A Little Hike in the Ozark National Forest...

Yesterday, my husband and I went for drive with the intent of looking for waterfalls.  We found a few:

These two little waterfalls were on the side of  highway 23.  I don't know if we were actually in the Ozark National Forest at this point.  Both are pretty little falls. 

Beauty can be found in many places in the forest.  This was a tree that was laying across the trail.  The mushrooms are beautiful.

Found the waterfall but oops we are on top. 

This is the waterfall. It is so pretty with all green.  I could see some ferns growing there but the rest of the greenery is a mystery.  I am not sure what the orange is.

The photographer getting as close to the edge as possible.  No doubt he is trying to figure out if he can get down to the bottom of the falls.  I have not doubt that if I hadn't been with him he would have gone to bottom of the falls.

The little stream that creates the waterfall.

Yes, the photographer is set up in the stream to get a video of the stream with the sound.  He is at most six feet from the top of the waterfall.  You can also see the steps that must be climbed to leave.

These four pictures are just a little more beauty from the forest.

View from Spire Rock.

Around noon, we started shredding second layers.  This walking stick decided to join us.  He did not want to get off the shirt.

We finally convinced it to get on the tree.  Then we hiked back to the truck.

We had lunch at the historic Oark Cafe and General Store.  It's suppose to have been in continuous business since 1890.  The food is good. They must sell a lot of pies here because when we arrived around 1:30 they were making them.  A must try is the buttermilk pie.

This is the next set of waterfalls we visited.  It is a double waterfall and so big my little camera wasn't able to get it in one photograph.  This was a large u-shaped area.

This is the view of the little stream the double waterfall created.  It is also the trail going to it. 

This is a bonus waterfall.  The photographer is getting a closer look.  I chose not to climb up to it.

We did attempt to locate one more waterfall but it wasn't meant to be.  The GPS wasn't working correctly and we ended up on some little dirt road that was barely wide enough for the truck.  I was really happy we didn't met another vehicle on that road. 

The day was fun and tiring.  I sure that there will be more waterfall hunting trips coming this fall.


Happy Stitching!