Leaving Petit Jean.

 Today we finish our lovely time at Petit Jean State Park.  It has been very restful and beautiful.

The first day we arrived, we took a little hike to see the Cedar Creek waterfall. But, it has been so very dry here that there was no water at all and we couldn’t even hear the sound of a trickle.

Totally dried up waterfall!

We did, though enjoy the walk and thought we might come back again during our stay.  

Well, yesterday we had a very heavy day of rain and it continued into the night, so, time to check the waterfall again on our way out.

Water this time!

Guess what, all the rain that has come down had nourished the little stream and we got a waterfall at last.  Not as much as in a wetter season, but, it proved to us that it was really there.

One of the things we enjoyed here very much has been the rock formations. There are gnarly walls with wildly artistic twists everywhere.  The first people who came here must have wondered at the cause of these formations.

Gnarly natural shapes.

Then there are many rock formations called turtle backs due to their peculiar erosion patterns.  In all this was a most interesting place to visit and spend a little rest time.

Some of the many turtle back rocks.