Hocking Hills Honeymoon

Since our wedding was right after Christmas, John and I decided to postpone our honeymoon until January. A good plan in theory, but John's work schedule got crazy and for awhile it looked like we'd have to postpone the honeymoon until spring.

The very last weekend in January, John got three days off. We decided to reserve a place in Hocking Hills for a little R&R. We found Frontier Log Cabins on the Internet and booked it site unseen because it had a fireplace, a jacuzzi and an opening.

We were pleasantly surprised at the cabin. It was a rehabbed, one-room log cabin. Very small, but cozy. A gas fireplace heated the entire place. There was a loft bedroom, a small bathroom we dubbed "The Artic Circle," because the heat never seemed to get to that corner of the cabin, a tiny kitchen, a cozy couch and rocking chair in front of the fireplace, and a screened-in porch with the hot tub. It was so clean, you could literally have eaten on the floor.

When we first got there, we hiked the rim trail at Conkle's Hollow. John got a lot of great photos. After the hike, we retired to the hot tub for beer, guacamole and chips and a long, relaxing soak. The next day, we hiked from Ash Cave to Cedar Falls. We packed a picnic lunch, which we inhaled when we got to Cedar Falls. The walk back was long...We were a bit ambitious about our hiking abilities. The hot tub revived us. After showers, we headed to Laurelville and had dinner at the local diner, mostly because I was too tired to cook. I'd like to say we curled up in front of the fireplace and read, but, in actuality, we crashed about 9:30.

The next morning, I made french toast and mimosas to toast to one month of wedded bliss. After cleaning up, we decided to get in one more hot tub soak before we had to head home.

The weekend was lovely. The weather was unusually warm for January. My only disappointment? We didn't see very much wildlife. Oh well...we loved the cabin so much we decided to rent it again for a 4-day weekend in September. Hopefully, it will be warm enough to enjoy the glider on the front porch of the cabin. Maybe we'll even luck into some fall color. All for now.