Bowers Hollow Falls today

I made a quick trip into Hawk Hollow to shoot azaleas this morning - more azaleas in bloom than I have ever seen anywhere in the wild before - simply amazing! But the wind was blowing too and I only got one photo. On the way out I made a side trip down into Bowers Hollow to see how the magnolias were blooming - quite a few in bloom but many on their way out too. I was really surprised to see how much the big falls was running - we had 1/2" of rain overnight but that normally won't do anything this time of the year. I guess even with all the vegetation sucking it up the landscape must be saturated, so a lot of it is running off - let the rains continue!

For those of you who have never been to this place, it is one of the most awe-inspiring waterfalls and powerful places in the wild you will ever visit. The Indians lived around it off and on for generations - I'm sure they found it great medicine, as do I. The guy who owns Buffalo Outdoor Center in Ponca pleaded with me not to tell folks about this and Hawk Hollow, but even after all these years of being in guidebooks and on book covers you will hardly ever see a footprint, and I didn't find a single bit of trash. Tread lightly for sure, but by all means go see this place when the waters are running and grab some of your own medicine... (by the way, there is no trail down to this waterfall but it isn't that difficult to find with the directions in the waterfall guidebook - the biggest problem is that you won't want to go home)

And just FYI, this waterfall is 56' tall.

Lovely shot Tim. And no kidding, Bowers Hollow and Hawk Hollow were at the top of my list of waterfalls to visit last week when I was on vacation, but the rain fell in other areas of the Ozarks.

Bowers is always on my list. Funny, but I sit here all day and look right at it - I can see the mouth of Bowers Hollow from my desk. It is only about a mile and a half away, although it takes about two hours to get there from here by foot. Yet I only go in there once or twice a year, and I have never been all the way through it - maybe next time...

Beautiful shot, Tim, I need to put this on my list.

Man, what a special place indeed. It's been on my to-do list, but I just upgraded it to the next-do list. Next time we get some rain and clouds. Fog wouldn't be bad either.

I remember the month of June when we built our house in 1999 - it took forever to get the basement slab poured because of all the rain. Maybe this will be another one of those years.

Thanks Tim glad to see it come up. It is definitely on my to do list. You captured it nicely, I was afraind the wind was to strong yesterday.

Thanks for the post Tim. The image is fantastic as usual.

Boy, what a place and what a shot! A Tim Ernst classic for sure. I don't know if it'll make the walls of the gallery but if it does, I could sit and look at this one for a good long time.