A most fascinating thread folks....Thanks to all and I mean all.......Mr. Dixon has really outdone himself here, as has Mary and Carol.....hell, everybody.

There are some other Ohio destinations well worth listing, but let me go to Kentucky instead. South of Somerset, outside of Whitley City to be exact, is an area now known as the Big South Fork River Project and even now the place I'm telling you about is still little known. On one of the small creeks feeding into the Big South Fork (of the Cumberland River) is a place named Yahoo Falls.

It's not far from Cumberland Falls, also a wonderful and scenic place known as the Niagara of the South. Many tourists stay at the beautiful lodge there and at certain times see the "Moonbow" produced at night under certain atmospheric conditions and times of the month. Cumberland falls is rightfully well known, well visited and still rustically beautiful........but let me tell you about Yahoo Falls................

You drive a series of smaller and smaller roads to a dirt path entrance which runs back through switchbacks for about a mile and come to a tiny parking lot and nothing else. A sign directs you to a trail that is quite steep and leads to the falls about 3/4 of a mile away. Getting to the bottom you walk along the cliffs in the woods with very tall trees searching for daylight. You finally round a bend and you are struck by what is one of the most beautiful little hollows you've ever seen. At the back of this hollow is Yahoo Falls, only 4 foot wide but dropping 103 feet to the little pond and creek below. Behind it is a large and open scree strown cave and ledge where some interesting history took place....Read about the 1810 Massacre here

I have seen it at all times of year and it is always beautiful. The summer is you can play in the water beneath the falls and feel the sting of the droplets, In the winter it freezes almost solid and in March or so, it's a gigantic "volcano" of ice with the falls dropping into the middle. Fair picture is here

One of my favorite spots on earth.....and after I found it 25 years ago, I always hoped it would remain undiscovered by the masses and it has......but if you are in southern Kentucky, you have my permission!

Spaw