arkansas spring hike

[sadiejane]

had the good fortune to visit with some relatives in north central arkansas last week. along with that was able to get a cupla good hikes in. spring is a lovely time to be there.
the first morning, after a hard rain overnite, the world woke up to sun n steam.

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the fog burned off pretty quickly. the overnite rain had the creeks running good.

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this stream comes outta an underground cave that used to be open. but my grandpa dynamited it closed after a calf got stuck and drowned here.

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this is all you can see of the opening now, mostly underground but the water bubbles up outta here most of the time. only in the driest part of summer does it all go underground.

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[sadiejane]

came upon deer numerous times

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all in all it was a lovely day to be outside

lots of scissortail flycatchers in these neck o the woods

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lucky came along

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may apples were just beginning to come up. they're everywhere in the woods here.

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interesting fossils n minerals in the rocks

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and of course everything is starting to bloom. lots of redbud and dogwood

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thanks for coming along.....

 

[mtnfolk mike]

awesome pics SJ..:thumbup: looks like some beautiful countryside...thanks for sharing...

 

[fatcat55]

great pics. thanks for sharing.

 

[dboles]

Very beautiful and nice country side.That water comes up on the property is that the source for the drinking water
Thanks
Dan'l

 

[sadiejane]

wells are easily dug here(well maybe not easy as its all rock-but the water isnt deep-my uncles well is only 30ft and it never runs dry no mater how hot n dry it gets in summer)
they are situated just 12 miles south as the crow flies from here
http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/mammothspring/
9 million gals of water an hr! good trout fishing and great for floating. spent many a day on this river while growing up. and ate my share of trout and catfish outta there.

 

[rdgarbo]

Beautiful!

 

[TheGame]

Some good looking land over there. :thumbup:

Spring is starting to show more and more everyday!

 

[Mistwalker]

Fantastic photos Sadie, love the morning mists! Looks like you got in some awesome hikes! Thanks for sharing.

 

[sadiejane]

thanks guys-its really a lot of fun to share these adventures with ya'll. so much enthusiasm for the out of doors. thanks for being here

 

[ratamahatta]

great pics buddy, I really like the first one!!!

 

[banana-clip]

Those are some beautiful pics.

 

[akennedy73]

great pics - thanks for posting them. beautiful country around there! :thumbup:

 

[remmmm]

Great pics, I really enjoyed them. I appreciate everyone that post up pics of their woods times, but some do seem to bring you along more then others and these definitely qualify!

 

[fujita yuji]

Really love these wonderful shots!
Wildlife and fossil shots are really cool!

 

[TheZenful1]

great pics of some beautiful countryside. Thank you for sharing sadiejane.