We didn't have a ton of time off this fall and had to plan things last minute, so we decided to try to head to Hocking Hills for 2 nights with dogs for our vacation. We got lucky enough to find a vacancy and be able to reserve a cabin on an amazing private little property that was extremely dog-friendly.
We drove down Tuesday (almost 3-hr drive and Dozer only settled briefly the whole time- otherwise his head was between the front seats and he was checking out the scenery) and got there early afternoon. Did a drive through the cabin area first to scout out where we needed to go in case we didn't get back till darkish (checkin wasn't till after 3), then went to Cedar Falls parking lot, hooked up the dogs and our backpacks, and started out. A lot of the trailheads seemed to be having issues of various sorts with running water and actual bathrooms being out of order, but they had portlets and we had a watercooler in the car so we figured we would be OK.
Cedar Falls trail was supposed to be around .3 mile and fairly non-strenuous. We took a rocky and fairly steep access path down from the parking lot, but once we were down the rest was simple. Beautiful cliffs, trees, and stream on all sides, and the waterfall was gorgeous! Doz was of course being a bit of a pulling champion, but he got to meet some new friends and smell a LOT of awesome smells so he was happy. And Tali trotted along behind me on the hands-free leash like the fluffy little angel she always is.
On the way back up, we figured out there were STEPS up and down from another section of the parking lot, so the steep climb down had been completely unnecessary! :D
Grabbed some granola and ate quick, then headed to the cabin to check in. And it was aMAZing.
Dogs took a little while to settle, so Bri made a quick grocery run while I unpacked and chilled with them.
Wait a minute, that isn't housekeeping!!!
Finally settling in the kitchen with the floor-to-ceiling windows:
Dinner and an early crash! But dogs were sleeping light because of the strange place, so it was a pretty broken up sleep for the first night.
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