Two hours east of Louisville is the georgous Daniel Boone National Forest. Within the thick trees are many rock formations, including the Natural Bridge and the Red Rive George. Our first day exploring we hiked up and around the Natural Bridge wilderness. It was breathtakingly beautiful. The forest floor consisted of mainly giant leaved rhododendron, mountain Laurel in bloom and ferns. the canopy was made of 100 year old trees, long and skinny. We came to learn that all the old growth was logged a century ago for the L&E railroad to Lexington but they stopped butting around 1907 and after the 1940s, the train stopped running through the area and L&E gave the land to the state for a park.
Most of these pictures is from the hike to Natural Bridge. We passed interesting trees, giant boulders covered in roots and moss, fungus, cave entrances, yellow finches, and amazing rock patterns and formations.
