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This is our last day trip in the area. Another Ohio barn with a quilt pattern….

We found on the map of a visitor’s center known for its hummingbird population and hand feeding them. So we checked it out and sure enough!

The look and surprise on this lady’s face is priceless….

I did get one hummingbird to feed out of my floral tube, but couldn’t get a picture because I was too close. Arms aren’t long enough!

This concludes my postings of our vacation that happened earlier this summer. Will go back to posting about other things like lace and such.

I like trains!!!! One day we took a scenic tour on the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway that took us to Logan and back. About a 2 hour tour.

The engine is making a switchback to take us back the other direction…..

Our final destination on the railway was to visit the histoical town of Robbins Crossing outside of Nelsonville, OH and associated with Hocking College. Students and volunteers demonstrate on the grounds. This is one of the residences…..

A tatted sighting!!!!! It is a tatted edging on the mantel cloth.

Close up view….

These few pictures are still part of the same room as the fireplace. They loaded what they could in one room!

The day was really hot, so there weren’t many demonstrators, unfortunately. But this brave soul was out on the porch making corn husk dolls….

Another residence that has a awesome kitchen. And they must have had money since there is a second floor!

The kitchen inside….

Inside the school house….

The cooper shop…..

The potter. Again, no demonstrators

Yet the hottest occupation, blacksmithing, and there were four students working(not in period clothing I might add, HURRUMPH)

The apothecary….

The General Store….

Some more pictures from our vacation at Hocking Hills State Park

Top part of falls going down into the Gorge. Taken while on my trail run.

Suspension bridge linking from one gorge trail to another.

I like dragonflies……

Some pictures as I descended on the trail to Castle Rock….

A vertical panoramic view of Castle Rock to show how deep and tall the cliff with little caves is….

colorful and sweeping rock formations at Castle Rock…..

We went to the next town on one of our drives to Nelsonville to tour the town and did a little shopping at Rocky’s Outdoor Store.

This is the statue outside the store……

This is Guy just relaxing on our bed in the camper…..

Here he is on the floor trying to stay cool…..

One of the many deer that I see while on my morning runs through the trails…..

The A-frame bridge over the Gorge Trail……

Sunrise and mist over the resevoir while on my morning run…….

The geese who almost didn’t let me pass on the resevoir trail….the buggers!

This was toward the end of the hike at the inner Gorge Trail. One of the many waterfalls and beautiful rock formations.

On one of our many driving tours we would see quilt blocks painted on the sides of barns. A nice addition to the landscape!

We also found a gem in the woods….Ravenwood Castle, a B&B with a medieval castle theme, south of Logan on route 93. Would be fun sometime to stay in this place. Would have to dress the part, no?

This would be a great place for a medieval faire!  Obviously not a real castle of that time, just built in the style. I like the ivy growing everywhere….

A full scale large model of a chess set out on the front lawn. It was waiting for someone to make the first play…….so I made the first move. Wonder if anyone continued the play after we left???

One of the many ground squirrels we got to see on the trails…..

We would take little scenic drives in the Hocking Hills area in between hiking the trails. This pond was behind some log cabin style wind chime and Christmas shops that we ventured in. Nice pond with lilies….

We found this mansion just outside of Logan, OH on Logan Lake. It advertises as a place to hold weddings and receptions. NICE VENUE!!!

Back to the trails! A lot of water eroded limestone makes for interesting patterns…….

These two trees are hugging this rock…

The trees in the area cling to the rock and what little dirt they can find and their roots create this neat lace effect

Bee on wildflower on the Lower Gorge Trail……

No, it’s not a tomb. Looks like one, tho! It is an entrance to a tunnel that leads to the other side of the trail. You can walk around, but what fun is that!

I did a time exposure on the waterfalls. So pretty!

Normal stop motion view of these falls….

This shows you a little of how tall and deep the Gorge is. It goes way beyond my picture. Didn’t have a fish-eye lens.

Beautiful ivy cascading down the rocks……

If you look at the rock in the center that protrudes out, that is Old Man in the Rock(so it is labelled on the map)

Closer view of Old Man in the Rock…..

There were miles and miles of trails at Hocking Hills State Park to be explored. And lots of waterfalls! This place was nice a cool feeling and relaxing to hike around

And of course lots of wildlife to see. This very fat, and probably pregnant, fieldmouse waddled along the trail not minding that we were about to step on her if we weren’t careful.

There were ferns of all kinds(28 varieties they told us) and lush green and lickens on most of the rock surfaces.

The water had carved out interesting passageways and holes. This is a top view of a waterfall.

Swallowtails were fluttering all over the place. This one was patient enough for me to get a good close up picture. Usually they don’t stand still!

More luscious pictures to show tomorrow!

I created some fun puzzles(since lacemakers have stated recently they tend
to be puzzle enthusiasts) that are lace related.  There is a lace terms
wordsearch, lace types wordsearch, lace related crossword, tatting
wordsearch and tatting related crossword puzzle.  They are linked from my
website homepage, but here are the direct links to their pages:

The crossword puzzles have a solution link at the bottom in case you run
into troubles.  But no cheating!   Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make a
solution link to the wordsearches.  But that just adds to the challenge!

I also wasn’t able to create these so you can work them online. I am not
that adept at javascript. You will have to print them off and hope that
all goes well.  You may have to download the image of the puzzle and copy
and paste the text into a document if you are wanting to share these puzzles
with anyone.

I can’t take full credit.  These puzzles were generated by
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com.  Some of you may have run across
this wonderful resource.

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After visiting Gma in Mt. Vernon for a couple of days, we headed on to finish our vacation.  We drove through the wonderful hills of Ohio south to Hocking Hills State Park.  This is a beautiful area filled with lucious valleys and rock formations and craggy deep chasms.  We set up camp at the campground.  The weather was getting warmer by this time. Unlike our other campsite fully in the trees, you can see how the sun blazes down on our camper mid day and it stays there until early evening.  Not a good spot!  .  But it was all that was available.  And we pulled our camper in the trees as much as possible.  We had a hard time keeping cool.  Guy our cat didn’t enjoy it either.  But we muddle through!

And a lovely view of the water tower at the end of the cul-de-sac

And the vultures on top of it waiting for us to die from the heat……….

A couple more lovely views of the rolling hills and farms in the Ohio valley…………

Toward the end of the day we visited Berlin, OH which seemed to be the mecca of Amish towns in this area. It was very busy even for the end of the day and we only did a little shopping because stores were closing. I fancy antique cars and had to take a pic of these two going down the road. The big red building is a HUGE antique mall…..which we didn’t have time to go in.

More horse and buggy pictures!!!

These next two pics are of an Amish farmer working the hay fields. Love the old machinery.