Saturday, February 22, 1947 Temp 18 at 8 AM
Hocking County in the winter. Kids with Mother until noon & then Daddy brought them here & Delores came over. Left Romines at 8:30 – Mary Hemmerly, Ray, Wally & I. First stop was Conkle’s Hollow. About 2 in snow. The stream from the top of the cliff had frozen a canopy of icicles & then at the floor of the hollow the rest of the water was building up a pillar of ice. Heavenly shades of blue & pearly white honey-combed in beautiful designs. Found the one at Ash Cave later even bigger. Then to Rock House. Falls were beautiful there & Wally broke off icicles taller than he. Went in to Logan for lunch. Then back to Ash Cave & Old Man’s Cave. Had found Asplenium pinnatifidum plentiful at R.H. & CC but none at OMC & AC. I had a pretty bad headache so let the others fo on at OMC & they had to break through the ice at the end of the tunnel. Got back home a little after 8 but my head was so bad Wally called Flo & told them they had better not comp up as planned. Flo o [sic] toe was enough better she went to a movie but still painful.