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Crossing over the small footbridge, spanning the Bear Hollow tributary emptying into Sugar Creek, I continued my journey along the “figure eight loop” of Trails 3, 5, & 9. The scene could not be anymore different from that of Trail 3. Blankets of wildflowers carpet the woodland floor in pastel shades of green, white, and pink. An endless sea of eastern spring beauties and bloodroot stretches out as far as I can see. Just below their blooms, the newly emerging foliage of trout lily, wood anemones, and trillium prepare for their turn in the spotlight.
As I take my time scanning the horizon, my gaze wanders past several cliffs with wet weather waterfalls streaming down from several ledges on the ridge. Just past this spot is one of the largest and most unique cliff overhangs I’ve seen in the park as of yet. The shape of this interesting rock shelter resembles the wedge a logger might chop out of a tree, in order to the make it tip over. Suspended up in the middle of the sandstone cliff, this expansive rock shelter hides one large room with several smaller caverns to the side of it. Coming across a well worn spur trail leading to this area, I made a right turn and began the steep hike up to the cliffs.
20 авг 2024
