Matt and I had plans to visit one of Arkansas’ very cool waterfalls, Keefe Falls. However, upon arrival at Falling Water Road we were a bit dismayed to find the road completely worn out from the recent series of freeze’s and thaw’s it has been through over the past month. It was an absolute mud pit. Since we weren’t driving a four wheel drive vehicle, we opted against getting stuck and made more reserved plans.
So, we headed for Pedestal Rocks and thereafter Sam’s Throne.
Snow melts on a pine at Pedestal Rocks
It was a fun day, as we were driving back towards Pedestal Rock’s the slight snow which we had been driving in turned into huge half-dollar sized snow flakes. Matt stopped the car for a few shots of the giant sized snowflakes.
Giant snowflakes clung to the lens as I took this photo
The saturated road, luckily it wasn’t frozen!
Afterwards, we continued for Pedestal Rocks and hiked both the King’s Bluff trail and Pedestal Rock’s trail, they’re both there so why not hike both? The falls under King’s Bluff were moving pretty good from all the snow melt the area was receiving. The ground was absolutely saturated.
A Pedestal Rock at Pedestal Rocks
We headed out from Pedestal Rocks for the very picturesque Sam’s Throne, and it didn’t miss a beat this day. From what we could tell nobody had been up there since the snowfall began, it was covered in about 5 inches of snow and ice and the trees were hanging low from the massive amounts of ice covering their branches.
The formation known as Sam’s Throne
The views out were great, but the sky didn’t cooperate very well. We still had some pretty heavy clouds lingering around the area. Luckily though, the clouds broke up a bit and illuminated the landscape for the large shot at the top of this post.
Hope you enjoyed these few photographs that I got from the day.
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