Fallingwater Falls (gopro) Video

[nproctor]

Here's a quick edit of what the falls looked like yesterday.

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[sugar loaf]

That's awfu. I've never seen it like that. Need rain.

[Eric Esche]

Nice video. I will agree that we need rain. But it is nice to see what forms the water features that are where we like to play. Thank you for sharing this with us.

If y'all get tired of hiking and still want to paddle this time of year, y'all might start considering trying out sea kayaks on the lakes in the early mornings and late evenings like I do, as we are almost always hot and dry in the summer and we seem to tend to have droughts more than we have wet years of late. I hear a lot of complaining about not having anything to paddle, but not do not see many folks doing anything about it, like adding a sea kayak to their fleet. BIg corps of engineers impoundments are not drying up and big rivers like the White and Arkansas are still running just fine. Sea kayaks and touring paddles let you do more miles with less energy and carbon fiber paddles even more. While some lakes have current in them the sea kayaks let you go farther than river runners or canoes in flat water with wind. I'm not particularly fond of lemonade, but if all you got is lakes or Big and flat rivers, they still are very nice to paddle.

Mary and I have found it you put on by 7AM you get about 3 hours of paddleing before it gets real hot. 6AM lets you start when it is cool even. It takes waiting until after 10PM most nights to get cooler again and water proof lights are recommended along with bug repellent.

BTW - Mary and I saw one of the largest beavers that we have ever seen today waddleing down out of a crevice cave near the water on War Eagle Cove, north of Granny Hollow on Beaver Lake this morning, easily 45 pounds - It was really a big fat one. Also saw deer, fox, rabbits, squirrels, lots of birds (indigo buntings, warblers, purple finches, herrons, duck, kingfishers, black vultures, osprey, red tailed hawks, goldfinches, geese) - all in 3 hours. Guess it was the cooler early morning hours when everything was out feeding, but it was more that I usually see during the day.

Eric Esche

[cpresoz]

We've taken Eric's suggestions and now paddle Beaver Lake when we can. Also, this weekend, we paddled the White River from just below the dam to Houseman Access, almost 8 miles. The water is absolutely clear and very cold and we saw a variety of wildlife, including deer, an eagle, herons, mink and the largest paddlefish I've ever seen.
When places like Fallingwater Falls, Big Piney, the Buffalo go dry, it's always fascinating to see what was there below you on those high water runs.