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Today we went back to the Rock House, yesterday (Saturday) we were exhausted from hiking the caves and actually went to the Rock House but when we saw it was another 1/2 mile one way vertical challenge we opted to save it for today. The hike down wasn't too bad and the last part is mainly steps made either out of the sandstone or rocks laid. As we approached, the cliffs were incredible and breathtaking and there was a bridge crossing a ravine where we saw a couple and spoke to them briefly, it appeared she had hurt her foot but turned out it was just a cramp. We crossed the bridge and thought it was odd that the path was turning back into just a dirt trail. Deanna said she was going to go back and ask the couple about the Rock House, they informed her we just walked right past it! He said they did the same thing first time they were here. He told us we would have to climb up between some boulders to get in. We trekked back and sure enough there it was.
As you can see there were some people inside standing on the edges.
We climbed up and found it was pretty dark inside. Deanna had a little flashlight she could use to see where we were stepping cause it was not level. This was by far the coolest cave we went to over the weekend.
So after exploring the Rock House we headed back the UPHILL journey, quite the workout!
Here are a couple pics of a cliff we found along the road.
Then as we were driving back to the campground I finally spotted an old building I had seen on Friday when heading to the park but couldn't find it again. It blended in so well we had drove past it a couple times without even seeing it again. It just struck me as a cool shot.
We have already decided we are going back and probably right when the leaves are changing for the colors! There was still more to explore at Cantwell Cliffs, Conkles Hollow and Zaleski State Forest rock climbing and repelling area.
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