What an interesting weather year this has been in Arkansas. We have experienced floods, tornados, and the remnants of two hurricanes. When Hurricanes Gustav and Ike made their way into the state we got more than our share of wind and rain. Ike was especially impressive to me because our power went out in the middle of the night and I was wide awake. I could hear the wind howling and the rain slamming into the house. I looked outside and the trees were reaching for the earth. Of course, I had to experience this so out the front door I went at 2:30 am. I stood out there for at least 20 minutes facing into the wind. I even spread my arms out once as if I was riding high up on the bow of the Titanic. Every once in a while a gust would push me backwards a step or two. I couldn't help but wonder what it must be like to actually experience hurricane force winds. After all, these were maybe 50 mph gusts at best. I finally had my weather fix and went back inside. When the adrenaline rush subsided I went back to bed.
Now back to the rainfall. All of the rain we received gave me visions of waterfalls dancing in my head. So...on the Sunday after Ike left the state, Melissa and I went back to a fall I visited earlier this year. Long Pool Falls is located off of highway 7 north of Dover Arkansas. We drove down to Long Pool Recreation Area and the first thing we noticed was that there was absolutely no one else there. Yee Haw!! We had the fall all to ourselves. We did the short hike to the fall and I set up my camera and tripod and shot away. It was good to be back in the woods after a long summer. Fall is around the corner and we can't wait.
The first two photos below are of Long Pool Falls and the last one is a cascade downstream of the fall.
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