Back to the Cabin

Melissa and I spent three nights in our favoite cabin near Jasper, AR. The cabins are the "Ozark Bluff Dwellers" and our favorite is the "Osage". We highly recommend these cabins. They are on the edge of a bluff and the veiw is awesome. The owners, Ed and Llonka French even built their own hiking trail that is two miles in one direction and has a waterfall along the way. The trailhead is near one of the cabins. I hiked this trail last spring and saw my first bear face to face in the wild. The pictures to follow were taken on this trip. :)

The first three pictures were taken on the trail near the cabins. Two are of French Falls and the last is of a cascade down stream of the falls.

Melissa spotted these deer from the kitchen window of the cabin. As we were leaving to go hike, I took these shots from the truck.

These next 3 falls were all off of Forest Road 1205 near Ben Hur Arkansas. It was really too late in the day and too sunny to take waterfall pictures but I did what I could despite the conditions.

Six Finger Falls (Only two fingers showing in this photo)

Falling Water Falls

Falling Water Falls

Terry Keefe Falls (78' Tall - The little blue speck at the base is Melissa)

Roark Bluff - The longest limestone bluff on the Buffalo River
Another angle on Roark Bluff as the sun was setting

Recently some conservation groups re-introduced some juvenile trumpeter swans to Mill Pond in Boxley Valley near Ponca, Arkansas. These swans will migrate north to the upper midwest in late February or early March. The hope is that they will return next year and bring some friends. Trumpeter swans mate for life and live up to 30 years. They can grow up to 4' tall, weigh 30 lbs and have 8' wingspans.

Trumpeter Swans in Boxley Valley