See What I See - Jacks Fork River Walking - Pebble Dam (Bonus Video!)

Yesterday I told you about walking around the Jacks Fork River with my good friend, @melodyrussell. In addition to visiting accesses Bacher's and Baptism Hole, we also visited a few areas on the Upper Prongs, Pebble Dam and what we locals call "Low Water", which is just a low water bridge where the Upper and Lower Prongs of the Jacks Fork River merge on a dirt road off of Highway 17 North.
Pebble Dam is not part of the Ozarks National Scenic Riverways. It's privately owned. My family and the family that owns it are friends/acquaintances and there are no "No Trespassing" signs or purple paint anywhere. The family doesn't seem to mind if people explore the area as long as they pick up their trash...which most people do not do. The amount of broken glass we saw was saddening.

Looking downriver from the Fishing Rock.

There are little trails you walk from your vehicle parked on the low water bridge to get to the fishing rock. The other rock formations around you are neat too. They are all big slabs that have been worn smooth by the water. I love walking through there.

Looking upriver at the low water bridge and old dam.

I don't know anything about the history of this place. As it is not part of ONSR, it is not preserved or protected in any way.

Along the side of the river are several springs. You have to kind of know they are there and walk through some brush to get to them, but they're really neat and have different plants than the rest of the area.

This spring is surrounded by butterweed and horse tail grass.

Another view of the same spring.

A stumpy little straw of horse tail grass.

Another little spring, the last one you can get to on foot like this is almost completely covered in watercress, an edible aquatic plant that only grows in freshwater springs.

The rocks have little cracks filled with moss and lichens. I grabbed a few photos of them.

There was a large patch of Indian Paintbrush growing on the riverbank as well. It is always a eye-catching flower.

We saw violets in every place we stopped. This one found a crack and a partnership with another plant.

Viola sororia

Willie Nelson with his little backpack exploring.

Here is a bonus video of the water running through the watercress-covered spring!

After this we hit the dirt road to Low Water. I'll post more about that later. Thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned!