Lost Valley

Lost Valley Campground is located off of Hwy 43 between Boxley and Ponca. There is a hiking trail there that is a little over a 2 mile round trip. This trail consists of waterfalls, with the most popular one being Eden Falls, Eden Falls Cave which has a 30' waterfall inside it, Cobb Cave named this because of corn cobbs left there by indians, and a natural bridge. This place is covered with wild flowers in the spring.

This is an old schoolhouse that you pass as you drive into Lost Valley

This bridge is at the beginning of the hiking trail.

A dry creek bed along the trail.

Before the Color Peak

Hwy 74 bridge in the background and the Ponca Low Water Bridge in front.

Roark Bluff on the Buffalo River at Steel Creek

Fall is in the air!!

Melissa and I just spent an awesome week in the Ozarks. We stayed in our favorite cabin which is the Osage. The Osage is one of three cabins called the Ozark Bluff Dwellers. We highly recommend these cabins. I will add a link to them on this site.

We spent the whole week driving and hiking through the Buffalo River Region and the Ozark National Forest. The fall colors were not quite to peak when we arrived last Sunday but they sure put on a grand show before we left.

I'll be adding several posts in the upcomimg days to document our stay. I am starting with some elk shots. I tried to photograph the elk in early October but they were no where to be found. This trip was different. They were out in the fields of Boxley Valley early and late in the day. The peak of the rut has long since ended but the bulls are still bugling and there is an occassional spar between bulls. If you have never heard a bull elk bugle, you have got to make a trip up there to see and hear them.

I'll go for now but stay tuned for more posts to come.