Falling Water Creek

This past Saturday(June 6, 2009) my son Christian and I made the trek from Jonesboro over to Falling Water Creek.  This is close to Ben Hur(a wide spot in the road really).  After an early wake up of about 12:30 AM we got on the road about 1:30 AM.  The trip is about 4 hours.  Since I had went to bed about 7PM I had 5 hours sleep-but still felt a bit sleepy on the trip over.  Number two son did what any sane person would have done and was soon snoring.  This trip would mark my first with two new toys- a TomTom XL330 GPS and the S.P.O.T Beacon/locator.  Those who read my earlier post know that I have gotten lost in the past and wanted a abit more security.  S.P.O.T. worked as advertised and sent messages to my contacts throughout the day showing my location on a Google map.  TomTom was very nice also.  EVERY road I was on was identified correctly to the best of my knowledge.

Arrival in the Falling Water area revealed that there was indeed water flow in this creek and there were lots of locals camped close to the big local falls, Falling Water Falls.  I was not interested in these falls for this trip so those people did not hamper me in any way. Nor I them;).

Continuing down the road I came to Six Finger Falls.  Water levels revealed lots of the stacked rock and stair-step effect of these falls.  Even so there were opportunities and I was soon thigh deep in fast and cold water.  I had Christian wade out to some rocks and clear some debris to make the image a bit nicer.  Wouldn’t you know it- he fell in about 10 inches of water!  Luckily I had extra clothes so he was soon right as rain in a warm pickup and I was still shooting away.

Six Finger Falls along Falling Wter Creek

Another view of Six Finger Falls

Finishing here we moved downstream to the narrow side canyon containng Fuzzybutt Falls.  This is a truly magical place, narrow, high walls, layered rock, and good flow in the waterfall.  The shape of the canyon prevented morning light from getting in there until very late and so I was able to spend some time here also.  Lots of horse tracks all around.

Fuzzybutt Falls-you will need to investiage to find out where the name came from.(Hint-cloudland.net is a good place to start!)

Then we hightailed it to Longpool Rec Area on the Big Piney River about 30 miles south.  Big Piney had lots of nice water but the signature waterfall had very little flow, just a trickle really.  This will be a spot for another time.   These falls are very high and the hike in is not long but it is a boulder scramble most of the way.  Even so there was a nice secondary falls with a bit of flow in it that I can tease you with just a bit.

Secondary falls below Longpool Falls

 

And for the ending of the day we went on to Conway and ate at the Marketplace Grill.  My meal of Crab Cakes, baked potatoe, and salad hit the spot perfectly.  Then about a three hour drive home and hit the bed again that evening about 7 pm where I slept until time for church on Sunday morning.  Waterfall season in Arkansas is over now.  Future posts will show some treks that I took earlier this year in pursuit of moving water in the Natural State.

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