War Eagle, AR
I’m taking some time in northwest Arkansas, as the weather to the east has been miserable this week and won’t be clearing up until Saturday or so.
Today I stopped at War Eagle Caverns. On the way there, my GPS steered me onto a dirt road (what is it with GPS, my Atom, and dirt roads?). I did get a nice shot of the Atom on a bridge:
Don’t let the nice concrete bridge fool you – this is a poor dirt road. For the adventurous, it is Fate Anderson Rd (526).
Once I got back onto a real road, I headed to War Eagle Caverns. I was in a nice small tour group with 3 other people.
Some pillars (these are only about a foot and half high) near the entrance:
The bats are starting to move into the cave and go to sleep for the winter. This is a male juvenile bat:
High iron concentrations in this part of the cave stain the formations a reddish-brown:
An underground waterfall:
I’m back in Springdale, AR now. The car has 14,500 miles on it at this point.
