Withrow Springs State Park

Donna and I traveled to northwest Arkansas to Withrow Springs State Park for my birthday week. Withrow Springs is located north of Huntsville, Arkansas on highway 23 Spur. To the south it borders War Eagle Creek. We met John and Lynda at the park and had adjacent camp sites #21 and #22.

Ronnie and Donna in Site #22

John and Lynda in Site #21

Wednesday we went for a ride through the and ended up in Eureka Springs. We stopped for coffee at Brews.

Coffee Stop in Eureka Springs

Coffee Stop in Eureka Springs

Wednesday evening Master Chef John grilled us some salmon on his Blackstone grill.

John on the Blackstone Cooking Dinner

Being near Halloween we took our skeleton Mr. Skinny and hung him in the back window so he would dance all the way to Withrow Springs. One evening I walked behind the trailer and saw his silhouette in the back window shade.

Mr. Skinny in the Trailer Back Window

Lynda and I took a hike to find Tea Kettle Falls. The hike to the falls is a 2.9 mile hike out and back with about 290' of elevation gain. Mostly an easy well marked trail / road to Warm Fork creek, then along the creek to the falls. Tea Kettle Falls is a unique waterfall that stands 46 feet tall. It has created a vertical hole in the rock bluff and then turned horizontally, creating a small cave, before emerging through the rock face below the top of the ridge. Hence, it is called Kettle Falls. Given recent rain I was expecting to see Tea Kettle falls in all its glory. We followed Warm Fork creek to the base of Tea Kettle falls only to find a small trickle. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the birthday hike through some beautiful territory.

Yuca Plants Near the Trail Head

Warm Fork Creek

Tea Kettle Falls (Without Water)

Thursday evening we drove back to Eureka Springs for my birthday dinner at Local Flavor Cafe. We had a great dinner to finish our another trip around the sun for me.

Sitting in the campsite we enjoyed watching the wildlife. This little chipmunk was scurrying around just next to our site.