cave Upper Falls

On the last day a Hocking Hills, Kyla ventures down to one of the most spectacular waterfalls at the park, Upper Falls at Old Man's Cave.  It is also one of the easiest to get to.  So she decides to bring her easel and paint the waterfall.

The beach is  surrounded by caverns and trees.  A beautiful lake of blue, green water is at the base of the waterfall.  Caves surround the area, some deeper than others.

The water falls over the lip, pools at the base of the caverns surrounding the lake, then falls into the green, blue waters.

Kyla sets up her easel on the beach across from the waterfall.  She sets her paints up, hanging them on the easel's leg.  Picking up her palette, she begins to add colors that she will use.

She studies the waterfall intensely to get all of the details.  She wants her painting to be as beautiful as the real thing.  Starting with the falls she paints the water falling over the edge.

Continually glancing back at the scene, she paints the falls, then she works on the caverns and the surroundings next, detailing the rocks and the vegetation.

When she finally finishes, she steps back from her painting and looks from it to the waterfall.  She nods her head in approval.

After picking up her supplies and returning them to the car, Kyla explores the area a lite more.  Here she can get right next to the walls of the caves.

Unlike some of the other walls that were just the sandstone, these walls are covered in vegetation.  She loves the little plants that carpet the walls of the caverns.   At the back of the area where the waterfall is, a large tree with it's roots exposed canopies most of the pool.

Kyla loves climbing on the roots.  It's fascinating to see how many roots there are and how far out they go.  She figures that the roots are almost as big as the canopy of the tree.   She follows the stream for a little bit to see where it goes, and then turns around, heading back to the blue green lake.  Stopping to take one more photo of herself by the lake before she goes back to the car.  It's time to make the 12 hour trip home.  Thanks Hocking Hills!  It's been fun!