Kings River

Kings River Falls

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This is the first trip of this year for us and for our new camping, fishing, paddling and backpacking vehicle.

The Rodeo.

The day looked like, and according to the weather, not the ideal day for an excursion. We discussed it and decided what the heck, lets go for it, and off we went. It was a pretty uneventful trip other than the road getting to the falls. The description was "a little rough in places." An understatement, but we prevailed.

Once there we followed a path down a wet weather stream that was quite nice.

After a little hike we made it to the river. It was up a bit due to the rains that we have had and we could see where at one time the water was about ten feet above us.

As we walked down part of the stream bed, there was a really nice stone wall along the trail, ever wonder how long it took people to build those walls?

As we progressed we came upon the infamous snot rocks, as Katie referred to them. These rocks were worn smooth by the water and were covered with a microscopic layer of scum that was slicker than snot. Katie slipped and hit the ground and I skidded about three feet doing various acrobatic feats. Matthew was the only sure footed one on them, though he thought our sliding about was pretty funny.

As we continued on our journey, we happened upon a feeder stream that had a nice little falls.

While we were at the little falls we could hear the roaring of the big falls, it was just down the path. Both Katie and Matthew's first words were, "It was worth the trip." I agreed.

The falls was a great place just to kick back and play a little. There were more perfect skipping rocks there than you could imagine. Matthew spent more than a little while perfecting his rock skipping expertise.

Katie took advantage of the sun shining and found a good sittin' rock and had a snack and then went exploring.

There were a lot of bluffs around the river. This one is right beside the falls. Upstream there were some fairly good size ones that were back in the woods but they were too swampy to get to. Both Matthew and Katie were convinced that there were bears hibernating in the bluff caves.

That was pretty much our trip to Kings River. We met some folks on the way out that were going to go swimming. They were definitely made of a stouter material than us, that water was COLD.

We decided on the way out to go to White Rock, which is the highest point in NW Arkansas. As we headed down the pig trail the weather began to look more and more ominous. We finally got into the clouds and it started to rain so we figured that White Rock would have to be an excursion for another day. About the time we hit Fayetteville a major storm hit and it was pouring in sheets so we went to CiCi's for pizza and to watch the Razorback game, a waste of time. While we were there they came on the tv to say that the county that White Rock is in was experiencing a severe thunderstorm so it was just as well we turned around.

As we walked down part of the stream bed, there was a really nice stone wall along the trail, ever wonder how long it took people to build those walls?
	As we progressed we came upon the infamous snot rocks, as Katie referred to them. These rocks were worn smooth by the water and were covered with a microscopic layer of scum that was slicker than snot. Katie slipped and hit the ground and I skidded about three feet doing various acrobatic feats. Matthew was the only sure footed one on them, though he thought our sliding about was pretty funny.

As we continued on our journey, we happened upon a feeder stream that had a nice little falls.
	While we were at the little falls we could hear the roaring of the big falls, it was just down the path. Both Katie and Matthew's first words were, "It was worth the trip." I agreed.
		The falls was a great place just to kick back and play a little. There were more perfect skipping rocks there than you could imagine. Matthew spent more than a little while perfecting his rock skipping expertise.
	Katie took advantage of the sun shining and found a good sittin' rock and had a snack and then went exploring.
There were a lot of bluffs around the river. This one is right beside the falls. Upstream there were some fairly good size ones that were back in the woods but they were too swampy to get to. Both Matthew and Katie were convinced that there were bears hibernating in the bluff caves.