A mère six days after Malcolm was born, we went hiking in Hocking Hills. My parents and brother were all visiting to the new baby and wanted something to do outside the house. Hocking Hills is only about one hour from our house and the best state park in Ohio. My parents actually met while attending Ohio University, in Athens, for graduate school, but had never visited Hocking Hills because they didn't own cars. We took the opportunity to show them a great part of Ohio forest.
I was also feeling really great at this point, which was so different from Inga's birth. We had barely gotten home from the hospital at this point with Inga. I am so glad I did a VBAC in Columbus.
We drove down to Ash Cave and had a picnic lunch then walked the flat trail to the cave. Even though it has been a wet summer, Ash Cave was quite dry and there really wasn't a waterfall. It is still an impressive cave, but not as interesting without the waterfall.
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| Daddy carrying Malcolm because it was still too much for Mommy to wear the baby carrier. |
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| Inga with her Uncle Morgan |
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| The family at a very dry Ash Cave |
After walking at Ash Cave, Inga wanted to do more hiking. We drove over to the Rock House, which I'd never been to before. My parents didn't walk down into the gorge, but the younger folk walked down to the Rock House although not all the way to the bottom of the gorge. It was a very interesting rock formation. I took Inga inside the cave and she was talking about how birds might live in the cave. At that point, a couple pigeons flew in and right over our heads. This totally freaked Inga out and we had to leave the cave immediately. It was pretty funny.
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| Our good little hiker charmed all the grandmas on the trail |
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| At the Rock House after a nursing break |
We don't think much of taking a newborn out on weekend excursions so close to home. However, we met a couple people who were surprised we were taking our newborn on vacation so soon. When we asked where they were from, they said Cincinnati. Umm…Hocking Hills is way too close to count as vacation for us.
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