Cedar Creek Trail

It rained heavily the day before, enough to quickly fill up the gutters on our street with water and fallen leaves. Would it be enough to get waterfalls going? I thought so, and drove off to the closest place with good waterfalls – Petit Jean State Park.

As I left Little Rock, the sky overhead was filled with thick gray clouds. Which was perfect, since you need cloudy weather for waterfall photography. What a perfect combination, I naively thought, as I got onto the freeway.

So of course, as I made it to the park I was saddened to see breaks in the wall of clouds above. Blue sky was starting to poke through the clouds, and sunlight was starting to drift across the landscape like a spotlight. I hurried over to the Cedar Creek trail, which runs downhill along a small creek. There are a few small waterfalls along the creek, so I dutifully stopped for a few pictures while there was still good light.





The creek tumbles over this waterfall, before finally emptying into Cedar Creek. I got a few pictures before the last of the clouds drifted away, and bright sunlight washed over the park. I walked along the trail for a bit, but wasn’t able to get any other pictures due to the harsh afternoon light. Oh well, at least it was a pleasant little hike in the woods.