42,692 Steps

Jim and I picked up a couple of Fitbits right before our vacation to Hocking Hills and Mochian State Park. We knew that we would get a great deal of activity in that week as there are at least six different places within the state park area that we wanted to visit.  We have been to Hocking Hills three

Hocking Hills State Park - Site 171

different times but have never camped in the state park. We were on site 171 (which ironically is the same number as our RPod). I thought this was a great sign. Our campsite was on the end of a loop and we had more than enough room.

When we arrived on Saturday, August 9, it was right around dinner time. As we pulled up next to our site we noticed that there was another RPod right across the street from us. We knew that once we were set up and settled we had to go make friends. The couple was from the Cincinnati area and was only out on their third trip. We exchanged lots of ideas, travel tips, and helpful hints. Often times we are the only "Pod in the Park" so this was a treat. We still gave a number of tours of our Pod that week and made some new friends. Other than one night and one afternoon of rain, the week was perfect. We started out using the air conditioner in about 85 degree weather but almost needed the furnace by the end of the week. Once the front rolled through the evening temperatures hit 47 degrees. The bonfire that night was a real blessing!

Old Man's Cave at Hocking Hills State Park.

Just a glimpse of the stairs that are all throughout the park.

Conkles Hollow at Hocking Hills State Park.

Cantwell Cliffs at Hocking Hills State Park.

Ash Cave at Hocking Hills State Park.

While we were at Hocking Hills we visited Old Man's Cave, Ash Cave, Conkles Hollow, and Cantwell Cliffs. The other two places, Cedar Falls and The Rock House, we had visited once before so it didn't matter if we made it to those two or not. We also ate a couple meals at the Hocking Hills State Park Lodge. The food was amazing! We weren't sure about it as it didn't seem very busy, but I had some of the best pasta around and Jim's corn beef sandwich was delicious (and I didn't even think I liked corn beef...LOL).

Site 33 at Mochian State Park.

Midweek we moved up to Mochian State Park on the edge of Amish County in Ohio. We were on site 33. We had camped here on our first trip with our RPod and thought it was a great park. This time was a little different. The campground office was really disorganized and the people we not very friendly. The campground was packed as it was the weekend before most Ohio schools started back to school. We visited the Paradise Dam and Clear Fork Gorge and spend one full day in Berlin Ohio. We shopped most of the day at all the cute, little Amish stores and then stopped for a good, home cooked, traditional Amish dinner. It was delicious.

Clear Fork Gorge at Mochian State Park.

All in all we had a great week! According to our Fitbits, we took 42,692 steps around Ohio. I would say we covered a lot of ground.