Mammoth Springs

Monday morning, we woke up in Hardy (at DJ's parents house) and after an omelet brunch, headed home to Tulsa. 

I recapped our weekend in this post. We had the best time with DJ's family!

Friday night, on our drive down, we passed through the tiny blip of a town, Mammoth Springs. It's at this town that the Spring River begins, from an underwater spring. The Spring River is in northern Arkansas, and tons of people flock there to float the river. DJ and I did it once while we were dating, and a water moccasin swam right in front of our canoe and I vowed I will never float the river again. But, we had driven through Mammoth Springs a million times and had never stopped. We decided that on our drive back, we would stop and let the girls see where the river forms. 

We got out and walked to the beginning of the spring.

On our way, we found a birds nest that had fallen out of a tree. There was a tiny blue egg cracked beside it. The girls were so sad that the nest had fallen and baby bird had died. 

DJ and Adalyn were way ahead of us since we stopped to look at the nest. Addy is waving hi!

DJ was explaining how the spring forms underground and how much water comes up.

We let the girls put their hands in the water to feel how cold the spring is!

Before we made it to this spot, we tried another spot, and as soon as Gretchen started to reach in, DJ yelled at her to stop because there was a tiny snake with its head above the water!!! We ran back as fast as we possibly could and scoped out the next area really well before letting the girls stick their hands in!

The water wear the spring comes up is right around 58 degrees!

After sticking our hands in (and avoiding any future snakes) we walked over to the dam.

Wasn't Addy Pearl looking cute in her MJ?!

I had actually brought the pants for Megan to wear, and then realized they were a size 2 and definitely did not fit Megan anymore! She had to wear Gretchen's shorts home, so Addy wore Megan's pants home!

We viewed and read about "The Big Gun."

Gretchen is a little history buff!

Then we went over the damn and watched the water fall.

The girls loved getting to explore!