March 9th, 2019 Day Hike to Amber falls and Compton's Double Falls and
Hodges plus 2 miles of technical trail.
Thanks Rob Batchman, Mark Jones and Kevin Fringer for sharing their pictures
with us. Click on a picture for a larger view.
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Several inches of rain with Thunderstorms finished just before we arrived at this day hike.
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8 miles of no pavement.
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Group of 8 on this exploration trip.
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Ages range from 14 to 60
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300 feet of drop from the vehcles to Whitaker Creek
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Water flowing from all directions.
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This place is wild!
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Every step needs to be considered.
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Great friends incourage one another
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Amber Falls
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Water was every where a thousand trickles in every direction
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The roar is awesome
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Whitaker Creek flows into the Buffalo River
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If you don't check what your stepping on you will fall.
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Young lives are having Character developed
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Time spent shows we care.
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Jimmy needed to get out!
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Jennifer is a trooper.
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Ranger Kid leaders enjoy hiking!
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There is fungus among us!
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It was just hanging their in mid air!
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Brothers injoy the raw wild of this trail.
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When are we doing this again? This is fun!
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Christian young men seeing the Wild Arkansas
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Right after a hard night of thunderstorms!
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Compton's Double Falls
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10 foot rule stay away from the edges.
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This place and a cup of coffee will capture a teenagers heart!
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They always want to go below the watefall.... I opted to stay up above this one.
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In a little while a bunch of rocks feels like home!
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Just a 1/4 mile hike and they are now below the falls.
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Little Royal Ranger Fire Craft
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This young man was 10 when he first came to a Royal Ranger Event called a Cardboard Regatta. Dozens of events later. Christ Followers come forth.
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Nute?
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Everyone on a hike is at the same level!
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Moving as a team.
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Jimmy said hey Mark look at this. The creek was just beautiful.
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Hodges Fall what a high point view.
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Evangel Students past Royal Ranger GMA's and Missionaries show up for a hike!
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Kevin picked up a few more waterfalls after we headed for home.
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Elk in the Boxley River Valley.
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Hiking furniture!
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So many bonus falls this trip.
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Everyone wants a picture taken!
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Ok...Mark you can do this....it's a stretch..one of the younger men just walked over it. I had to ponder it a bit.
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Rob "pose" Batchman!
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Awesome time. Trails are full of folk hiking. It's good for you.
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Kevin said we get another bonus there is a 3rd stream on this double fall!
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We had two Walmart employees on this trip!
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Trail heads were full of cars as we drove past them.
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Owl falls perhaps!
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Thanks Arkansas for a wonderful day! Thank you God for a creation that we know as fallen and it just makes us marvel at what God can create perfect!
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